William & Mary will be transitioning from Blackboard's Original Courses to Ultra Courses. This view is a more modern and adaptable learning management design and will establish a more contemporary and ...

The new Ultra Base Navigation will include menu items such as Institution Page, your profile page, Activity Stream, Courses, Calendar, Messages and Grades. As you navigate Blackboard, the menu will ...

Starting Jan. 2, 2026, Blackboard at William & Mary will be updated with a modernized and intuitive design to enhance teaching and learning. Starting Jan. 2, 2026, Blackboard at William & Mary will be ...

Your Blackboard course is created and managed for you centrally, so you do not set it up from scratch. What is useful to know is when students can see it. Your course opens to students two weeks ...

Courses now open in full-screen mode, maximizing horizontal space and reducing visual clutter. Navigation applies to top-level panels only (Course Content Homepage, Calendar, Announcements, ...

On this page, you’ll find details about the different conditions that can affect access to your Blackboard courses, but please contact Blackboard Student Support if you have an issue impacting your ...

Can I reuse the course materials from my Original courses? Should I use a learning module or a folder to organize my course content? Learning modules and folders are both great for organizing content.

You track student performance in Blackboard Ultra using built-in Course Analytics for engagement overview (activity, grades, time in course) and Progress Tracking for detailed content completion ...

Navigate to Announcements: From your course's main page, find and click on Announcements in the tabs at top of the course page. Start a New Announcement: Click the circular plus sign (+) icon in the ...