Resources for building content in Ultra course view in Blackboard.

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Add a Course Banner Image

How to add a course banner image to your course.

Add a GVSU Save - VitalSource Bookshelf

This article explains how to add a GVSU Save Course Materials link to a Blackboard Ultra course. This link was previously named "Bookshelf by VitalSource" in the Build Content area and is now GVSU Save Course Materials.

Add a Learning Module Image

How to add an image to a learning module

Add a Rubric with an Assignment, Test, or Discussion

This article explains how to associate a rubric with an assignment, test, or discussion.

Add Browser URLs as Course Links

This article will walk you through capturing a URL link from your browser that links out to a page in your Blackboard course. This can be used to add a link to a course area within an item with the goal of sending students to the specified course page with one click. This is an alternative to using Course Links in the Ultra course view.

Add Content to the Course or Organization Content Page

This article explains how to add content in a Blackboard Ultra course or organization.

Add Emojis to Folder Names and Descriptions

This article explains how to add emojis to folder names and descriptions in Blackboard Ultra.

Add Knowledge Checks to Documents

This articles explains how to add knowledge checks to documents to allow students to engage with content and receive immediate feedback.

Add Library Search Tool

This article will walk you through how to add a GVSU library resource to your Blackboard course using the Library Search tool.

Adding a Course Link

This article explains how to add internal course links in Blackboard Ultra.

Adding a Web Link

This article explains how to add web links in Blackboard Ultra.

Adding a Zoom Office Hours Link in Your Course or Organization

This article explains how to schedule Zoom office hour meetings in a Blackboard Ultra course or organization.

Adding an Image to a Learning Module

This article provides instructors with directions on how to add images to the various learning modules that they will create.

Batch Edit Content Settings

You can use Batch Edit to update common settings across all content. This article explains how.

Content Editor

The content editor provides a variety of formatting capabilities. Review the icons in the article to learn more.

Course Content or Gradebook Item Deleted, Now What?

Describe the process for instructors on what happens when they delete a grade book column or a content item that was tied to a grade book column and how to recover it, if possible.

Create a Hypothesis GVSU Save - VitalSource Assignment

This article will show you how to add a Hypothesis assignment to a Blackboard Ultra course using GVSU Save/VitalSource materials.

Create a Hypothesis JSTOR Assignment

This article will show you how to add a JSTOR article to a Hypothesis assignment in a Blackboard Ultra course.

Create a Test

This article explains how to create a test in Blackboard Ultra.

Create Course Groups

You can create course group sets and apply them to graded content, such as group discussions and assessments. Follow these instructions, or watch the video, to learn how.

Create Enhanced Documents Using Block Options

This article explains how to create documents using block options to produce a variety of layout enhancements.

Create Hypothesis-Enabled Readings in Blackboard Ultra

This article will show you how to add Hypothesis enabled readings in a Blackboard Ultra course.

Create Learning Modules

This article explains how to create learning modules in Blackboard Ultra.

Flip Alternatives

This article provides alternative tools to use instead of Flip.

How to Embed a Google Doc in Blackboard

This article walks you through how to embed a Google Doc in your Blackboard course.

How to Embed a YouTube Video

Embedding YouTube videos into your course allows easier access for your students to view them. YouTube videos can be embedded into your Blackboard Ultra course in a document, using the methods described in this article.

How to Share a Google File on Blackboard

This article walks you through how to share a Google Drive file to your Blackboard course.

Issuing Certificates of Achievement

This article explains how to create and upload certificates for students in Blackboard Ultra.

Organize and Reorder Course Content Items Ultra Course View

This article will walk you through how to move and organize the content items on your course's Content page.

Padlet Account Sign Up

This article provides instructions on how to sign up for a Padlet account.

Progress Tracking in Blackboard Ultra

This article explains how to enable Progress Tracking within your Blackboard Ultra course and how that will look for students as they work through the course materials.

Release Conditions - Making Content Available to Students or Participants

This article explains how to make content visible or hidden to students, including how to set release dates so content opens based on a particular condition (date/time, membership, or performance).

Rubrics: How to Create, Edit and Use

This article explains how to create or edit a rubric in Ultra Course View.

Searching For Content In A Course

This article will show you how to search for content within a Blackboard course using the course content title search.

Setting Up McGraw Hill Connect

This article will provide instructions on how to connect McGraw-Hill Connect to your Blackboard Ultra course.

Setting Up Pearson Product

This article will provide instructions on how to connect Pearson products to your Blackboard Ultra course.

Setup a OneNote Class Notebook

This article explains how to set up a OneNote notebook in Blackboard Ultra.

Using Grammarly in Ultra

This article provides details for using Grammarly in Blackboard Classic vs Ultra course views.

Using Learning Modules and Folders

This article will walk you through the differences and similarities between learning modules and folders in a Blackboard Ultra course and when to utilize each.

Padlet - Integrating Padlet into your Course

This article will show you how to integrate Padlet into a Blackboard Ultra course (LTI 1.3).