Blackboard Course View Transition

Blackboard is the supported Learning Management System at Syracuse University.  From this page you can choose which version of Blackboard you would like information for.

ITS and Online Learning Services (OLS) are offering instructors to begin teaching their credit-bearing courses in the Ultra Course View.  Syracuse University will complete the transition from original courses to ultra courses during the summer of 2024.  Beginning with the Summer 2024 term, courses will be created by default in the ultra format and instructors can request that the course get reverted to Original by emailing help@syr.edu. For the Fall 2024 term, all newly-created courses will be in ultra course view. Instructors will retain access to their previously-offered original courses to copy content into ultra courses and for record keeping purposes.

 

Original Course View

 

You are using the original course view if the course menu appears on the left side of your window.  This menu is the cornerstone for all course content.  Select an item to open it and the content appears in the main window to the right of the course menu. Content modules and folders open in a new tab/window.

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Ultra Course View

You are using the Ultra Course View if your instructor's name and picture appear in the content area. At the top of the page are navigation links to your course tools. Ultra courses have one course content page where all course materials are organized using modules and folders.  Content modules and folders open as layers within the same window.

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