I have been blogging about my experience with the Ultra Courseview (UCV) for 7 weeks now. That's about a dozen posts covering the basics of the UCV, as I have experienced them in my own courses. But then, I've been here so long, this kinda feels like we're at this...
Adaptive release is one area where I find the Original course view to be superior to Ultra. I don't know how many of us use adaptive release, but if you have used it, you know it allows you to be pretty granular on to release your content, even with the basic options,...
The Collaborate Ultra web-conferencing platform will be removed from Blackboard at the conclusion of the Spring 2024 term and Zoom has been selected as the optimal replacement. In anticipation of this transition, the Zoom for Synchronous Teaching workshop will equip...
A propos of nothing: And yes, it's real. Anyhoo, there are different ways that you can set up your attendance in Ultra, depending on whether or not your gradebook is already populated. If your gradebook is still empty, just click on the gradebook tab and you will see...
In a previous post, we looked at setting up tests and assignments in Ultra, and grading test submissions in the gradebook. Grading assignments is pretty much the same thing. You navigate to the gradebook. You find the assignment you want to grade. Click on the "x...
Well, at some point, we all have to start grading. In list view in the gradebook, there is a grading status column that pretty much tells you where you stand. Different grading statuses may show like this: From what I understand so far, "all graded" means that all the...
