In Blackboard Learn, as a part of the Courses list in the Assorted Dates area, you will find the Blackboard Learn Ultra Instructor Orientation course. This course was created to help you prepare to use Blackboard Learn Ultra before its Fall 2021 launch. If you have several active courses, you may need to search for the course by title or expand your course listing to see more than 25 courses per page.  

Each week, for the next four weeks, you will be notified of a new module to complete. This series of modules will be the final self-paced portion of the Blackboard Learn Ultra user training to prepare for the transition to Learn Ultra Courses. Modules 1–4 were released last fall and are still available if you haven’t yet completed them. This spring we are releasing Modules 5–9 (9 is optional) to prepare you for creating and using Ultra Courses. By completing this orientation course, you will gain insight into the experience your students will have when we switch to the Ultra Course View in Fall 2021. These Orientation course activities won’t be graded or reviewed.  

In addition, on November 3, 2020, you should have been provided access to Ultra Course View sandboxes in your Courses list in the Assorted Dates area or under the Sandboxes group of courses. These sandboxes provide a space for you to experiment with new features while you complete modules in the Orientation course. If you don’t have sandboxes available, please request them by submitting a Blackboard Site Creation request and asking for “Ultra Sandboxes”. 

In next week’s OnCampus we will share more information about Module 6.  

— Karly Good, ITS