In support of the final completion of the Ultra migration by SP2025, Instructional Technology is pleased to offer a self-paced course, Ultra for Instructors. 

This course is designed to introduce instructors to Blackboard Ultra, including general navigation, content management and creation processes, assessment creation and settings options, and gradebook management. Ultra for Instructors should provide a starting point to help you design your courses in Blackboard Ultra and offers opportunities to apply what you're learning as you navigate the course. 

The course includes reference materials, links to resources, videos, and "Try It" activities to apply in your own Ultra courses. Depending on faculty interests, available time, and needs, the course can be approached in one of the following ways:

• Complete all modules, beginning with the Welcome and sequentially completing Modules 1-7.

• Complete certain modules of interest.

• Complete selected units within particular modules.

• Refer to the course as a reference guide, as needed.

How to Self Enroll

1. Open Blackboard: https://blackboard.umbc.edu.

2. Next, use this link to self-enroll in the course. Note: You must have Blackboard open FIRST before using this self-enroll link or you will encounter an error.

3. Once the self-enroll page loads, click submit to proceed.

Image 1: Click submit to self-enroll in this training course.

4. On the next page, click OK to confirm enrollment. 

5. The course will be immediately available.

Finding Your Course

You can always return to the course again. Access the Courses page from the left navigation panel after logging into Blackboard.

Image 2: Use the navigation or search field to locate the training course.