Blackboard Ultra How-To
Blackboard Guide for Instructors (Link)
Video Tutorials for Instructors (Video)
Blackboard Access
Main Course Interface and Course Content
- Course Navigation Guide (Video) (Link)
- How to Preview Your Course as a Student (Video) (Link)
- Copy Course Content (Link)
- Check Course Size (Link)
- How to Batch Edit Content (Video) (Link)
- End of Semester Tasks for Courses (Link)
- How to Work with the Text Editor (Video) (Link)
- Supported File Types (Link)
Create Course Content
- Course Content Items (Link)
- Containers for Content
- How to Create Documents (Video) (Link)
- How to Create Links (Link)
- How to Upload Files (Link)
Ally Accessibility Checker
- Ally Help for Instructors (Link)
- Ally QuickStart Guide for Instructors (Link)
- Course Accessibility Report Guide (Link)
- How to Find the Course Accessibility Report (Link)
Communication Tools
- How to Send a Course Announcement (Video) (Link)
- How to Send Course Messages (Video) (Link)
- How to Send an Email from Your Course (Link)
Discussion Boards
- How to Set Up and Interact within a Discussion Board (Link)
- How to Grade Discussions (Link)
- Collecting and Printing Discussion Board Posts
- View Discussion Performance and Analytics (Video) (Link)
Assignments
- How to Create an Assignment (Video) (Link)
- How to Grade an Assignment (Video) (Link)
- Downloading Assignment Files (Video) (Link)
- SafeAssign
Tests and Quizzes
- How to Create a Test (Video) (Link)
- How to Add Questions to a Test (Link)
- How to Add Question Pools to a Test (Video) (Link)
- Setting Test Options (Link)
- Showing Test Results and Feedback to Students (Link)
- Blackboard Ultra Accommodations vs Exceptions (Link)
- Setting Test Availability Exceptions (Video) (Link)
- Setting Test Accommodations (Video) (Link)
- Question Analysis (Link)
Respondus
- Respondus 4.0
- How to Download and License Respondus 4.0 (Link)
- How to Connect Respondus 4.0 to Your Blackboard Course (Link)
- How to Create a Test Using Respondus (Video)
- Formatting Questions for Respondus Import (Link)
See Appendix page 49.
- Exporting Respondus Exams Locally (Link)
- Publishing Respondus Files to Blackboard (Link)
- Retrieving and Printing Exams Using Respondus (Link)
- Respondus Lockdown Browser
- How to Set Up a Proctored Exam: Respondus Lockdown Browser Plus Additional Resources (Video) (Link)
- How to Set Up a Proctored Exam: Respondus Monitor Plus Additional Resources (Link)
Grade Center
- How to Access the Grade Center (Link)
- How to Grade Discussions (Video) (Link)
- How to Grade an Assignment (Video) (Link)
- How to Grade a Test (Link)
- Downloading Grades to a Spreadsheet (Link)
- Creating Manual Grade Columns (Link)
- Adding a Weighted Column (Link)
- Adding the Overall Grade (Link)
- How to Set an External Grade Column (PDF)
Organizations
Collaborate Ultra: How To
- Features and Benefits (Link)
- Collaborate Ultra: Important Things You Should Know (Video) (Link)
- How to Set Up a Session (Link)
- How to Share Content (Link)
- How to Locate a Recording Link (Link)
- How to Download a Recording (Link)
- How to View a Session Report (Video) (Link)
- Transferring Collaborate Ultra Recordings to a New Course (Link)
- Using Breakout Groups with Collaborate Ultra (Link)
Enterprise Survey
- How to Create a Survey (Link)
- How to Deploy a Survey (Link)
- How to Analyze Survey Results (Link)
- Naming Convention Guide (Link)
Grade Import
- Configure your Column for Grade Import (Video) (PDF)
- Importing Grades into GUS (Video) (PDF)