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This article walks faculty through the full workflow for using Medial with Blackboard Ultra: recording with MEDIALecture Web, locating the finished video in Medial, copying the embed code, and embedding the video into an Ultra course using a Document (HTML), now required because the Medial integration is no longer available.

Respondus LockDown Browser and Respondus Monitor are available in Blackboard Ultra. Students still need to install LockDown Browser on their device, but the launch experience in Ultra is different from what many faculty may remember from Original. After any course copy or migration into Ultra, instructors should review each exam in the LockDown Browser Dashboard before students begin. Respondus 4.0 Test Generator is not officially supported for Blackboard Ultra courses.

Faculty can now easily link or embed research guides from the CCRI Library’s LibGuides system directly in their Blackboard courses.

This guide shows CCRI faculty how to record a lecture in Medial using the browser-based (web) recorder—including selecting screen/webcam options, granting mic/camera permissions, finishing and uploading the recording, and locating/editing captions before sharing or embedding the video in Blackboard.

Blackboard has recently changed how merged courses handle availability and course dates. As a result, students and instructors may see missing or closed courses after a merge even when enrollment is correct. This article explains how merged courses work, what changed, and what faculty need to do to ensure student access.

As of January 2025, the Medial building block integration in Blackboard has been officially retired as part of a mandatory system wide update initiated by Blackboard. Existing Medial videos added via the mashup tool are no longer functional and redirect users back to the course dashboard when clicked. To ensure your video content remains accessible, you will need to manually re-embed videos into your Blackboard courses using embed codes from the Medial platform.

CCRI has launched a new integration with OpenStax Assignable, allowing instructors to link OpenStax textbook content, practice questions, and assignments directly in Blackboard. This tool supports grade syncing and assignment creation within supported OpenStax textbooks. This article provides an overview, setup instructions, and key resources to help faculty get started.

Courses follow a three-step process during the Blackboard Ultra transition. Faculty first copy their content into the Blackboard Original course shell by the deadline. After that, Blackboard converts the course to Ultra, and no action is needed during this step. Once conversion is complete, faculty receive their Ultra course to review, edit, and finalize before the semester begins. It is expected that courses will appear in Original during the copy phase.

Learn how to quickly create Blackboard Ultra tests by uploading questions from a Word document using Ultra’s built-in tools—without using Respondus Test Generator. This method is faster, fully supported, and ideal for time-sensitive situations.

CCRI has completed the migration from the legacy Cengage Building Block (B2) tool to the new Cengage LTI 1.3 Advantage integration in Blackboard, in response to Blackboard's mandatory B2 deprecation by June 2025. This updated integration offers enhanced security, improved grade syncing, and a more reliable connection between Cengage content and Blackboard. Faculty teaching Summer 2025 and beyond must now use the Cengage Content LTI 1.3 tool under the Build Content menu to deploy new links.

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