ULTRA Teaching Guide

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Facilitator Guide

INDEX (Click on the section to navigate to the content)

why the change?

content

announcements

gradebook

assignments

collaborate

groups

analytics

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communication

additional support

why the change?

With changing times comes changing platforms

You may be asking, "why do I need to switch from Blackboard Learn to Blackboard ULTRA?". Well, as with any technology, platforms evolve, change, and adapt to the changing consumer demographic.ULTRA is the new flagship, will receive the needed updates, and is more compatible with today's learner.

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With the advancement into ULTRA, courses should copy over with less errors, custom SCORM content interacts and functions properly, and the overall user navigation experience is simpler, leading to less confusion and headache. Check out the preview below:

Communication in ULTRA

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Clicking on messages allows you to send information to individual students or groups of students. This is the more private space to have 1:1 conversations.

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Announcements

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The announcements feature in ULTRA offer a more dynamic announcement process for learners. To learn how to post announcements, watch this brief video below:

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Gradebook

Grading

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collaborate

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The collaborate experience remains consistent with what you are used to once in the collaborate session. Simply click on the Blackboard Collaborate link in "Details and Actions"Clicking the elipses opens up additional options for exploration regarding your collaborate sessions. To view features within collaborate, watch the video below:

Groups

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analytics

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When creating assignments, you can also view various analytics to ensure you have all the data needed to make informed instructional decisions. Click the elipses next to any assignment in the course content area to view two options; click each to review the purpose.

After students submit attempts, question analysis provides statistics on overall performance, assessment quality, and individual questions. This data helps you recognize questions that might be poor discriminators of student performance.

additional support

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While this guide will not cover all needed information, it is important to note that there are plenty of available resources to help answer any of your questions.

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