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title: "Upgrades Coming to Blackboard (For Instructors)"
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Blackboard is continuing to make upgrades and edits to Ultra based on user feedback. This page is intended to provide instructors with updates regarding the changes coming to Ultra. 

> ✅ This page will be updated often, so please check back frequently.

## Available Now:

- **[NEW Gradebook Grideview:](https://kb.uconn.edu/space/TL/28959866881/Navigating+the+New+Gradebook+View)**

![Screenshot of Current and future gradebook view in Blackboard](media://e1991b15-63bc-4e9a-9141-77051819831c)

- **Export Question Banks: **In addition to exporting question banks to QTI 2.1 packages, banks can also be exported into zip files.

![image-20260707-175301.png](media://e1def42b-6c3c-4f2f-b85c-938f0843f7d4)

**Breadcrumbs: **Instructors can navigate back to modules or folders more efficiently using breadcrumbs, rather than exiting content.

![image-20260701-115836.png](media://bea6de4f-93ff-416f-a12c-a1ade8aa98ad)

- **Home Button:** By clicking the home button, users will be brought back to the courses page. Previously, users were brought back to the institutional page.
- **Full Screen:** Specific content such a learning modules, folders, and documents will take up the full width of the screen. Additionally, a breadcrumb trail will be added to provide clarity.

## Coming Soon:

- **Redesigned Group Management Experience (End of August):**
  - **Creating Group Sets: **To start grouping, instructors will begin by choosing the structure of the group prior to managing individual members.
    
  - **Clarity with Automatic Enrollment:** Instructors can specify the number of members per group while HuskyCT creates the required number of groups and assigns students randomly in one step. This reduces setup time.
  - **Sorting Features: **Instructors now have the ability to sort group members by first or last name, NetID, or by group names and members.
- **Release Conditions:** Instructors can now create release conditions based on engagement. Rather than requiring a specific grade for students to achieve, students can simply engage with the material to progress through the course.

![image-20260707-175233.png](media://681123ef-5412-41c1-b5b5-2829f5f69b9b)


- **Submission Types: **Instructors will soon be able to specify the exact upload type for students to submit.
- **New Content Editor:** When working in documents, instructors can choose between the new editor and the current editor. The new editor contains additional paragraph formatting styles and organization updates.


> ℹ️ For more information or assistance with HuskyCT, please contact the** Educational Technology Office** at <u>[edtech@uconn.edu](mailto:edtech@uconn.edu)</u> or **(860) 486-5052 **