Resources to support your path to Ultra Courses
Why there's more to Ultra
Hear what institutions are saying about their Blackboard modernization experience—and how Ultra Courses has transformed their teaching and learning experiences.
What's new in Blackboard
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What’s New in Blackboard – January 2026
We’re excited to share the standout updates included in the Blackboard 4000.6.0 release, a version designed to enhance efficiency, clarity, and control across the Ultra experience.
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What’s New in Blackboard – December 2025
The Blackboard 4000.4.0 release is here, bringing exciting enhancements that make teaching, learning, and system management smarter and more connected.
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What’s New in Blackboard – November 2025
The Blackboard 4000.2.0 release brings impactful updates across Tests and Assignments, Blackboard Core, Learner Progression, Personalized Experience, Mastery Learning, Learning Pathways, and Instructional Design—all designed to support modern education workflows.
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What customers are saying about Ultra Course View
"What I love about Blackboard [Ultra] is that it's all laid out. As soon as you open up your course, you know where to start. It's laid out really nice, so it's no guessing game as to where learners have to go or where instructors have to go from week to week."
Angela Bullock
Program Director for the Social Work
Program and Associate Professor
University of the
District of Columbia
"We chose Blackboard [Ultra] for several core reasons. It's intuitive, mobile-friendly, device-agnostic, responsive, and accessible."
Rob Farmer
Learning Technology Manager
University of Northampton
"Faculty thought it was user-friendly, that it was more modern, that it was clean, that it was easy to navigate, easy to move folders around. Blackboard [Ultra], in essence, was the modern LMS built for the post-pandemic higher ed landscape."
Nick Hryhorczuk
Academic Director of Online Learning
Morton College
"Our online advisory committee has representatives from all of our schools across campus. There are faculty members that volunteer on this committee. They were able to test Blackboard [Ultra], look at it, and try it out, try some playground courses, and they fell in love with it."
Lee McMinn
LMS Administrator and Instructional Designer
Greenville Technical College