Teaching Essentials for Ultra Orientation Course for Faculty and Staff Users

A Blackboard Ultra Orientation Course is now available for faculty and staff access. Users are encouraged to become more familiar with Ultra and its processes ahead of the spring semester.

Effective in spring 2024, UTHSC will convert to Blackboard Ultra Course View for spring courses. This mandatory conversion regards Banner-generated courses only. Therefore, informational and organization sites will remain in Original (standard) Course View. All spring course directors will receive notification once migrated course shells are available.

Also, an Ultra Orientation Course is now available for faculty and staff access to prepare users for this transition. Users are encouraged to become more familiar with Ultra and its processes ahead of the spring semester. Please follow the steps below to self-enroll in the orientation course and access valuable resources.

Please follow this procedure:

1. Log into Blackboard.
2. Use the Course Catalog to locate Learn Teaching Essentials for Ultra.
3. Click the dropdown arrow next to the Course ID LTE_23.
4. Self-enroll in this course.
5. Review content and download resources.