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Thank you for joining the "Learn Ultra Course Seminar" Group. Here you will find all the information, documents, and resources from our Learn Ultra Course Seminar program.

Program Description:

Ready to start preparing your course in the Learn Ultra Course View?

This program, comprised of two 1-hour sessions, will provide you with the information and best practices to start building and preparing your course in the Learn Ultra experience. We'll explore the Learn Ultra course features and functions within two primary areas:

Setting up and designing a Learn Ultra course.
Using the course for assessment, interaction, collaboration, and learner support.

Who is this program for?

Instructors, course builders, instructional designers, and others who support educators in the design and execution of their courses.

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Images in Ultra - Best Practices

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Hello! I am in the process of choosing images for my Ultra items. I have found many options that I like but am looking for images that give an overall “professional” look and feel, instead of the street signs and other generic photos to ...

Theresa Boppell Category Ultra Course Seminar Mar '24

Sep '24

@Theresa Boppell My personal favorite is flaticon.com. When you select your first image, you'll notice that ...

Programs such as Canva or Adobe Express are very useful when creating images, especially module images. You can ...

Ultra Grade Center

In Bb Learn, I used the “smart view” in the grade center every single day. While Ultra has the filter system, I don't see a way to save a filter. (For example, if I want a view of “Week One Assignments” or "Week Six Assignments," it would be so ...

Amy Poteet Category Category Name Sep '24

Course Preparation Checklist

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Have there been any updates for the Course Preparation Checklist?

Craig Pember Category Ultra Course Seminar Apr '22

Dec '22

Hi @Craig Pember ! There are no updates on the document. Please check again on Feb 2023, and you may find new ...

New Ideas For Ultra

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Hello everyone! We are new to Ultra but we notice that it still needs a lot of updates and features that my faculty have brought to my attention so I was wondering if anyone wanted to help me spread the word to blackboard product ...

Payton Miller Category Ultra Course Seminar Jun '22

Oct '22

I see this topic has been duplicated in a few groups. There are lots of great ideas listed here and thank you for ...

Is there a Comparison

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Is there a comparison file of tools in Original Course View and Ultra Course View that is available form Blackboard?

Linda Leake Category Ultra Course Seminar Nov '21

Feb '22

Northern Illinois University has a nice one:

Late Work Messages

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Students are getting messages that encourage them to submit after the due date. This is challenging for instructors who don't accept late work. In the gradebook, the little" I" next to the student grade show If a student hasn't ...

Jennifer Campbell Category Ultra Course Seminar Jan '22

Jan '22

I tried adding 0s to late quizzes as an override, but the student gets the same message, and the score updates when ...

Ultra Icon explanations

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Is there a chart or document somewhere that we could access that lists all of the new icons used in Ultra courses and what each one means/represents? I have been able to find this type of list for Original courses but not Ultra course ...

Leeland Clark Category Category Name Sep '21

Jan '22

It would be great if we could icons to our custom grading categories

Test Question

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Is there a way to designate a question as “Extra credit” on a test in Ultra?

Shannon McElroy Category Category Name Dec '21

Jan '22

I couldn't find it. I created an extra credit quiz and did not include it in the final grade totals. I then added a ...

Discussion

I created my discussions on the discussion page. Is there a way to link to these created discussions from a learning module? I am only seeing a way to create a new discussion, I can't find a way to link to the existing. Thanks

Jennifer Campbell Category Category Name Dec '21

Is the File Response Question Type on the Roadmap for ...

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I teach CAD, so my students create CAD files for me to grade for their tests. I use the test environment to force a time limit. I use File Response which works great in Learn Original, so I'm wondering if it is in the plan for the future in ...

KATHLEEN LIEFER Category Category Name May '21

Aug '21

@KATHLEEN LIEFER This is a great question. I am tagging @Lisa Clark @Jimena Parra as it is not a current Ultra ...

Aug '21

Thank you for bringing this to my attention, @Toni Pennacchia ! I have actually reached out to our Product ...

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