Blackboard Original Course View |
Summer/Fall 2024 - End of Original Course View Blackboard Original course view (OCV) was the standard format for courses created between 2003 - 2023 (including Spring '24 courses created in November/December of 2023). As of 2024, all new Blackboard courses and organizations are created in the new Ultra course view by default. Beginning with Fall '24 courses, new Blackboard courses/organizations cannot be converted to original course view. Older Blackboard courses created in original course view have been archived and are still accessible to instructors. ITS Online Learning Services offers support resources for copying and updating content from archived OCV courses/organizations into Ultra course view. |
Answers pages about Blackboard OCV have been archived, and no longer appear in the page index in the left-side navigation bar or in basic search results. Archived OCV pages can still be accessed through Answers advanced search. Open advanced search, then under [+ More Filters] on the right, check the box for “Show archived content.” Enter your search terms and include “OCV” to search archived Blackboard Answers pages.
Anthology/Blackboard maintains a detailed customer support site for Blackboard original about how to use the tools and features from both the instructor and student perspective. Please note that some legacy tools that may appear in your older OCV Blackboard courses are third-party plugins from other developers, and may not be covered in the help center site.
Older Blackboard organizations will continue to be preserved for archival purposes just like courses. Although organizations are not tied to a particular semester, and original view organizations may retain some functionality for existing users, as of the end of summer 2024 OLS is unable to provide support or troubleshooting for features in original view organizations, and participant enrollment will be disabled in original view organizations. Your organization will have to be updated to Ultra view before further technical support can be provided.