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Improve Course Accessibility with Image Captions & MathJax Formulas in July's Ultra Update

Track who's reading your announcements and more

How do you know if students actually read that important course announcement? What if you could make your content more accessible by adding image captions or rendering complex math more clearly...

Posted: June 24, 2025, 1:11 PM

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Explore Jumbled Sentences and Gradebook Tools in Ultra’s June Release

Track unread discussions & student activity

The June 2025 update to Blackboard Ultra brings a fresh set of enhancements designed to support instructional efficiency, student engagement, and accessible course design. From new question types...

Posted: June 3, 2025, 12:56 PM

New grading features include no points rubric & text-based column for Ultra courses in May update

Updated assessment setting & discussion enhancements

The May 2025 Ultra release delivers several meaningful updates that improve how faculty assess student work, support engagement, and manage course tools. From expanded rubric options to accessible...

Posted: April 29, 2025, 8:44 AM

April update to Ultra features flexible grading in groups, printing support for Ultra documents & accessibility support for Office Math

New learning object repository designed for flexible content

The April release introduce several new features aimed at improving content management, grading flexibility, and student feedback tracking. Instructors and students can now print Ultra Documents...

Posted: April 1, 2025, 12:46 PM

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Printable, pop-out rubrics & new course reports for goal tracking available in March's Ultra update

Improvements to discussion formatting & AI image rendering

In March, Ultra's update includes two new course reports, an exciting rubric enhancement requested by faculty, and improvements to the AI Course Design Assistant. Located on the Analytics page,...

Posted: March 6, 2025, 10:52 AM

February's Ultra release enhances content creation, assessment management, and instructor grading

Updates for AI Tools, file rendering, assessment security

The February update for Ultra features enhancements to support content creation, improved file rendering, assessment security, and grading workflows. Additionally, updates to the AI Course Design...

Posted: February 6, 2025, 10:11 AM

Ultra releases content based on new submission attempt, improves gradebook data entry, and updates course availability settings in January

Improvements to AI, access to Mastery Gradebook available

In early January, the Ultra updates features improvements to course settings, content management, grading, and the AI Course Design Assistant, providing increased flexibility for faculty in...

Posted: January 6, 2025, 1:12 PM

December's Ultra update brings overall enhancements to core functionality

New indicators for discussions, grading, reports

This month's update to Ultra provides new and updates indicators for core functionality in Ultra courses including discussions, grading, and reports. Two improvements to Ultra focus on the AI...

Posted: December 2, 2024, 11:37 AM

Collect surveys using new Forms tool in Ultra courses

Updates to grading workflows & settings for February update

In February, a new tool will be available in Ultra courses, designed to make information gathering simple and efficient for instructors: Forms. Whether assigning students to clinical experiences...

Posted: January 23, 2024, 1:09 PM

More gradebook updates, test access logs coming in January

Grade visibility, batch edit, authentic assessment prompts

Expanding the functionality for the gradebook and assessments has been a central theme for the past year of Ultra development. When the winter term starts in 2024, Ultra courses will feature...

Posted: December 21, 2023, 8:01 AM

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