This release has new or updated features in the following areas:
- Instructional design
- Mastery learning and learner pathways
- Tests and assignments
- Communication and collaboration
- Flexible grading
- Gradebook
These improvements impact instructors, students, and administrators. Below you will find our top highlights, and more detail of the most relevant updates.
Top Highlights
Auto-generate question banks
There is now the ability to automatically generate question banks when creating quizzes providing inspiration and saving time.
Please see the release notes for full details
Additional Updates:
Enhancements to student submission review page
The student submission review page makes it easier for students to access instructor feedback on their submissions.
- When an instructor selects student preview, they can now access the student submission review page.
- Students can now access offline submissions from this page.
- Students now have a Read more option for overall and attempt feedback.
Email notifications for followed discussions
Blackboard have added functionality to discussions to include emails in the notifications for a followed discussion
Show unavailable students in the Gradebook
Now unavailable students appear in the Gradebook for their enrolled courses, but their avatar has a strikethrough to indicate the unavailable status.
For advanced users looking for a full list of all the updates, see the Blackboard Release Notes
Further help and support
For more guidance on using Blackboard Ultra please explore this site ‘Ultra Essential Guidance‘ via the site menu on the right.
Students can view an Ultra orientation and help on using Ultra from their ‘Help for Students’ sections (or equivalent) in your Blackboard course.