This quick reference guide is a resource that covers the most applicable functions of various tools available to help you get started with Blackboard Ultra Course View (UCV). While the Blackboard name is the same, UCV is very different from the previous version of Blackboard (sometimes referred to as Blackboard Original). Blackboard Original Course View (OCV) is the classic version of Blackboard currently used for the majority of UToledo courses. UCV has a cleaner and more modern design compared to OCV.
Faculty can contact UToledo Online for assistance using Blackboard Ultra Course View
- Phone: 419-530-8835
- Email [email protected]
- Live Chat on Utoledo Online Website
- Visit Blackboard Ultra Course View Website
UCV at UToledo Today
UToledo has a future goal for full conversion to UCV by Summer 2025, at which time all new Blackboard course shells will be in Ultra Course View. Original Course View will remain the default version of Blackboard for Fall 2024 and Spring 2025.
What this means for your courses:
- Beginning Summer 2025, your Blackboard course shells will be in UCV.
- Content from Blackboard Original can be copied into Blackboard Ultra (but not vice versa).
- You will still be able to access past courses in Original*; however, you will not be able to teach in Original after Spring 2025.
*Blackboard courses are maintained for 4 years.
UCV Introduction
On the Course Content page, instructors can navigate Ultra Course by selecting each tab to access course content, check the course calendar, drop in on class discussions, and access grades.
UCV Getting Started
UCV Faculty Guides
- Link to Creating Course Content, faculty can find instructions to create learning modules, folders, web links, and Ultra documents.
- Link to Communication: Announcements, faculty can find instructions to view, create, and schedule announcements.
- Link to Communication: Discussion Posts, faculty can find instructions to create, grade, view, and manage discussions.
- Link to Assignments and Tests, faculty can find instructions to create, edit, view, grade, set test exceptions and exemptions, and set up SafeAssign.
- Link to Blackboard Learn Ultra Groups, faculty can find instructions to create, view, edit, and grade UCV groups.
- Link to Blackboard Learn Ultra Grading, faculty can find instructions to submit, post, modify, create new grade columns, and set up overall grade.
- Link to Blackboard Ultra Artificial Intelligence (AI) Design Assistant, faculty can find instructions to auto-generate modules, assignments, discussions, journals, rubrics, test banks, and Ultra documents.
When accessing Faculty Guides and Documentation, faculty can search for guides by entering keywords or topics.