Help & Resources: Blackboard

To maximize our resources during our transition to Canvas, we want to ensure our focus is concentrated and effective. As such, we strongly advise those faculty who have not yet utilized Blackboard's Ultra Course View to refrain from transitioning at this time. 

Table of Contents

• Blackboard overview

  • Troubleshooting solutions and known issues in Blackboard

• Blackboard Original 

  • Blackboard Original for Instructors 

    • Getting started  

    • Setting up your course 

    • Creating and viewing content 

    • Tests, assignments and grading 

  • Blackboard Original for Students

    • Getting started 

    • Common help topics

• Blackboard Ultra 

  • Blackboard Ultra for Instructors 

    • Getting started 

    • Help topics for Blackboard Ultra

  • Blackboard Ultra for Students

    • Getting started 

    • Communicating in Blackboard 

    • Tests, assignments, and grades 

• Blackboard Organizations 

Blackboard overview

• Adding a profile picture in Blackboard

• Determining your Blackboard course view

  • Blackboard Original course view

  • Blackboard Ultra course view

• Navigating inside Blackboard

• Publisher content and add-on tools in Blackboard

• Understanding roles in Blackboard organizations and courses  

• Understanding system requirements: Blackboard

• Troubleshooting solutions and known issues in Blackboard

Blackboard Original

• Blackboard Original course view

• Troubleshooting solutions and known issues in Blackboard  

Blackboard Original for Instructors

Getting started

• Getting Started in Blackboard Original (Instructors)   

• Adding TAs, instructors and other users to Blackboard Original (Instructors)  

• Finding your Blackboard Original course ID (Instructors)  

• Preparing to publish your Blackboard Original course (Instructors)  

• Viewing a sample Blackboard Original course (Instructors)  

Setting up your course 

• Combining course sections in Blackboard Original (Instructors)  

• Completing a course copy in Blackboard Original (Instructors)  

• Creating a local copy of a course or organization in Blackboard Original (Instructors)  

• Creating a test course in Blackboard Original (Instructors)  

• Deleting courses and organizations in Blackboard Original (Instructors)  

Creating and viewing content 

• Communicating with students in Blackboard Original (Instructors)  

• Creating course content and assignments in Blackboard Original (Instructors)

• Creating a Turnitin Assignment in Blackboard Original (Instructors)

• Using portfolios in Blackboard Original (Instructors)  

• Retaining previous course content and the course retention standard    

Tests, assignments and grading 

• Creating and proctoring tests in Blackboard Original (Instructors)  

• Downloading grades in Blackboard Original (Instructors) 

• Grading and providing student feedback in Blackboard Original (Instructors)  

Student Blackboard Original 

Getting started 

• Getting Started in Blackboard Original (Students) 

• Finding content in Blackboard Original (Students) 

• Identifying a Blackboard Original course

Common help topics

• Communicating in Blackboard Original (Students) 

• Messages in Blackboard Original (Students)

• Submitting assignments in Blackboard Original (Students) 

• Taking a test in Blackboard Original (Students) 

• Using portfolios in Blackboard Original (Students)  

• Viewing grades and feedback in Blackboard Original (Students) 

Blackboard Ultra 

• Blackboard Ultra course view

• Troubleshooting solutions and known issues in Blackboard

Blackboard Ultra for Instructors

To maximize our resources during our transition to Canvas, we want to ensure our focus is concentrated and effective. As such, we strongly advise those faculty who have not yet utilized Blackboard's Ultra Course View to refrain from transitioning at this time. 

Getting started 

• Adding TAs, instructors and other users to Blackboard Ultra (Instructors)

• Creating content in Blackboard Ultra (Instructors)

• Completing a course copy in Blackboard Ultra (Instructors) 

• Feature changes in Blackboard Ultra

• Publisher content and add-on tools in Blackboard Ultra 

Help topics for Blackboard Ultra

• Downloading grades in Blackboard Ultra (Instructors) 

• Integrating Blackboard Ultra with Microsoft Teams (Instructors) 

• Training resources for Blackboard Ultra (Instructors) 

• Using blog alternatives in Blackboard Ultra (Instructors) 

• Viewing student activity in Blackboard Ultra (Instructors) 

• Retaining previous course content and the course retention standard   

Student Blackboard Ultra 

Getting started 

• Identifying a Blackboard Ultra course

• Navigating discussion boards in Blackboard Ultra (Students) 

Communicating in Blackboard Ultra

• Announcements in Blackboard Ultra (Students) 

• Calendar in Blackboard Ultra (Students) 

• Conversations in Blackboard Ultra (Students) 

• Groups in Blackboard Ultra (Students) 

• Messages in Blackboard Ultra (Students) 

Tests, assignments, and grades in Blackboard Ultra

• Checking grades in Blackboard Ultra (Students) 

• Submitting an assignment in Blackboard Ultra (Students) 

• Taking a test or quiz in Blackboard Ultra (Students) 

Blackboard Organizations 

• Requesting a Blackboard organization 

• Understanding roles in Blackboard organizations and courses 

• Deleting courses and organizations in Blackboard (Instructors) 

Get help from OIT

• Visit the Learning Management System: Blackboard page to create a ticket

• Visit the Technology Resources and Training page for an OIT training 

Additional resources

• Blackboard Learn Help for Instructors - Original View

• Blackboard Learn Help for Students - Original View

• Blackboard Learn Help for Instructors - Ultra View

• Blackboard Learn Help for Students - Ultra View

• Quick Start for the Blackboard Mobile App

• Publisher Content and Add-on Tools

• Troubleshooting Solutions and Known Issues in Blackboard

• System Requirements