Blackboard Ultra Base Navigation
In Spring 2021, Blackboard will include a new landing page with a fresh look and feel, and the Ultra navigation while maintaining the current course experience for instructors and students.
The Institution Page
The Institution Page includes information and helpful links for using Blackboard and other technologies for teaching, and student support services. The information on this page can be customized based on user's role.
Highlight of Blackboard Ultra Experience - Navigation
The new Ultra experience is a completely redesigned interface with simplified, intuitive workflows, a modern look and feel, and an improved mobile experience. Part of it is the new Ultra landing page and navigation.
Activity Stream
Use the Activity Stream to access the consolidated information from all your courses. You can see what’s new in all your courses and jump directly into course activities from the list. You don’t need to dig through the system or miss submissions important updates.
Use the Activity Stream to access the consolidated information from all your courses. You can see what’s new in all your courses and jump directly into course activities from the list. You don’t need to dig through the system or miss submissions important updates.
Profile
Blackboard Profile lets you to customize the information students see about you in your Blackboard courses.
Add an image to represent you that appears on course content pages, discussions, and in the Activity Stream.
Modify your notification settings[1].
Set up cloud storage [2] with Blackboard for easy documents share.
Learn more about editing your profile »
Courses
The new Courses page sorts your courses into a timeline so that you can focus on courses that are currently active. Courses are listed in alphabetical order.
You can see all registered courses in the Course page, even the courses that are not accessible yet - called Provate.
Course tile view gives a fresh look of the course organization. The course images provide visual course representation.
Courses marked as a favorite will appear at the top of your course list, making it easy for you to access the courses you use most frequently.
Course Views
List View
Tile View
Messages
The Messages (formerly Emails) is a new overview place for the messages in all courses you are enrolled. The massages sent in each course will be stored in the message boxes as the records in each respective course.
Calendar
Use the calendar to keep track of upcoming assignments, events, and other due dates for all your courses.
The global calendar page displays your upcoming due dates and meetings across your courses—all in one place.. You can see your schedule for the day or month at a glance.
Instructors can associate events with particular courses so that they appear on students’ calendars.
When an instructor adds a due date to an assignment, the assignment is automatically added to the course calendar. All of this information rolls up into the global calendar.