University of Bristol Provides Guidance for Migrating Content from Blackboard Original to Ultra
The University of Bristol has issued comprehensive guidance for faculty on reusing content when transitioning from Blackboard Original to Blackboard Ultra. The university advises against using Blackboard's copy function to move an entire course's content at once, as this can lead to disorganization in the new Ultra course due to differences in structural levels and tool functionalities. Instead, the recommendation is to copy specific content directly into its final position in the Ultra course, working section by section. Key considerations include planning the Ultra course's structure, which is limited to three levels, and identifying content that needs to be transferred. The guidance also highlights that some items, like Blogs, Wikis, and Achievements, cannot be directly copied, while others, such as Adaptive Release rules and Course Tools, need to be recreated using Ultra's new functionalities. Formatting may be lost when copying items, and discussions will not retain threads. Special instructions are p...
