Blackboard Ultra – Announcements
Staff Guide: Blackboard Ultra announcements guidance on the content, notifications, scheduling, and the announcements page.
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Communication & Engagement
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.
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Blackboard Ultra – Navigating the Class Register and Photo Roster
Staff Guide: How to view staff and student information using the Class Register and Photo Roster. -
Blackboard Ultra – Discussions and Journals
Staff guide: Creating, managing and marking Discussions and Journals in Blackboard Ultra. -
Blackboard Ultra – Create a shareable link to your Blackboard course
Staff Guide: How to direct students to your course and the different items within it. How to share a short and accessible link to students. -
Blackboard Ultra – Create Groups from timetable information
Staff guide: How to locate timetable information and import this as a group in Blackboard. -
Blackboard Ultra – Progress Tracking
Staff Guide: Progress Tracking gives you and your students an easy way to keep track of what they have completed in your module -
Blackboard Ultra – Language settings
Staff and students can change their own language settings in Blackboard. Courses can have a set default language. -
Blackboard Ultra – Content Visibility and Release Conditions
Staff Guide: How to show and hide content in your course. How to use release conditions to automate rules for showing content to students. Use student preview to check what a student can see. -
Blackboard Ultra – Create a Class Team
Staff guide: Use the University of Southampton Blackboard/Teams integration tool to create a Class Team that stays in sync with Blackboard student enrolments. -
Blackboard Ultra – Student Overview, Course Activity Reports and Student Performance Alerts
Staff Guide: How to view student progress in your course, check how many students have submitted assessment, and set up student performance alerts for students who may be falling behind.