April 1 Blackboard Updates for Ultra Courses

Among lots of bug fixes, coming April 1 to OWU Blackboard Learn:

In the Ultra Course View, Bb is pleased to announce the inclusion of a highly requested feature: conditional release by users and groups.

From this version on, Instructors and other roles with elevated rights, will be able to grant differentiated access to content based on their ultimate goals. As a new option to the conditional availability rules, already present in Ultra courses (date/time and performance-based rules), faculty can now allow certain students to have access to specific content while selecting one or both existing rules mentioned above.

This new feature will be an incredible addition to those who want to create remedial paths to certain students, give different content to undergraduate students in a course, among other use cases.

OWU Sponsoring Organization/Office: Information Services
Contact: David Soliday at helpdesk@owu.edu