UA Ultra Practice Course for Instructors
The University of Alabama is transitioning from Blackboard Original to Blackboard Ultra. All UA courses that use Blackboard must transition to Ultra by January 2026. No classes will use Blackboard Original after Fall 2025.
In anticipation of this move, UA instructors receive a Blackboard practice course in Ultra Course View.
If you do not have access to a course named “UA Ultra Practice Course”, please let us know.
Practice in Ultra
Instructor users can explore the new course view and become familiar with its interface and features.
Key Details:
The new practice course is named UA Ultra Practice Course. Search for “Ultra” in the Blackboard course list to find it.
This course is a sandbox environment to explore and experiment with Blackboard Ultra features and tools.
The practice course is not affiliated with any Banner courses or sections and does not contain student enrollment. It can only be accessed by you and any others you add to the course.
Resources and support materials are available in the “Welcome” document in this course.
Ultra Help Prompts
There are some helpful guides throughout your UA Ultra Practice Course that will pop-up automatically or by clicking on the lightbulb icon.
Pop-Up example
Click through a help guide using the buttons on the pop-up. Close the guide with the X button.
Lightbulb Icon
Click the lightbulb icon throughout the course to begin a help guide for the current tool.
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