Progress Tracking (Ultra) : TechWeb : Boston University

Progress Tracking is a function available in Blackboard Learn Ultra courses that you can turn on to give your students an easy way to keep track of what they’ve done in your course. You can turn progress tracking on at any time. If you turn on progress tracking after the beginning of the course, participatory items are retroactively marked as complete. For example, assessments previously submitted by students are marked as complete. Non-participatory items, such as Ultra Documents, will still need to be manually marked by students.

Turning on Progress Tracking

Turn progress tracking on for your course:

Select Courses from the Ultra navigation menu.
Select a Course.
Under Details & Actions > Progress Tracking, select Turn on.
After the Progress Tracking panel opens, switch the toggle from off to on.
Save your new settings.

Your students will now see their progress in the course. All content displays an icon showing a student’s progress. When all content in a folder or module has been completed, the entire folder is automatically marked as complete.

Before a student has accessed content, the Progress icon is an empty circle:

Image of an unfilled circle next to journal content

After a student has accessed content, the Progress icon is a half-filled circle:

Image of a half-filled circle next to a named folder

If a student has marked content as complete, the Progress icon is a green checkmark:

Image of a green checkmark next to an assessment

Student Progress Tab

The Student Progress tab helps you track individual student progress in a course. You can see completed and uncompleted tasks for each student. You can access the tab by selecting Progress in a student’s overview.

Image of a student's Progress tab. There is a purple underline below Progress tab.

This tab includes only content visible to students by default. If a student can’t access content because they don’t meet release conditions yet, this is shown. You can change the tab to display all content. If you view with the All filter, content the student can’t see is marked with a not visible icon. Content marked not visible either isn’t viewable to students or it’s hidden until students meet the release conditions.

Student Progress Report for Course Content

Instructors need to know how their students engage with course content other than assignments. You can then take important actions, such as improving course content or reaching out to idle students. There are two ways to access this report.

Select the ellipsis menu (three dots) by the content and then select Student Progress:

Image of the menu that appears when the ellipsis icon is selected.

Click to open the content and then select the Student Progress tab:

Image of the Student Progress tab underlined in purple beneath the name of the course content.

You can see the progress that students mark for the following content types:

Ultra Documents
SCORM packages
Uploaded files
Links
Cloud documents
LTI content with no associated grade
Learning modules
Folders

The report allows you to select content and view:

Students who have not yet opened content
Students who have accessed content
Students who have marked the content as complete

The report includes the date and time an action occurred (for example, when a student first selected content or accessed content through Ally). You can sort by student name or progress status. You can act based on this information by sending an individual or bulk message. If you send a bulk message, each student receives an individual message.

The Student Name list includes useful information for personalizing your interactions with students. If a student has provided this information, the list displays additional name, name recording, pronunciation, accommodations, and pronoun information.