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[Online Insights] 4 Strategies to Reduce Student Anxiety at the Start

The first five minutes matter in your online course

Picture a student logging into your course for the first time. They see a homepage with six modules, a syllabus buried two folders deep, and no indication of where to start. So they click around....

Posted: August 20, 2026, 2:30 PM

An open book connected with a virtual network.

Effective course design helps welcome and orient students

Course Design Best Practices in Ultra - Part 1 of 2

This article focuses on ways to leverage features in Ultra to ensure your course is designed to optimize student learning and ensure students feel welcome and prepared, especially at the start of...

Posted: September 11, 2024, 4:37 PM

Enhanced Ultra Docs, Advanced Release Rules Coming in August

Follow discussions, anonymous forms & converted tests

Whether you're preparing your first Ultra course or updating existing content, the latest features released in August are designed to streamline your teaching experience.  The Ultra Document is...

Posted: August 5, 2024, 10:58 AM

7 ChatGPT Strategies to Enhance Course Designs This Summer

Leverage AI to create new experiences for your students

During the summer break, educators might use this time to refine their course designs and explore innovative technologies. One such technology is ChatGPT, a powerful language model developed by...

Posted: June 15, 2023, 9:34 AM

Creating Consistency in Course Sections with Ultra Templates

Templates available for course or department Ultra adoption

Since Fall 2018, the default Blackboard course template has had the Ultra Course Preview setting enabled, which allows faculty to convert a new Original course to see what it looks like in Ultra...

Posted: December 15, 2021, 1:55 PM