The latest release to Blackboard Learn, coming on Thursday, November 4th, will bring a long-awaited feature to the ultra course interface.
They frequently hear from clients about a desire to include additional visuals in the Ultra Course View, for both aesthetic and identification purposes. As the next phase in their work to improve overall navigation and an intuitive course experience, the course card image from base navigation can now be used as a course banner in Ultra courses.
When adding a new course image, instructors can opt to make it visible within the course and are able to easily crop the image to the preferred size and zoom in or out on the uploaded image to select the part they want to focus on. This change also makes it easier for instructors to add a course schedule and for students to identify course faculty members and class meeting days, times, and locations.
Providing a visually appealing course, images consistent with Base Navigation, and easy-to-locate course details is key to engagement and the overall student experience.
More information on this and other highlights of this release: https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Administrator/SaaS/Release_Notes
Let us know if you have any questions.
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Contact: David Soliday at helpdesk@owu.edu