Adding Content to a Bb Ultra Course

If your course is in Original Course View, see the Original Course View tutorial collection.

Adding Content Options

There are several ways you can add or upload content to your course. You can create new course content items, copy content from other courses, upload files from your computer, add items from your Content Collection, add files from cloud storage, and add content and tools from external sources.

Watch this video on adding content to your course shell:

In addition, the Creating & Managing Course Content video series will provide insight on the various types of content, how to add, copy, and organize content to your course.  This video series contains the following videos:

• Introduction to Course Content [How Content is added; Types of Content; Levels of Content; Explanation on Modules & Folders]
• Adding & Creating Content [Demonstration of adding the various types of content to an Ultra course; Explanation of Forced Sequence; Tracking Student Progress through Content; Explanation of Ultra Documents, Cloud Documents, and Collaborative Cloud documents; Creation of Links; Explanation of Release Conditions]
• Copying Content [Copying Content Methods;  Selecting Content to Copy]
• Organizing & Managing Content [Rearranging content via the drag and drop feature; Using Batch Edit; Content Search Feature]

NOTE: Blackboard, Inc. updates our LMS environment regularly, providing patches and fixes and releasing new features and tools.  Therefore, some features and screen shares shown in these videos may not reflect the latest capabilities or current Blackboard environment.

See Also:

• Content Editor
• Adding a Web Link
• Adding Images to a Course
• Adding Video & Media to a Course
• Ultra Content Presentation Best Practices Guide

Process for Adding Content

First, on your course content page, select the purple plus icon wherever you want to add content.  You can also expand or create a folder or learning module and add content. Create new content, upload something you already have, or add content from external sources or from another course.

Notice the Create Item menu. You can create tests, assignments, or discussions, create learning modules and folders to organize your content, and create documents and links. You can also add external tools and content.

Copying Content from Other Courses

You can copy content from your other courses -- either the entire course or select items from various courses.  Select Copy Content, and all of your courses appear in the Your Courses list. If you teach many courses, use the search bar to find courses by name or course ID.

• You can select a course’s check box to copy all the content in that course or select the course name to browse specific content and select the items you want to copy.
• Select the book next to the course name to go back to the main page.
• Select View All to see what you’ve selected to copy.
• When you’re finished, select Copy Selected Content.
   

Add Content from the Content Collection

Next, you can add items from your Content Collection.  You can store and find content in personal, course, and institution folders in the Content Collection. If you stored files from other courses in the Content Collection, you'll be able to easily find and add them.

Select Browse Content Collection to get started.

• Use the Browse functions to explore what's available. Here, you can find files stored from your other courses. You'll also have access to files that your institution has added and shared.
• When you find a file you want to add to your course, select the checkbox next to the file name. You can continue to browse and select files—the system shows how many files you've selected at the bottom of the window. Once you’re ready to add, select submit to review your list of selected items.
• You can review the list of selected files before you import into your course to confirm that these are the correct files.
• Forgot something? You can continue adding items to the list. Select Back to Content Collection to continue browsing.
  • To remove or edit a file from the list, open the More options menu. Select Delete if you no longer want to copy the file to your course. Select Edit to change the file's name or description.
• When you are finished, select Save and the files will be added to your course.

Add Files from Cloud Storage

You can upload files from Cloud Storage. This option allows you to upload files from web apps that run in the "cloud" and aren't installed on your computer.

• If this is your first time accessing cloud storage, you will have to sign in and allow the cloud integration service to connect to your web app. You can manage your accounts and cloud services from the Accounts menu.
• In the cloud storage window, you can see your files for the selected web app. Select a folder to view the contents or an individual file you want to upload.
• Then, Select to add the file to the page.