To determine your version of Blackboard you will first need to visit your institution’s login page and scroll down to the copyright information. Then click Installation details. The numbers in parentheses indicates the version of Blackboard you are using.
Do I have Ultra? You have the Ultra experience if your name appears in the left panel of your window after you log in. You can navigate to core features outside of your courses from the list. When you select any link from the list, you see a global view across all your courses.
About release versions Blackboard Learn release versions are based on the way the product is hosted for your institution. The SaaS deployment is released to production servers monthly. Learn 9.1 deployment for self and managed hosting clients is released to production twice each year, in Q2 and Q4.
The Ultra Course View is cleaner with a more modern design and easy-to-use workflows. It also has powerful new tools that are not available in the Original Course View, like Discussion Analytics. There are some features of the Original Course View that are not available in the Ultra Course View, however.
BlackBoard Collaborate is outshined by its contestant BlackBoard Learn by the number of Blended Learning functions and features supported "out-of-the-box", representing 100 times less decision criteria (0 for BlackBoard Inc. compared to 12 for BlackBoard Inc.).
Blackboard has launched a free hosted course management service, one aimed at wooing individual instructors who lack access to automated course management or who are disaffected by the systems in use at their schools.Feb 10, 2011
In March 2019 Blackboard announced that Transact was to be spun off, having been acquired by Reverence Capital Partners. Blackboard Analytics was developed after the company acquired iStrategy, a data analysis firm, in December 2010.
You can start the Ultra preview at any time from your Original Course View. Select the Experience the new Learn icon in the top-right corner of the page. In the pop-up window, start the conversion to the Ultra Course View. You'll receive an email notification when your course is ready.Jan 5, 2017
0:201:28Introduction to Blackboard Learn with the Ultra Experience for Instructors ...YouTubeStart of suggested clipEnd of suggested clipYou will see the new ultra course view where everything is organized so that all the course materialMoreYou will see the new ultra course view where everything is organized so that all the course material interactions. And tools are right at your fingertips. You can quickly add content to your course.
From the content area select Tools and More Tools. Select Blackboard Collaborate Ultra. By default the link name is Blackboard Collaborate Ultra. When you add Blackboard Collaborate to your course content, it links to the tool, not a specific session.
Blackboard Collaborate Ultra is an alternative to Zoom. It allows instructors to meet synchronously with students at a set time and place. Like Zoom, BB Collaborate also allows hosts to share content or a whiteboard, record meeting sessions, create breakout rooms, and poll participants.May 23, 2020
Open the link in your browser. Blackboard Collaborate is at the top of the screen. It mentions what session you are joining and there is a place for you to type your name. Select Join Session after typing your name.
You can launch Blackboard Collaborate Ultra sessions from the Blackboard app if a link is provided within a course. You're directed to a web browser to join the session. Collaborate is supported on these devices and browsers: Android: Chrome browser.