Supported Tools Index

The Answers pages below contain information about specific Blackboard Ultra features and settings, including guides on how to locate and set up course tools, and troubleshooting information for common problems.

Ideas pages (listed at the bottom) contain overviews and discussions on more general online teaching and learning questions, and suggestions about how to select the best instructional tools and/or policies to meet your goals.

• Blackboard Content Market Tools — "Content Market" is the Blackboard location where non-Blackboard tools can be embedded into a course. The content market includes link embedding for SU-licensed tools which are supported by ITS and available campus-wide, including Kaltura, PlayPosit, Turnitin, and Zoom, as well as links for major e-textbook publishers that are frequently licensed by individual departments/programs such as McGraw Hill or Pearson. 
• Blackboard Collaborate (deactivated) — As of summer 2024, the Class Collaborate videoconferencing tool has been discontinued by Blackboard and is no longer available. 
• Kaltura Video — Kaltura is the supported video and media repository for Syracuse University faculty, staff, and students.  Kaltura videos can be embedded into Blackboard courses either as standalone content or within Blackboard documents, discussions, assignments, etc. 
• Qwickly Attendance | Course Tools — Comprehensive & Customizable Attendance Platform plus a Simplified Management Tool for Multiple Courses
• Poll Everywhere - Getting Started
  • Poll Everywhere - Presenting in Google Slides
  • Accessing Poll Everywhere
  • Poll Everywhere - Create Reports for Blackboard Export
  • Poll Everywhere - Sync and Re-Sync Blackboard Roster
  • Poll Everywhere - Export Activity Results to Blackboard
  • Poll Everywhere - Presenting in Zoom - MacOs
  • Poll Everywhere - Presenting in PowerPoint - PC/Windows
  • Poll Everywhere - Activities
  • Poll Everywhere - Presenting in PowerPoint - MacOS
• Ultra Course - Turnitin — Turnitin can assist in detecting unoriginal or un-paraphrased content in written submissions. The tool generates a "similarity report" that shows what percentage of the submission matches existing content in Turnitin's repositories.
• Google Assignments — Google assignments created with an SU Google account (NetID@g.syr.edu) can be embedded into Blackboard courses and linked to the Blackboard gradebook. 
• PlayPosit — PlayPosit is a platform that allows instructors to create interactive response questions within streaming videos. Students can explore, learn, and apply the video material at their own pace.
• Zoom —  Zoom is a video conferencing platform licensed by Syracuse University that instructors can use in their courses. As of Summer 2024, Zoom is the preferred academic video conferencing tool at Syracuse University. 
• Supported Tools Ideas
  • Detecting AI Created Content — ITS and Online Learning Services do not currently support or recommend any tool for the detection of AI-generated writing.