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• Common Questions
  • Courses: Ultra vs. Original
  • Blackboard from Start to Finish - Initializing a Blackboard site for your course and applying an optional layout
  • Select Blackboard Courses in MyBU
  • Blackboard Course Copy Tool (IS&T Service)
  • Copying Content in Ultra (Self-Service)
• Course and Content Management: Set up & navigate your course, add content, manage and sort content, set visibility and release conditions.
• Interact with Students: Communicate with students using Announcements, Discussions, Messages, Journals, Audio/Video, and Groups. Manage students with the Roster.
• Assessments (Assignments and Tests): Create and manage Assignments and Tests, choose from question types, download and print assessments.
• Grading: Gradebook features and navigation, Attendance, Accommodations, Rubrics, Annotations, grade posting and export.
• Accessibility and Technology Integrations
  • Blackboard Ally for Instructors
  • Blackboard Ally For Students
  • Blackboard Tech Integrations (LTIs)