{"id":4085,"date":"2022-11-04T13:13:42","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T18:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/?page_id=4085"},"modified":"2023-03-02T12:19:56","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T17:19:56","slug":"what-is-the-ultra-experience","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/what-is-the-ultra-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Ultra Experience?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In January 2022, myLesley (Blackboard) upgraded to <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/jniXlie1EH4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ultra Base Navigation<\/a>. Faculty now have the opportunity to adopt the Ultra Course View. Ultra courses have a more modern, mobile-first design and intuitive navigation.<\/p>\n<h1>Why You Should Try Blackboard Ultra?<\/h1>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HOjMztL0KjU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Blackboard Ultra has been redesigned from the ground up. Advantages include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A clean, modern interface<\/li>\n<li>A responsive mobile friendly experience. Move from phone to tablet to computer seamlessly.<\/li>\n<li>Improved accessibility<\/li>\n<li>Consistent navigation for students across courses<\/li>\n<li>Progress tracking<\/li>\n<li>Streamlined grading<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Learn more about Ultra courses on these pages:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/whats-new-in-ultra\/\">What\u2019s New in Ultra<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nRecent highlights from Blackboard\u2019s monthly updates.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/faculty-testimonials\/\">Faculty Testimonials<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nReviews from Lesley faculty who have used Ultra<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/ultra-tutorials\/\">Ultra tutorials<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nA curated set of tutorials on Ultra Courses<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/ultra-course-view-feature-guide\/\">Ultra Course View Feature Guide<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nSee how the Blackboard features you use most are represented in Ultra<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/planning-your-ultra-course-transition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Planning for Your Ultra Conversion<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nReview 7 steps from orientation to teaching.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/converting-your-course-to-ultra\/\">Converting Your Course to Ultra<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nLearn about the options for converting your myLesley course to Ultra. Be sure to check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/?page_id=4224&amp;preview=true\">Analyzing an Ultra Conversion<\/a> to learn more about the conversion tool.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/ultra-course-building-recommendations\/\">Ultra Course Building Recommendations<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nTips for creating your course content and assignments in Ultra<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In January 2022, myLesley (Blackboard) upgraded to Ultra Base Navigation. Faculty now have the opportunity to adopt the Ultra Course View. Ultra courses have a more modern, mobile-first design and intuitive navigation. Why You Should Try Blackboard Ultra? Blackboard Ultra &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/what-is-the-ultra-experience\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4085","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4085"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4308,"href":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4085\/revisions\/4308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}