{"id":5,"date":"2025-04-02T18:38:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T18:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/blackboard-ultra\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2025-09-05T15:32:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T15:32:18","slug":"phase-i-information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/blackboard-ultra\/phase-i-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Started"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5\" class=\"elementor elementor-5\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6dd78e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a6dd78e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a1ca53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4a1ca53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Getting Started<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68fb194 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"68fb194\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We are excited to move our institution to Blackboard Learn Ultra Course View, a flexible learning management system designed by educators for educators. Making software changes to an institution can be a complicated process, but we want to assure you we are here for you every step of the way.<\/p><p>We encourage you to get a first look at some of Ultra&#8217;s key features by watching this short <strong>preview video:<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0191e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"e0191e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=A6H2M2egLbY&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66e0206 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66e0206\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Enroll in a <strong>self-paced<\/strong> <em>Blackboard Teaching Essentials\u00a0<\/em>course. This course provides a good overview of how to use Blackboard Ultra including how to design your course, add content and assignments, set up your gradebook, and communicate with students. The course is available for free on Anthology Academy but requires you to create a profile as described in the following instructions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ada13e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ada13e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Instructions:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2817baa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2817baa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol><li>Click on this link <a href=\"https:\/\/bbacademy.blackboard.com\/webapps\/bbgs-cloud-portalBB5a1c513488149\/app\/portal\/catalog?locale=en&amp;dir=ltr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anthology Academy<\/a>. The following will appear:<br \/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-120 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/blackboard-ultra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/259\/2025\/04\/Athology-academy.png\" alt=\"Anthology Academy Sign up\" width=\"379\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/blackboard-ultra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/259\/2025\/04\/Athology-academy.png 379w, https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/blackboard-ultra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/259\/2025\/04\/Athology-academy-300x215.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 379px) 100vw, 379px\" \/><\/li><li>To begin your profile\/account, click on the <strong>View Course Catalog &amp; Sign up <\/strong>link.<\/li><li>Upon completion of registering your profile, enter <strong>Blackboard Teaching Essentials <\/strong>in the Search Catalog field.<\/li><li>You will need to enroll in the course, and you will have 180 days to complete the course. The course will appear in your Dashboard.<\/li><li>Once you are registered to the Anthology Academy, you can use the direct link to access the <a href=\"https:\/\/bbacademy.blackboard.com\/webapps\/consulting-central\/app\/launch\/TDMv2?locale=en_US&amp;route=offerings\/886552f1-8beb-48f1-9853-4a1b5aa4ee8b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blackboard Teaching Essentials Course<\/a>.<\/li><li>Again, the course is asynchronous so complete it at your own pace and it will produce a Certificate of Attendance.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b805ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8b805ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Support:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a1b8b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4a1b8b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For assistance, \u00a0please reach out to us by contacting our service desk at <a href=\"mailto:RequestIT@wcsu.edu\">RequestIT@wcsu.edu<\/a>, or submitting a ticket via our <a href=\"https:\/\/wcsu.samanage.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">service portal<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting Started We are excited to move our institution to Blackboard Learn Ultra Course View, a flexible learning management system designed by educators for educators. 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