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New Faculty Orientation to Blackboard Ultra

New to Ultra? No problem! Get your course ready for day 1

Location

Online

Date & Time

August 21, 2025, 6:00 pm – 7:15 pm

Description

For faculty who are new to teaching with Blackboard Ultra, getting started may feel overwhelming. During this webinar, Instructional Technology staff will review the basics of Ultra to ensure your course is ready for the first day of the semester! 

Topics covered will include: 
  • Content
    • Create learning modules and folders 
    • Upload content 
    • Externally link to cloud storage
  • Communication
    • Add instructor contact information 
    • Post announcements and send student emails
    • Create discussion boards 
  • Gradebook
    • Create and grade assignments
    • Set up the grade book to match your grading schema
To RSVP for this event, please click “Going” below and be sure to add the event to your calendar! Registered participants will receive a calendar invitation prior to the event and a reminder email. 

At least 10 registrants are needed for the session to proceed as scheduled. The session will be recorded if three or more people attend and the link will be distributed to everyone who registered. All recordings are posted to the Instructional Technology Training Archive in Panopto.

JOINING THE SESSION

This webinar will take place in a Microsoft Teams virtual conference room. To maximize your MS Teams experience, installing the Microsoft Teams application on your computer (whether university-owned or personal device) is recommended.

Enter the webinar up to 10 minutes before the start time. Visit this event post and select the "Join Online Event" button at the top to join.

Prior to the Event

  1. For the best viewing experience, we recommend using Chrome, Brave, or Firefox, preferably the most recent updates to those browsers. Closing any unnecessary browser tabs will help conserve your bandwidth.  
  2. If this is your first time joining one of our webinars, please review the requirements for how to join a meeting in Microsoft Teams. 

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