Blackboard Ultra gives students a modern, streamlined way to access course materials, keep track of due dates, submit assignments, take assessments, review grades and feedback, and communicate with instructors and classmates. This guide brings together essential student tutorials to help you navigate Blackboard confidently and stay on top of your course work.
Getting Started & Navigation
Get an introduction to Blackboard Ultra and the main tools you will use to access course materials, activities, and updates.
Review and update the profile information and settings available through your Blackboard account.
Locate current, upcoming, and previous courses from the Courses page in Blackboard.
Use the course navigation to find content, discussions, grades, messages, and other course-specific tools.
Review recent course activity, new content, grades, and upcoming work from the Activity page.
Use the Blackboard calendar to review due dates and course events and stay organized across your courses.
Choose how and when Blackboard notifies you about course announcements, due dates, grades, and other activity.
Use the browser checker and Blackboard Help resources to confirm that your browser is ready for course work.
Course Content & Tools
Learn how common Blackboard content types are presented so you can find files, learning modules, links, and activities.
Use the Blackboard content editor to format text and add links or media when completing course activities.
Assignments & Assessments
Learn how to open assignments, review instructions and due dates, and understand submission status.
Upload your work, review the attached files, and submit an assignment in Blackboard.
Find instructor comments, grades, and other feedback after an assignment has been reviewed.
Learn how SafeAssign works within the Blackboard assignment submission process.
Review assessment details and complete the recommended checks before beginning a Blackboard test.
Navigate test questions, enter your responses, and submit a completed assessment in Blackboard.
Review your test results, submitted responses, scores, and instructor feedback when they are available.
Learn how to answer hotspot questions by selecting the requested area within an image.
Grades & Progress
Use the Gradebook to review scores, submission status, and feedback across your course work.
Use the How Am I Doing? report to understand your activity and progress within a course.
Find and review course grades from the Blackboard mobile app.
Discussions & Collaboration
Open course discussions, create a response, and reply to classmates or your instructor.
Read and send course messages to communicate with instructors and classmates within Blackboard.
Create and manage journal entries for reflective or instructor-guided course activities.
Use Blackboard group spaces and tools to collaborate with classmates on shared course work.
Feedback 
Copy Link
