Faculty Guides and Documentation

Preconversion Checklist

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If you are copying or moving content from Blackboard Original to Ultra Course View, this guide will assist you with what to expect in content conversion. 

Content types that will convert/copy into Ultra from Original:

  • Announcements
  • Assignments
  • Blank Pages
  • Class Collaborate > Ultra conversion exceptions will say it did not copy over but Class Collaborate will convert.
  • Content Areas
  • Content Folders
  • Content Packages (SCORM)
  • Course Banner
  • Course Menu Blank Pages
  • Course Menu Web Links
  • Discussion Forums and Threads*
  • Files
  • Flickr Mashups
  • Goals
  • Grade Center
    • Categories
    • Grade Schemas
  • Group Sets
  • Items
  • Journals
  • Learning Modules
  • LessonPlans
  • Multimedia: Audio, Image, and Video
  • Rich Content Editor: Styling, Fonts, and Font Sizes
  • Question Pools
  • Question Sets
  • Question Types
    • Calculated Formula
    • Calculated Numeric
    • Etiher/Or
    • Essay
    • Fill in multiple blanks
    • Fill in the blank
    • Hotspot
    • Matching
    • Multiple Answer
    • Multiple Choice
    • Short Answer
    • True/False
  • Random Blocks
  • Rubrics
  • Surveys become Forms
  • Tests
  • Web Links

*Learn more on Discussions Forums and Threads Conversion

Content types and settings that will NOT convert or copy into Ultra:

These items will not copy from Original into to Ultra Course View:

  • Achievements > Blackboards future consideration to bring it back
  • Blogs > Blackboards future consideration to bring it back
  • Contacts
  • Course Links
  • Course Menu Module Page
  • Course Menu Tool Links
  • Course Menu Course Links
  • Course Menu Subheader
  • Course Menu Divider
  • Glossary
  • Grading Color Codes
  • Grading Periods
  • Module Page
  • Question Types
    • File Response
    • Jumbled Sentence
    • Opinion Scale/Likert
    • Ordering
    • Quiz Bowl
  • Self And Peer Assessments
  • Smart Views
  • Standalone Groups
  • Syllabus
  • Total Column > can be added using Overall Grade
  • Weighted Total Column > can be added using Overall Grade
  • Wikis

As features and functions continue to roll out for the Ultra Course View, the supported list will expand. Our list of Original vs Ultra features provides a chart of naming conventions as well as planned implementation or discontinuation. 

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