Getting Started with Learn Ultra

Use the following tasks to practice the features covered during today’s workshop. You can use your own files, or the ones provided in your Participant Materials Folder.

System Exploration

  1. Explore the Base Navigation Menu. What do you notice?
  2. Explore the different filters in the Activity Stream. What do you notice?
  3. What do you notice in the Grades area? How would it differ if you were a student?
  4. Inspect the Tools menu item. What features does it offer?
  5. Check out the Courses link. Hover over various parts of a course placard. What do you notice?

Profile

  1. Explore the Profile menu. What fields of information are available to you?
  2. Edit your profile and upload a picture.
  3. Edit your Pronoun and pronunciation of your name
  4. Edit email notifications, update and select save.
  5. Edit your Stream Notifications and select save.
  6. If you have a OneDrive account, try connecting it to your profile. (This can be completed at any time.)

Course Navigation

  1. Use the Course Content view to access different areas of the course.
  2. Access different levels of the course and then navigate back to the home page of the course.
  3. Turn on your Student Preview to see how students will view your course.

Communication

  1. Add a course event to your Calendar.
  2. Send a course Message and an individual.
  3. Send a course announcement.

Communication

  1. Download the app onto your mobile device.

For detail instructions on how to do this visit: https://help.blackboard.com/Blackboard_App/Quick_Start

Key Points

Navigating the Learn Ultra Environment

  • Because Learn Ultra is a highly flexible, evolving system, your Blackboard Learn Ultra environment may look different from the screenshots you see in this presentation.
  • Learn itself is highly customizable, and your institution administrators have complete control over dozens of features and which privileges are granted to you as an instructor.

Ultra Course Structure/Content

  • Your course will look substantially different to your students than it looks to you as an instructor. Remember you can check how your course looks and works by using your Student Preview. Remember that students will also be unable to see items you have hidden or content areas that are restricted by date.

Essential Communication Tools

  • Communication is key to creating sense of community among your students and keeping them engaged.
  • One of the most important things you can do as an online instructor is to have a consistent presence in your course, letting students know that you are available to give them feedback and answer their questions.

Mobile Applications

  • The Blackboard app provides an intuitive way for you to interact with courses, content, instructors, and other students.
  • In the Blackboard app, you, as an instructor, can perform these tasks:
    • View course items and course announcements
    • Take assignments and tests
    • Participate in discussions
    • Interact with your instructor and class in Blackboard Collaborate

Final note

The IT department are there to help you. Support.mountmarty.edu

 

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