Blog and Wiki Alternatives for Blackboard Ultra Courses
Blog and Wiki Alternatives for Blackboard Ultra Courses
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Blackboard Learn to Ultra: As the university transitions from Learn to Ultra, the blog and wiki assignment features will no longer be available within the LMS. This document provides a brief overview of alternatives for each of these tools should you wish to continue utilizing these assignments within the classroom.
Blog Tool Alternatives
Blog Tool Alternatives
Discussions Feature (within ULTRA): Consider transitioning blog assignments to a weekly discussion board. Individual blog posts will be replaced with discussion threads, and comments with replies/posts.
Journal Feature (within ULTRA): For assignments where the intent of the blog is to be privately viewed between the student and instructor, consider transitioning these assignments to a weekly journal entry.
edublogs
edublogs
Free Wordpress Blogs for faculty use at https://edublogs.org/
WIKI Tool Alternatives
WIKI Tool Alternatives
padlet - create Maps, Blogs, Boards, Timelines and Portfolio pages.
padlet - create Maps, Blogs, Boards, Timelines and Portfolio pages.
Padlet allows you up to 3 free interactive "Pin Boards" that you can invite students to collaborate with. https://padlet.com/
Microsoft 365 and Teams
Microsoft 365 and Teams
Create group editable documents and share them with students and colleagues.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/office/document-collaboration-and-co-authoring-ee1509b4-1f6e-401e-b04a-782d26f564a4
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/create-an-assignment-in-microsoft-teams-23c128d0-ec34-4691-9511-661fba8599be
You can use OneNote pages in your ULTRA Teams site as a Wiki substitute as well!
https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/topic/use-onenote-class-notebook-in-teams-bd77f11f-27cd-4d41-bfbd-2b11799f1440
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