The new features in this month’s Blackboard’s upgrade will be available from Friday 5th September. This month’s upgrade includes the following new/improved features to Ultra courses:
- Enhance Documents with block styling options
- Add and manage question titles in tests, forms, and banks
Enhance Documents with block styling options
When creating or editing a Document content item, instructors are now able to style blocks on the page using built-in icons that have been designed by the Blackboard team to enhance visual appeal and direct student attention.
The option to add one of the new styles is available from the block menu as shown in the screenshot below.
The styles available are Question, Tip, Key points, and Next steps. The results of each are demonstrated in sequence in the following image.
More information about creating Documents can be found on the Blackboard Help website: Creating Documents
Add and manage question titles in tests, forms, and question banks
Instructors can optionally utilise titles when creating or editing questions in tests, forms, and question banks on a course. Students will not see the titles when taking tests. The main purpose of this new feature is to help instructors locate previously created questions for reuse in other tests or forms.
More information
As ever, please get in touch with your learning technologist if you would like any more information about the new features available in this month’s upgrade: Who is my learning technologist?
