Friday, August 24, 2018

RPP #168: The Blackboard Ultra (Conversion) Experience

  • Discussion with Rob McCunney, Blackboard Sysadmin and Instructional Designer, University of the Sciences. We discuss our conversion from Blackboard Learn managed hosting to SaaS and then to the Ultra Experience and Ultra Courses. 
  • We discuss:
    Adoption of Blackboard Learn Ultra
    • Moving from Managed Hosting to SaaS:
      • What were some of the conversion issues?
      • How much time/effort was expended?
      • Were there any surprises?
      • What advantages did you see?
    • Turning on Ultra Experience:
      • What were the conversion issues?
      • What are the limitations?
    • Turning on Ultra Course View:
      • What are the limitations?
    • How was Blackboard support?
  • Links
  • Podsafe music selection from Music Alley
[Disclaimer: The University of the Sciences is a customer of Blackboard.]

Duration: 31:13