Blackboard Ultra: Organizing Your Course by Adding Content Containers
Content containers can be used to organize your course materials into more easily digestible bites of information.
Read MoreBlackboard Ultra: Batch Edit for Changing Multiple Dates
Jun 28, 2023 | Blackboard Ultra, Edit Content
Sometimes it might be necessary to change all due dates at once in a course. For instance, when you copy a course from a previous semester. It is time-consuming to go through and change the due dates or set the availability for assignments, journals, announcements, and other content items. The Batch Edit tool is a way to change all of the due dates and the availability dates in a single place.Â
Read MoreBlackboard Ultra: Setting the Overall Grade in the Gradebook
Jun 29, 2023 | Blackboard Ultra, Grade Center / Gradebook
By default, there isn’t an overall grade in Blackboard Ultra, but it is very easy to set up. It is important that the Overall grade is set up because it lets students see how they are doing in your course at a glance and it is shared with your student and other University personnel (e.g. advisors, academic coaches, etc.) as the student’s final grade for the course.
Read MoreBlackboard Ultra: Viewing Grading Rubrics for Students
Jun 29, 2023 | Blackboard Ultra, Grading, Student Instructions
How can students view grading rubrics before submitting assessments? Students will ideally be able to view all grading rubrics for assessments in the Gradebook section of the course, where a View Rubric button will be attached to any assignment that includes a grading rubric.
Read MoreBlackboard Ultra: Overall Grade with Weighted Categories and Items
Jul 10, 2023 | Blackboard Ultra, Grade Center / Gradebook
When using grade weighting, while points are still assigned to each graded activity, it is the weight of the item or category that is most meaningful to the total score and grade for the course.
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