What’s New

Given UMBC will be migrating to Ultra by the start of Winter 2025, five more departments will fully adopt Ultra for Fall 2023, The following departments join Theater and Gender, Women's, +...

As UMBC gears up to fully adopt Blackboard Ultra by the Spring 2025 term, multiple training and support resources are available to help instructors become familiar with Ultra and successfully...

As the spring semester concludes, the May update to Ultra brings several enhancements to assessments, grading, engagement, and content creation.  Test questions are some of the most valuable...

A grading schema provides a way for an instructor to establish how a grade is calculated and appears to learners. A schema takes points scored on an assessment and compares it to the chart, which...

The March update to Ultra streamlines the grading interface for multiple attempts in a student's submission. This update reduces the number of clicks and pages, allowing instructors to quickly...

Instructional Technology is pleased to offer the following Ultra workshops in March: March 2 (12 PM) - Ultra Essentials IV - Tests & Assignments March 7 (12 PM) Ultra Essentials V - Grading...

Note: This self-paced course has been retired due to changes in available resources from Blackboard. We encourage faculty interested in Ultra training to access the following resources: Attend...

In support of a common learning experience for students and faculty, and in consultation with the Faculty Senate Computer Policy Committee (CPC) last semester, UMBC will complete the Blackboard...

Over the last year, Ultra received more than 150 enhancements and new features to strengthen and improve the new course for faculty and students. At the first quarter roadmap for 2023, the Ultra...

In early February, instructors will have the option to help students showcase their knowledge on assessments with the new extra credit setting. With this feature, instructors can assign one or...