Add content in Learn Ultra

You can add course content exactly where you want it in a Learn Ultra course shell.

🏴This information applies only to Blackboard Learn Ultra.

Drag and drop content

Drag and drop files and folders directly into your Course Content area.

Create Content Items

Create learning modules, folders, documents, and links to organize content in your course.

• Folder: You can create two levels of folders to organize your content. Students can easily navigate and don't have to search for course materials. You can also expand or create a folder or learning module and add a document.

• Links: You can add a link to a website you want students to access. You can also create a course link to other content in your course, such as in a unit folder or learning module. Course Links are shortcuts to an existing area, tool, or item in your course.
• Teaching tools with LTI connection: You can use the Content Market to access learning materials from third party content providers.
• SCORM package: You can add a Sharable Content Object Reference Model packaged in a compressed ZIP file.

Recommendation: Provide multiple ways to access course content in a variety of formats and explain the relationship to course requirements, competencies, and objectives. Example: Link your Syllabus, Goals, and Rubrics to instructional materials, activities, assignments, and assessments.

Organize content

You can easily view, reorder, edit, and delete content.

Expand content: Click the arrow icon to view the content in a learning module or folder.

Reorder content: Hover to reveal and select the Move icon to drag and drop content to a new location. You can move a folder or document into an expanded folder or learning module (max: two levels).

Edit or delete content: Click the …ellipsis icon in an item row to Edit or Delete content. You can also make changes to the title and description. Additional features depend on the type of content.

Click the Settings icon when available for additional setting options.

Course links

A course link is a shortcut to an existing area, tool, or item in a course. When you create a course link, it appears on the Course Content page as a link icon layered over the target item’s icon. For example, a course link to a learning module will appear on the page with the link icon layered over the learning module icon.

To add a link, select Create by selecting the plus option on the Course Content page where you want your link to appear. This opens the Create Item panel. Select the Link option.

This opens a New Link page with two tabs:

• Create Web Link (for linking to websites external to a course)
• Create Course Link (for linking to content within a course)

Select the Create Course Link tab to add a course link.

To search for the target content item, type a keyword. You can also select one or more checkboxes in the Categories list. When you add a course link at the root or top level of the Course Content page, you can add course links to any content item, including Document, Assessments (all types), SCORM, File, Journal, Folder, and Learning Module. When you add a course link to nested content, the option to add course links to folders and learning modules is hidden.

Select Search to view search results. Select a content item from the list displayed. Once an item is selected, you can edit Display Name. If your target item has a description, it's included here. You can edit or add a description. Changing the display name or description on this page doesn't affect the target item’s display name or description.

You can edit release conditions and whether or not students can see the content by selecting the student visibility menu under the display title.

The context menu for a course link to an item provides these options:

• Edit Course Link
• Edit Linked Item
• Delete Course Link

Users can expand a course link to a folder or learning module as they would for a folder or learning module. This allows the user to view the nested contents of the target folder or learning module. The contents displayed are read only. To modify nested content displayed in the expanded course link, it must be modified in the target folder or learning module.

When you make changes to the nested contents of a folder or learning module, the changes will appear for any related, expanded course link.

You can create course links for most course materials and activities. Keep in mind these exceptions:

• You can’t create course links for discussions and web links.
• You can't move into another folder or learning module a course link to a folder or learning module. A warning message displays if you try to move a course link in this way.
• You can’t use course links with learning modules where force sequence is enabled. This would allow users access to content they shouldn't yet access.
• If a course link exists in a learning module, it's not possible to enable force sequence.

Student access to content

New content is Hidden from students by default. You make individual items Visible to students or Batch Edit visibility and dates.

• Hidden from students
• Visible to students
• Release conditions

Release Conditions

You can also choose one or more conditions before the content is released:

• Select members
• All members
• Specific members or groups
• Set additional conditions
• Date/Time to Show/Hide
• Performance/Grade requirement

Best Practice: Presenting Content