_Blackboard Content

When to Use?

Blackboard Ultra offers multiple options for adding content to your course.

Procedure

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Types of Course Content

In your Blackboard courses, you can add a variety of content, such as online lectures, multimedia, tests, assignments, and links to websites.

Create Learning Modules for Content

You can use learning modules in your course as containers for organized collections of content. Modules let students navigate from one content item to the next without distractions or extra clicks.

Content Collection

You can use the Content Collection to organize, share, and reuse content.

See also:         

• About Files and Folders
• Manage Files
• Copy or Move Files and Folders
• Folder Properties
• Folder Notifications

Add Content

Course creation starts on the Course Content page. You'll find it's easy to discover features and complete actions.

See also:

• Create Mobile-Friendly Content
• Content Editor
  • Add Text
  • Insert Media in the Content Editor
  • Math Editor

Add a File

You can attach several types of files, including files from your local drive, Google Workspace, OneDrive, Cloud Storage, the Content Market, and the Content Collection.

See:    

• Supported File Types
• Insert Local File in the Content Editor
• Google Workspace
• OneDrive Files
• Cloud Storage Files
• Content Market Files
• Content Collection Files

Create Documents

You can create content that combines a variety of materials to view together, such as text, multimedia, and attachments.

Includes instructions on how to add knowledge checks and print documents.

Create Links

You can create links to websites external to the course and create links to content within the course.

See:

• Course Links
• Web Links

Copy Content from Other Courses

You can copy entire courses or select individual items from other courses you’re currently teaching or have taught in the past. You can also combine items from multiple courses with a full course copy or individual item copies by selecting them.

Import Course Packages

You can import a course package from a previous course or from another instructor. When you import content, the content comes over in bulk—all of the content comes over at once. This information also applies to organizations.

Batch Edit

You can use Batch Edit to update common settings across all content, such as visibility and due dates. You can also use the tool to delete a group of selected course content. With Batch Edit, you can control content settings in one place and all at once.

Content Release Conditions

Use visibility settings and release conditions to define when students can view and access course content. 

Progress Tracking and Student Progress Reports

Progress tracking gives your students an easy way to keep track of what they've done in your course. You can turn progress tracking on at any time.

Course Banner

Instructors have the ability to upload an image to serve as the course banner within their courses. The course banner also appears in the grid view of the Courses page of Learn’s base navigation.

Miscellaneous Content Articles

Add a GVSU Save - VitalSource Bookshelf

This article explains how to add a GVSU Save Course Materials link to your Blackboard course. Its important to add the link and its associated files to your course and make them available at the beginning of the semester so that students can access the materials or opt-out by the designated date.

GVSU Save Deep Link Add-on

Use the GVSU Save Deep Link Add-on to link to specific content in your GVSU Save course materials. Please note the “GVSU Save Course Materials Link” must be added to the course first.

Add Resources Using the Library Search Tool

This tool is useful for adding GVSU library resources for students to access quickly from your course, such as scholarly readings.

Searching for Content in a Course

In Blackboard Ultra, you can search course content titles to find these items on the course content page. The course search icon, a magnifying glass, is easy to find at the top of the course content page.

Add Emojis to Names and Descriptions

Emojis can be added anywhere you use text, such as a module or folder title.

Change Folders to Learning Modules or Learning Modules to Folders

Instructors can now convert folders to learning modules and learning modules to folders.

Organize and Reorder Course Content Items

Move and organize the content items on your course's Content page.

Setting Up McGraw-Hill Connect

Add a McGraw-Hill Connect link from the content market and follow the instructions to connect to the account in your course.

Set Up a OneNote Class Notebook

Learn how to set up a OneNote notebook in your Blackboard course.

Using Grammarly in Blackboard Ultra

This article focuses on using Blackboard Ultra course view with the Chrome browser and Grammarly.

Setting Up a Pearson Product

Blackboard allows you to connect a Pearson product to help assist you in teaching your course. 

Release Conditions – Making Content Available to Students or Participants

Use visibility settings and release conditions to define when students or participants can view and access course content.