All new Wichita State courses are now in the Blackboard Ultra Course Format. All instructors need this vital information:
- Your old courses will still be in their original course format. Please do not convert Classic Blackboard courses directly to Ultra. Remember: copy, don’t convert.
- Your existing course material can be copied directly into an Ultra Course Format class. Please follow these directions to copy your existing course materials to your new Ultra course area.
- If you use Panopto, your videos will have to be relinked in your Ultra Course Format class.
- If you need help, instructors can email the Office of Instructional Resources at OIR@wichita.edu for help. OIR staff runs that email during the week and checks it on the weekends for emergency needs.
- All instructors of any rank and all WSU staff are invited to attend the free Academic Resources Conference (ARC) being held online Aug. 5-9. The ARC will provide technical training in Blackboard, and that’s not all. ARC will also have sessions on pedagogy, mindfulness and generative AI. It’s also a great time to meet your accessibility training requirement for AY 24-25. Most sessions are also recorded, so if you miss one, you can grab the link directly from the schedule page and watch later.