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While linking to a Google Doc from within a Blackboard Ultra course is simply a matter of creating and populating new Link, if you have a Google doc that you wish to embed directly within a Blackboard Ultra course Content Document, there are a few steps that are needed. This article demonstrates how to perform this process.

On May 18, 2024, Blackboard was updated from Learn Original to Ultra Base Navigation. The update significantly changed navigational components between courses and provides new consolidated areas for viewing and managing courses and grades, as well as an activity feed that provides updates. This article showcases what changed, and demonstrates several basic functions and actions. Note that this article does not cover the changeover to Blackboard Ultra Courses.

Faculty can determine whether their Blackboard courses is "Open" or "Closed" to their students, and may choose to close access to the course prior or following a term. When technical assistance such as a course copy is performed by IT, courses are set to be closed from student access to allow the requesting faculty to review/finalize their content before making the course available. This article for Instructors demonstrates how to set student visibility for an entire Blackboard Ultra course.

One of the major changes between Blackboard Original and Blackboard Ultra is the Gradebook, replacing the Grade Center. This tool has become more robust, with more features for grading and tracking progress. In August 2026, additional elements of the Gradebook in Ultra have been updated, and new resources were developed to support faculty on how to use this area of their course. This article provides access to training and information on the Gradebook in Blackboard Ultra for faculty usage.

Blackboard Ultra has several reports that can be run, as well as many analytic options available for instructors to help keep track of student progress and assessment. This article covers how to access and run these reports/analytics.

Using Blackboard Tests, faculty can assess students by creating quizzes, exams or tests that can utilize a variety of question types, include a timer, allow visibility control options, and provide students with feedback and results in a manner that is controlled by the faculty member. This article includes resources that cover the steps for setting up, configuring, and deploying tests on Blackboard.

Assessment results settings determine visibility and type of results users gain access to after completing an assessment (Test), as well as when they will gain this access. These options are set on the Settings panel within a Blackboard Assessment. This article provides documentation on how to manage assessment results settings.

Blackboard Ultra courses allow faculty to drag and drop contents to manage and reorder files and folders, however this process may prove difficult due to excess amounts of content on the screen, or for those with technical or physical limitations. This video shows how to use the keyboard to reorder content as an alternate solution to drag-and-drop.