{"id":16962,"date":"2025-06-24T12:00:34","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T11:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/?p=16962"},"modified":"2025-06-23T11:56:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T10:56:13","slug":"blackboard-ultra-features-and-functionality-updates-june-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/2025\/06\/24\/blackboard-ultra-features-and-functionality-updates-june-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackboard Ultra features and functionality updates (June 2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a id=\"Top\"><\/a>Anthology releases monthly incremental updates to its Blackboard software.\u00a0 The updates covered in this blog post are all now available and include the following new features and improvements:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"#Divider\">Add dividers to Ultra documents<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#KB\">Enhanced appearance of Knowledge Checks results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Jumble\">Tests: new jumbled sentence question type<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Discussion\">Discussion activity indicator for staff<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"Divider\"><\/a>1. <strong>New Feature<\/strong>: Use <u>dividers<\/u> to improve Blackboard Document layouts<\/h2>\n<p>As part of the recent June upgrade, Teesside University staff can now add dividers to documents they set up in Blackboard (not to be confused with a word processing document), making it easier to organise content and improve readability for students. Dividers provide a clear visual break between sections, helping to structure information more effectively. In the example below, you\u2019ll see a divider used to separate a text\/image block from a knowledge check quiz.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/?attachment_id=16963\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16963\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16963\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/files\/2025\/06\/Image01.jpg\" alt=\"Image showing the use of page dividers\" width=\"967\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/files\/2025\/06\/Image01.jpg 967w, https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/files\/2025\/06\/Image01-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/files\/2025\/06\/Image01-768x419.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 967px) 100vw, 967px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To learn more about how to build and enhance content using Blackboard documents, visit the Teesside University Learning Support Guide: <a href=\"https:\/\/eatsupport.tees.ac.uk\/staff\/knowledgebase\/blackboard-ultra-updates-to-documents-august-2024\/\">Creating Blackboard Documents<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"#Top\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"KB\"><\/a>2. Enhanced appearance of knowledge checks results<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Knowledge Check quizzes<\/strong> in Blackboard documents now feature a clearer and more user-friendly results display. This enhancement makes it easier for Module Leaders to review student performance directly within the document.<\/p>\n<p>In the example below, the <strong>left image<\/strong> shows the layout before the upgrade, while the <strong>right image <\/strong>highlights the improved post-upgrade view now available to all staff using Knowledge Checks in Ultra documents.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/?attachment_id=16964\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16964\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16964 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/files\/2025\/06\/Image02.jpg\" alt=\"Image showing Staff view of knowledge check results in an Ultra document \u2013 pre-upgrade .\" width=\"496\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/files\/2025\/06\/Image02.jpg 496w, https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/files\/2025\/06\/Image02-300x252.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/?attachment_id=16965\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16965\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16965 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/files\/2025\/06\/Image03.jpg\" alt=\"Image showing Staff view of knowledge check results in an Ultra document \u2013 post-upgrade .\" width=\"457\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/files\/2025\/06\/Image03.jpg 457w, https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/files\/2025\/06\/Image03-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/files\/2025\/06\/Image03-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/files\/2025\/06\/Image03-270x270.jpg 270w, https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/files\/2025\/06\/Image03-230x230.jpg 230w, https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/files\/2025\/06\/Image03-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/files\/2025\/06\/Image03-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; text-align: center;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>Staff view of knowledge check results in an Ultra document \u2013 pre-upgrade\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>Staff view of knowledge check results in an Ultra document \u2013\u00a0 post-upgrade<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>To learn more about creating <strong>Knowledge Check<\/strong> quizzes in Blackboard documents, visit the Teesside University Learning Support Guide: <a href=\"https:\/\/eatsupport.tees.ac.uk\/staff\/knowledgebase\/bbu-inline-knowledge-check-questions-within-blackboard-documents\/\">Knowledge Checks in Blackboard Documents<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"#Top\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"Jumble\"><\/a>3. Tests: New Question Type Added &#8211; \u2018Jumbled Sentence\u2019.<\/h2>\n<p>A new question type has been added to the Blackboard tests range of available question types, the &#8216;jumbled sentence\u2019 question.<\/p>\n<p>When creating a jumbled sentence question, Teesside University staff will need to provide a block of text, enclosing the variables in square brackets and adding distractors as necessary (see screenshot below).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/?attachment_id=16966\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16966\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16966\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/files\/2025\/06\/Image04.jpg\" alt=\"Image showing the staff view of a jumbled sentence question that has been created in a Blackboard Ultra test.\" width=\"699\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/files\/2025\/06\/Image04.jpg 699w, https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/files\/2025\/06\/Image04-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 699px) 100vw, 699px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Staff view of a jumbled sentence question that has been created in a Blackboard Ultra test.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Please note the need to ensure that each variable is unique and has only one possible correct answer.<\/p>\n<p>For example, the following text will not work: \u201c<em>In Cyber Security, common types of attacks include [<strong>phishing<\/strong>], [<strong>malware<\/strong>], and [<strong>ransomware<\/strong>]<\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>This is because a student would have no way of knowing in which order to put the variables &#8216;phishing\u2019, &#8216;malware\u2019 and &#8216;ransomware\u2019 in their response.<\/p>\n<p>For example, they might answer: \u201cIn Cyber Security, common types of attacks include [<strong>malware<\/strong>], [<strong>ransomware<\/strong>] and [<strong>phishing<\/strong>]&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>By entering the answers in this wrong order, the student could potentially score 0% for their response.<\/p>\n<p>When completing a jumbled sentence question, students will be able to choose any of the correct answers and distractors from the drop-down lists.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/?attachment_id=16967\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16967\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-16967\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/files\/2025\/06\/Image05.jpg\" alt=\"Image showing the student's view of completing a jumbled sentence question\" width=\"675\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/files\/2025\/06\/Image05.jpg 788w, https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/files\/2025\/06\/Image05-300x114.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/files\/2025\/06\/Image05-768x291.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Student\u2019s view of completing a jumbled sentence question.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>*NOTE <\/strong>Teesside University staff can also auto-generate jumbled sentence questions (and other test question types) using the AI Design Assistant.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about setting up tests in Blackboard, visit the Teesside University Learning Support Guide: <a href=\"https:\/\/eatsupport.tees.ac.uk\/staff\/knowledgebase\/blackboard-ultra-jumbled-sentence-test-question-type\/\">Jumbled sentence test question type<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"#Top\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"Discussion\"><\/a>4. Discussion activity indicator for staff<\/h2>\n<p>Staff who use discussions in their Blackboard module will see an indicator in the module tools menu showing whether they have any discussions with unread posts. The indicator will display the number of discussions with new\/unread posts, not the total number of new\/unread posts in the discussions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/?attachment_id=16968\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16968\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16968\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/files\/2025\/06\/Image06.jpg\" alt=\"Image showing the view of course content area with discussion tab highlighted\" width=\"875\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/files\/2025\/06\/Image06.jpg 875w, https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/files\/2025\/06\/Image06-300x134.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/files\/2025\/06\/Image06-768x342.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 875px) 100vw, 875px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>View of the course content area with the discussion tab highlighted<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Once in the discussions tab, the discussions which have unread posts will be flagged with the unread posts indicator.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/?attachment_id=16969\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16969\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-16969\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/files\/2025\/06\/Image07.jpg\" alt=\"Image showing how Blackboard notifies the module leader that a discussion board has new content to be reviewed via a purple icon that becomes visible to the right of the discussion board title.\" width=\"593\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/files\/2025\/06\/Image07.jpg 748w, https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/files\/2025\/06\/Image07-300x145.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Both Teesside University staff and students can also keep track of discussions by accessing the discussion and using the \u2018<strong>Follow<\/strong>\u2019 option. This will send notifications via email of posts and replies to a discussion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/?attachment_id=16970\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16970\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-16970\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/files\/2025\/06\/Image08.jpg\" alt=\"Image showing how to 'follow' a Blackboard discussion board.\" width=\"671\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/files\/2025\/06\/Image08.jpg 872w, https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/files\/2025\/06\/Image08-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/files\/2025\/06\/Image08-768x532.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 671px) 100vw, 671px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To learn more about using Discussion Boards in Blackboard, visit the Teesside University Learning Support Guide: <a href=\"https:\/\/eatsupport.tees.ac.uk\/staff\/knowledgebase\/blackboard-discussion-boards\/\">Using Discussion Boards in Blackboard<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"#Top\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For more information or support with any of the above, please contact the Digital Learning Specialist team via email <a href=\"mailto:elearning@tees.ac.uk\">elearning@tees.ac.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The June Blackboard update introduces several new features for Teesside University staff, including the ability to add dividers to Ultra documents for improved content layout, a clearer and more user-friendly display of Knowledge Check results, a new \u2018jumbled sentence\u2019 question type in Tests, and a discussion activity indicator that highlights unread posts. 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