Course Navigation
The menu bars on the top and left-hand side in Blackboard Ultra course view are how users navigate between the main areas of the course. Unlike in original course view, these menus are not editable, and will have the same items and appearance in all Blackboard Ultra courses.
Top Navigation Bar
Navigating Inside an Ultra Course - Blackboard Help Center
Details & Actions
Manage your course with the following options. Note that, menu items cannot be renamed and/or new menu items added.
 | Roster - Blackboard Help Center View your class enrollments and add accommodations for students. Progress Tracking - Blackboard Help Center Enable this functionality to give your students an easy way to keep track of what they have done inside the course. Enabling this tool also gives the instructor access to the student Progress tab which helps track individual student progress within the course. Course Image and Banner Add a visual element to your course. The course image always displays as the course card thumbnail on the courses page. Additionally, you can toggle the course image to display the image within your course. Make Course Available to Students - Blackboard Help CenterOpen: Make the course available for students to access and participate. Private: Make a course unavailable while you add or experiment with content, and then open it to students when you're ready. Students see private courses in their course lists, but they can't access them. Attendance - Blackboard Help Center Use blackboard's integrated attendance tool to manage enrolled student's attendance. Add External Tools - Blackboard Help Center Access commonly used course tools such as Kaltura, Playposit, eBooks and Zoom. Question Banks - Blackboard Help Center Create and manage banks of questions that you can reuse in multiple assessments Add Course Schedule: Add times that your course or organization meets. |
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Course Content
In the Ultra course, the Course Content is the default landing page. This cannot be changed. Select the purple add icon wherever you want to add content. Items you add to the content area can be organized using modules or folders.
For further details on various navigation functions in an Ultra course, view the video below.