Blackboard Ultra staff guides

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.

Staff access to Blackboard courses and how to enrol different types of staff members onto your courses.

Explore the register and photo roster, how to use groups within your Blackboard course.

Find information on how to create an effective layout and add 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.