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Ultra Course View Sandbox + Orientation Resources
Description
During Fall 2022 Online Learning Services (OLS) will provide a training opportunity for selected faculty to explore Blackboard Ultra Course View (UCV). This will come in the form of an introduction and three one-week modules that combine synchronous and asynchronous content.
Each module will have two synchronous sessions. It will start with a kick-off session orienting faculty to the module content and overviewing the topics for the week. It will close with a session for participants to share the items they created throughout the week, reflect on their learning together, provide feedback, and set goals for proceeding with UCV course creation.
Throughout the week, faculty will work asynchronously on creating various components of an ultra course using documentation, tutorial videos, and prompts provided by OLS. Each module will contain a discussion board; participants will be encouraged to use it along with the other communication tools in UCV courses to interact with the instructor and other participants for support throughout the week.
Module content will be created and presented in a Blackboard ultra course where participants are enrolled with the role of “student” so that they can get a sense of the learner experience.
Applications are due September 9th, 2022. All registrants will have access to their own UCV course sandbox to explore and to the content in an introduction module which they should review before attending their first session.
Schedule
On September 7th, OLS will release an introduction module for admitted participants for them to view asynchronous introductory materials.
Participants should expect to attend a series of 60 minute meetings each week for four consecutive weeks. These meetings will be used as a kick-off for the content for the week to come and a wrap-up with a show-and-tell of ultra course content created throughout the previous week. The dates for these live meetings are:
- September 7th: Module 1 Kick-off
September 14th: Module 1 Wrap-up and Module 2 Kick-off
- September 21st: Module 2 Wrap-up and Module 2 Kick-off
- September 28th: Module 3 Wrap-up
Application
Ultra Sandbox
An Ultra Sandbox is a private, blank course shell in the Ultra course view. You can use your sandbox to explore and get comfortable with the new interface, and to import, edit, and export materials to/from any of your other Blackboard courses. We highly recommend using your sandbox to copy modules, folders, and other content from your original view courses, update your content as necessary to work smoothly in Ultra view, and then copy updated items into your live courses after they have been tested and are ready to deploy in Ultra. A single sandbox is sufficient for most use cases and can serve as a centralized workspace for maintaining copies of all of your Blackboard course content. If necessary, additional sandboxes can be created upon request.
Orientation Course Description
The Ultra Course View Orientation is delivered as an asynchronous course built in Ultra course view. The orientation is designed to (1) introduce instructors to the new view from the student perspective and (2) to deliver a guided tour of how to get started with designing your own course in Ultra. Signing up for a Sandbox also gives you access to the orientation course.
Click below to request your Ultra sandbox and enroll in the Ultra orientation course.
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