{"id":6233,"date":"2023-05-30T13:13:13","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T12:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.aber.ac.uk\/e-learning\/?p=6233"},"modified":"2023-05-30T13:13:21","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T12:13:21","slug":"ultra-courses-2023-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.aber.ac.uk\/e-learning\/2023\/05\/30\/ultra-courses-2023-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Ultra Courses 2023-24"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When you come back for next academic year, your new courses in Blackboard will look a little different. From September 2023, all new courses in Blackboard will be Ultra courses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ve been using Ultra Base Navigation (UBN) in Blackboard since January 2023, and we know that many of you have found it easier to use \u2013 especially on mobile devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ultra courses have the same accessible and mobile-friendly design as UBN \u2013 here\u2019s what an Ultra course looks like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"604\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.aber.ac.uk\/e-learning\/files\/2023\/05\/ultra-course.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of a Blackboard Ultra Course\" class=\"wp-image-6234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.aber.ac.uk\/e-learning\/files\/2023\/05\/ultra-course.png 604w, https:\/\/wordpress.aber.ac.uk\/e-learning\/files\/2023\/05\/ultra-course-300x175.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Because of the way it\u2019s designed, an Ultra course never has more than two levels of folders \u2013 this makes it much quicker and easier to find your course materials and assignment submission links. And there\u2019s also a <a href=\"https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Student\/Ultra\/Getting_Started\/Navigate_Inside_a_Course#ultra_title_search\">search tool<\/a> inside every course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ve also redesigned our course template to make sure it uses the language that the course is taught in. If your module is taught in Welsh, your course template will now be in Welsh. And bilingual modules have a bilingual course template.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s lots of information about <a href=\"https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Student\/Ultra\">Ultra<\/a> on the Blackboard website, including an introduction to navigating your way round an <a href=\"https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Student\/Ultra\/Getting_Started\/Navigate_Inside_a_Course\">Ultra course<\/a> (note \u2013 the video on this page is on an external site and only available in English). &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All your <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.aber.ac.uk\/e-learning\/2023\/05\/12\/can-i-access-old-courses-and-materials-after-the-move-to-ultra\/\">previous years\u2019 courses are still available<\/a> \u2013 so if you need to look back at old course materials, you can do that too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you come back for next academic year, your new courses in Blackboard will look a little different. 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