Training Opportunities for Blackboard Ultra Courses
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Self-Paced Training Options
An Ultra self-paced Blackboard course is available to guide you through the different functions and features of Ultra courses.
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You can also explore our Video Playlists
- Blackboard Student Experience
- Course Communications
- Adding Content to your Ultra Course
- Creating Effective Discussions
- Grading Student Work
- Exploring the Content Market
Assistance with any use of Blackboard or associated learning tools is always available. Submit a ticket at UnivITHelp@rochester.edu.
Workshops to Support your Teaching within Blackboard
Using AI Features in Blackboard Ultra to Streamline Course Design
Blackboard Ultra has a number of AI Assistant features that can help you with your course design and save you time in the development of your course. Join us to learn about how the AI Design Assistant can assist with the generation of assignment and discussion prompts, the generation of test questions, the naming of learning modules, the development of grading rubrics, and more.
- Monday, March 2 at 2pm, Register here
- Tuesday, March 3 at 12noon, Register here
Using Harmonize – Promoting Student Interaction, Sharing Student Work and Presentations, Peer Review
- Monday, March 16 at 3pm, Register here
- Tuesday, March 17 at 12noon, Register here
Using Panopto – Store and Share Video Content for your Courses, including Access Statistics
- Monday, March 30 at 3pm, Register here
- Tuesday, March 31 at 12noon, Register here
- December 2025 – Using AI in Blackboard Ultra to Streamline Course Design
Workshop Series for Blackboard Ultra Courses
Workshop #1 – Blackboard Ultra – Create your Course Structure and Content
This workshop will help you learn how to best organize your Ultra courses and prepare the content for your students.
- Monday, April 6 at 2pm, Register here
- Tuesday, April 7 at 12noon, Register here
Workshop #2 – Blackboard Ultra – Promoting Interaction and Collecting Student Work (Assignments, Tests)
This workshop will cover using all of the Graded Items (Discussion, Journal, Tests, Assignments) available in Blackboard Ultra.
- Monday, April 20 at 2pm, Register here
- Tuesday, April 21 at 12noon, Register here
Workshop #3 – Blackboard Ultra – Setting up the Gradebook and Overall Grade
This workshop will cover setting up your gradebook and the overall grade column.
- Monday, May 4 at 2pm, Register here
- Tuesday, May 5 at 12noon, Register here
Creating Content
- Workshop Slides from December 2025 (PDF)
- Blackboard Ultra Course Structure (Video, about 11 minutes)
- Blackboard Ultra Content – Creating Containers (Video, about 5 minutes)
- Blackboard Ultra Content – Creating Informational Content (Video, about 16 minutes)
- Copying Content INTO Ultra Courses (Video, about 3 minutes)
Creating Gradable Items
- Workshop Slides from December 2025 (PDF)
- Blackboard Ultra Discussion Boards, Journals, and Surveys (Video, about 12 minutes)
- Blackboard Ultra Assignments (Video, about 7 minutes)
- Blackboard Ultra Tests (Video, about 10 minutes)
- Blackboard Ultra Test Question Types (Video, about 5 minutes)
- Blackboard Ultra – Setting up the Gradebook (Video, about 7 minutes)
- Blackboard Ultra – Access to non-Blackboard Tools (Video, about 4 minutes)
Teaching in Ultra
- Workshop Slides from December 2025 (PDF)
- Blackboard Ultra Communications with Students (Video, about 8 minutes)
- Blackboard Ultra Progress Tracking and Analytics (Video, about 7 minutes)
- Blackboard Ultra Grading (Video, about 5 minutes)
- Blackboard Ultra Setting the Overall Grade (Video, about 7 minutes)