Starting Fresh - Step by Step

1. GET A DEVELOPMENT SITE
   Ensure you have an Ultra development (DEVU) course shell for each course you will move using the Starting Fresh method. Most instructors will receive two DEVU shells by the beginning of October, so please check your course list to see if you have them. If you don’t, you can request them at any time.

   • Requesting a development (DEVU) course shell

2. CHOOSE YOUR COURSE
   Locate the course you want to move. You will use this course as a guide, so choose the best version you have.

3. STORE YOUR FILES OUTSIDE OF BLACKBOARD
   If you have files that you want to bring with you, we highly recommend that you do not use Blackboard as your file storage. Rather than attaching or uploading files, best practice is to embed or link to them. Doing this creates an optimal and equitable student experience, and helps to eliminate the many issues students have with attached files, videos, etc. Also, this practice will help to keep your course size within the 2.5 GB allotted storage limit.

   • Downloading files from Blackboard Original

   • Adding your files to OneDrive

   • Using Panopto to optimize your video/audio files in Blackboard Ultra

4. ADD STRUCTURE
   You definitely want to start with the Humber Ultra Template in your course. It provides the most up-to-date versions of standard essential elements that both you and your students require, such as student resource links, the land acknowledgement agreement, and help with your welcome message and critical path.

   • Applying the Humber Ultra Template to your Ultra Course

   • Creating Learning Modules and Content Folders

5. ADD CONTENT
   Set up the Getting Started folder, and add learning materials to your modules and folders.

   • Training: Creating Content in Blackboard Ultra (37 min)

   • Adding Content to your Blackboard Ultra Course

   • Adding links and embedding media in your Blackboard Ultra Course (contains 6 min video)

6. ADD INTERACTIVITY
   Create Discussions and Journals, and set up Groups as required.

   • Training: Assignments, Discussions and Journals in Blackboard ULTRA (80 min)

   • Blackboard's list of interactive elements

   • Creating an Assignment in Blackboard Ultra

   • Creating a Journal in Blackboard Ultra

   • Creating Discussions in Blackboard Ultra

7. ADD ASSESSMENTS
   Create Tests and Assignments as required. Although we recommend recreating assessments in Ultra, you can also try moving them over from Original. Be sure to follow the instructions for a successful move.

   • Training: Tests and Question Banks in Bb Ultra (55 min)

   • Creating a Test in Blackboard Ultra

   • Moving Tests from Original to Ultra

8. REVIEW WITH STUDENT PREVIEW
   Now that you've done all your work, it's time to check your course from the student perspective. This is an essential step in checking the quality of your work and ensure everything is working as expected your students.

   • Using Student Preview in Blackboard Ultra

9. CELEBRATE YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS
   It is good to celebrate achievements, so when you finish a course, give yourself a pat on the back, or a high five, or a Breakfast Club fist pump... whatever your thing is, congratulations!

   • Pat on the back

   • Self-five

   • Fist pump

   • Just because