{"id":6312,"date":"2023-06-07T12:28:36","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T11:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.aber.ac.uk\/e-learning\/?p=6312"},"modified":"2023-06-07T12:28:37","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T11:28:37","slug":"collaborative-documents-available-in-blackboard-ultra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.aber.ac.uk\/e-learning\/2023\/06\/07\/collaborative-documents-available-in-blackboard-ultra\/","title":{"rendered":"Collaborative Documents available in Blackboard Ultra"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.aber.ac.uk\/e-learning\/files\/2022\/11\/Ultra-Blog.jpg\" alt=\"Icon Blackboard Ultra\" class=\"wp-image-5351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.aber.ac.uk\/e-learning\/files\/2022\/11\/Ultra-Blog.jpg 696w, https:\/\/wordpress.aber.ac.uk\/e-learning\/files\/2022\/11\/Ultra-Blog-300x86.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the great new enhancements that we\u2019ve got in Blackboard Ultra is the ability to embed collaborative documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For those of us who did much of their teaching online during\u00a0the Covid pandemic, you will recall us espousing the benefits of loading a collaborative document in the chat. We\u2019ve now been working to enable this on our Blackboard Courses and we are pleased to say that they are available for you to use on your 2023-24 courses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This means that your students will be able to collaborate together outside the classroom, on Blackboard in their own time. There are 3 types of document available for students to collaborate on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Word<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Excel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PowerPoint<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re going to be using the collab docs for <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.aber.ac.uk\/e-learning\/2023\/03\/29\/blackboard-ultra-blog-alternatives-overview\/\">blog <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.aber.ac.uk\/e-learning\/2023\/03\/14\/blackboard-ultra-wiki-alternatives-overview\/\">wiki <\/a>alternatives. But, if you want to maybe get your students to mind map, generate ideas, or build on each other\u2019s notes, take a look at the collab docs. You could also use it to get students to sign up to groups. You can use the group feature in Ultra courses to limit the item to a specific student or group of students.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to know how to do it? Take a look at Blackboard\u2019s guidance on <a href=\"https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/node\/43751\">Microsoft OneDrive and collaborative documents.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the great new enhancements that we\u2019ve got in Blackboard Ultra is the ability to embed collaborative documents. For those of us who did much of their teaching online during\u00a0the Covid pandemic, you will recall us espousing the benefits of loading a collaborative document in the chat. 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