Blackboard Ultra staff guides

This sharepoint details full details of the University's migration to Blackboard Ultra including the migration timeline, Blackboard Universal Standards and Staff Development Programme.

Guides on how to get started with Blackboard, finding your way around, changing your profile information and notification settings.

Most Blackboard courses and enrolments are connected to taught modules recorded in Banner, but you can request courses for different purposes such as Programme Information and personal Sandboxes.

Find out who is on your course via the Class Register and Photo roster. These pages explain how to enrol different types of users correctly, the different user roles found in your courses and troubleshooting common enrolment issues.

How to use Groups and Collaborative Documents to organise students, support group work, set release conditions, and delgate marking.

Find information on how to create an effective layout and add different types of content to your Blackboard Ultra module.

eLearn guides to help improve accessibility of documents and content in Blackboard Ultra.

Here you will find eLearn guides to support you creating Blackboard Ultra tests and assignments as well as links to other places such as TurnItIn and eAssignment.

Here you can find guidance on how to communicate with students through announcements, discussions and journals. Explore guides on engagement, progress tracking, analytics and use of student data.

Sign up for the Staff Development Programme. The Programme consists of both online learning materials you can access at your own pace, as well as online and in-person sessions starting in April 2024.