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Blackboard Ultra: Faculty Resource: Using the Content Editor

 

Blackboard Ultra: Faculty Resource

Using the Content Editor

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Add Text

The editor appears wherever you can format text, such as assignments, tests, discussions, and journals. You can add bullet or numbered lists and bold and/or italicized text. Use the Text style menu to add headings.

You can also launch the math editor to embed mathematical formulas in your text. Click here to learn more about the Math Editor.

Add Text


Add Links

You can add links to your text as you work in the editor. To add a link, select the Insert/Edit Link icon, represented by a chain symbol. Type or paste the Link URL and Link Text. You must use the http:// protocol. Select Insert to save the link. 

You can also add a link to text you have already typed. Highlight the text and select the Insert/Edit Link icon. The Link Text is automatically added based on the text you have selected in the editor.

Add links to content editor


Insert Content Market Files

You can also access tools and links your administrator has made available across your institution.

You can add content from the Content Market directly to the editor in your course's assignments, tests, and documents. In the editor, select Insert/Edit LTI Item.

Select a tool to launch and browse for content to add. Or, select the plus sign on the Institution Tool's card to add the entire tool in the editor. When you add a tool or a piece of content to the editor, it appears as a link.  More on the Content Market

Insert Content Market Files


Insert Files

You can upload files in the editor in certain areas of an Ultra course. For example, you can include an image or a document to help students understand your instructions or initial prompt.

The editor only supports inline viewing for videos in MP4 format.

Select Insert/Edit Local File. Browse for a file from your computer. A status window appears to show the progress of the file upload. You can also add files from cloud storage, such as OneDrive.

Add file in content editor

You can edit the files display name by clicking on the document, and then clicking on the pencil in the toolbar.

Edit file name in content editor


Insert Images

In some areas of an Ultra course, you can use the editor functions to add images and text content. You can add images that are hosted online, or you can upload an image from your local drive.

If you add a large image, it's a good idea to include the image as a separate text link. This way, your students can select the link to view the image separately and more clearly, while still reading your text.

Add image to content editor

Add Office 365 files in the Content Editor. You can embed enterprise Office365 files directly into your content. Select Share in your Office365 file to create a link to the file. Choose which permissions you want the user to have and select Copy Link. This copies the link to your clipboard. To embed the content, select Insert Content, then select Media. Paste the link in Media URL. Select Insert.

Add OneDrive file to content editor

 


Insert Media

You can use the Insert/Edit Media from Web option to insert media and enterprise Office365 files directly into the editor. The editor automatically embeds the content, so it appears with other content you include. Students can view the content, such as a video, within the same window—no need to navigate to the media's site.

You can embed content from these sites:

  • VidGrid
  • Khan Academy
  • Quizlet
  • Panopto™
  • Kaltura
  • EdPuzzle
  • FlipGrid
  • SoundCloud
  • H5P
  • SlideShare
  • Spotify®
  • Vimeo®
  • Prezi
  • Genial.ly
  • YouTube™
  • VoiceThread
  • NearPod
  • Microsoft365

In the editor, select Insert/Edit Media from Web.

  1. Paste the source URL from the site.
  2. Add alternative text that describes the item for people who use screen readers or may not load the content.
  3. Select Insert. The item is automatically embeded in the editor.

Insert Media in Editor

 


Insert YouTube Video

Use the Insert YouTube Video option to browse and add YouTube videos directly in the editor. No need to leave your course to find a link! You can choose to display the video as a link or embed it, which appears alongside the other content you include. Students can watch the video within the same window—no need to navigate to YouTube.

Insert YouTube Video


Add Custom HTML or CSS

In Ultra Course View, when you enable an alternate domain for your site, you can now use custom HTML or CSS in a document.  Select Add HTML as a new block to embed an inline third-party HTML editor in the document. You can write or paste HTML code into the editor and select Save. 

A new CodeEditor package handles all the imports required by the third-party editor and standardizes the editor configurations. The package will otherwise simply wrap the editor's method for injecting itself into a DOM element. Directives and plugins that embed the editor on the page will depend on the package.

Add customer HTML or CSS

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