Blackboard Ultra VLE upgrade

 About

The aim of the project is to implement the latest version of Blackboard for the academic year 2024/25 to:

• Enable a consistent, high-quality student online learning experience.
• Enable an improved and supported digital enabled teaching, learning and assessment experience for staff.
• Provide a modern & sustainable virtual learning environment with the capability to adopt future feature enhancements and third-party integrations.

Benefits

• Improved user experience for students and staff to navigate and access course content.
• Improved collaboration and communication tools for students and staff
• Improved tools for designing and delivering course content.
• Additional accessibility tools
• Improved analytics and reporting capabilities.
• More streamlined assessment and grading experience

Strategic alignment

• Student Experience (PRP)
• Staff Experience
• Productivity Benefit