{"id":10332,"date":"2025-05-09T10:43:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T14:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/excellence\/?page_id=10332"},"modified":"2026-03-23T16:23:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T20:23:27","slug":"ultra","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/excellence\/programs-services\/academic-technology\/ultra\/","title":{"rendered":"Campus LX Transformation Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><div class=\"intro-text intro-text--shortcode intro-text--lg\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The new Campus LX Transformation Initiative<\/span><span data-teams=\"true\"> is university-wide to support both the Charles River and Medical campuses <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">transition from Blackboard Original to the latest platform, Blackboard Ultra. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Blackboard Ultra, with its intuitive and responsive design, will transform the digital side of your teaching<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">. The easy-to-use accessibility features also ensure that course content adjusts seamlessly to any device, meeting you and ALL your students where you\u2019re at.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">We\u2019re here to assist you in building high-quality and inclusive courses in Ultra. Our team will provide you with support, like leveraging the new AI designer feature, to maximize the Ultra platform and deliver a superior learning experience to BU students.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span<\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure class=\"media-frame media-frame--shortcode wp-caption \" style=\"--media-frame-aspect-ratio: var(--ratio-widescreen)\" data-media-frame-align=center>\n<div  class=\"responsive-video-wrapper \">\n<div class=\"responsive-video\">\n\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"kaltura_player\" src=\"https:\/\/cdnapisec.kaltura.com\/p\/2159741\/sp\/215974100\/embedIframeJs\/uiconf_id\/55902172\/partner_id\/2159741?iframeembed=true&#038;playerId=kaltura_player&#038;entry_id=1_8486rnkh&#038;flashvars[streamerType]=auto&#038;flashvars[localizationCode]=en&#038;flashvars[leadWithHTML5]=true&#038;flashvars[sideBarContainer.plugin]=true&#038;flashvars[sideBarContainer.position]=left&#038;flashvars[sideBarContainer.clickToClose]=true&#038;flashvars[chapters.plugin]=true&#038;flashvars[chapters.layout]=vertical&#038;flashvars[chapters.thumbnailRotator]=false&#038;flashvars[streamSelector.plugin]=true&#038;flashvars[EmbedPlayer.SpinnerTarget]=videoHolder&#038;flashvars[dualScreen.plugin]=true&#038;flashvars[Kaltura.addCrossoriginToIframe]=true&#038;wid=1_dkoelt72\" width=\"550\" height=\"310\" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozAllowFullScreen allow=\"autoplay *; fullscreen *; encrypted-media *\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation allow-pointer-lock allow-popups allow-modals allow-orientation-lock allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-presentation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"Kaltura Player\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":22504,"featured_media":0,"parent":9790,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"bu-landing","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/excellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10332"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/excellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/excellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/excellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22504"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/excellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10332"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/excellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12743,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/excellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10332\/revisions\/12743"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/excellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/excellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}