Optional: Advanced Communication Training Session

The Advanced Communication session takes approximately one hour. As a prerequisite for this session, you must complete Step 1: Ultra Essentials Training Session, Step 2: Assessment & Gradebook Training Session and the Migration Workshop.  You can complete this training by either attending an online or in-person training session OR completing self-paced training.

Irrespective of the method you choose, please ensure that you complete the Task: Advanced Communication Completion Confirmation within the self-paced training module once you have completed this training session. We will collect and share details of your training progress and migration preparation with your School management and the Blackboard Ultra Upgrade project team so you can be contacted for further information and reminders as necessary.

Learning Objectives

On completing this session, participants will have an in-depth knowledge of the options available for communication through a Blackboard Ultra module. 

What will be covered: 

1. Overview of Communication Tools – Users will understand what each communication tool does and what each tool should be used for.  
2. Announcements – Users will be able to send module announcements to all students in their module.  
3. Discussions – Users will know how to create new discussion areas, how to modify discussion settings and how to organise discussions using folders. 
4. Messages – Users will learn how to use the Ultra messaging system. 
5. Class Conversations – Users will learn how to enable class conversions for various items on the module. 
6. Journal – Users will be able to set up a marked or unmarked journal in the module for students.