This article covers how instructors can preview their HuskyCT Original Course View course in the new Ultra Course View.

Previewing Your Course in Ultra Course View

The HuskyCT Development platform Staging Server (LMSDevLMSDEV) has been updated as of March 2023 to reflect the production version of HuskyCT (the version you teach in), and faculty can now use LMSDev LMSDEV to preview courses in the Ultra Course View (UCV) version of Blackboard. This allows instructors to preview UCV and make plans for transitioning to it without affecting their active courses. HuskyCT administrators need to set courses in LMSDev LMSDEV to “Instructor Choice” to allow instructors to convert their courses from Original Course View (OCV) to Ultra Course View. The ITS HuskyCT Admin team will set courses to instructor choice by request.

To preview the layout and functionality of a course in Ultra Course View, instructors must complete the steps outlined below.

Step 1: Retrieve Course Information

1. Navigate to LMSDev https://lmsdev.uconn.edu/ LMSDEV and log in with your NetID and password.

2. From the Courses tab, click on the course you would like to convert.

3. While in the course, copy the URL which contains the course information.

   

Step 2: Request the “Instructor Choice” Option

1. Email the ITS HuskyCT Admin team (huskyct@uconn.edu) and include the following information:

   1. Your Last name, First name

   2. NetID (e.g., zlj10293)

   3. The URL copied in Step 1

   4. Any other information

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2. This will create a request ticket with

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2. Once you have been notified by the HuskyCT Admin team (via ticket) that “Instructor Choice” has been turned on, navigate back to https://lmsdev.uconn.edu/ and log in with your NetID and passwordyou are ready to convert your course.

Step 3: Convert your Course to Ultra

1. Navigate to LMSDEV.

2. From the Courses tab, click into the course.

3. When in Before starting the conversion process, the course must be set to private. To make the course private, click the lock icon in the upper-righthand corner to make the course private. A private course will display a red, locked icon.

   

4. You will then see an option to convert your course to Ultra Course View. Click the Once the course is private, click the orange pencil icon.

   

5. Then click Try the Ultra Course View.
   

   

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6. you click “Try the Ultra Course View,” your LMSDev course will This will convert your LMSDEV course to Ultra. This is an automated process, (explain

   1. how will they know when it’s done?

   2. are they removed from the course, while waiting,

   3. how long will it take?

   4. what exactly happens

   5. can they go back and revert ?- (no)

Step 4:

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Reviewing your Ultra Course (

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1. Depending on how your course is designed in Original Course View, some content may need to be rearranged or rebuilt. Reviewing your course and determining how much rearrangement or rebuilding will be necessary is a key part of your decision to transition to the Ultra Course View. The conversion will take some time to complete. You will receive an email when the conversion process is complete.

2. Enter your course. You will receive a report of all the things that were not able to be converted. (is this accurate?)

3. You will be looking at the course in Ultra Course View preview mode. At this point, it is still possible to return to the original. To return to the original course view, click Back to Original Course button on the page footer.

4. Take a look around the course and see if you like it.

   1. If you do like it, click Use the Ultra Course and follow the prompts to finish the conversion and make it permanent.

   2. If you do NOT like it, click Back to Original course which will roll back any changes made to the course. This step can only be performed in the preview mode.

Step 5: Converting your REAL (production) course to Ultra (optional)

1. If they do the conversion in their production course, will they get the preview, and chance to review - “Preview”?

2. Do they need to click to keep it?

3. After converting

4. If you choose to return to Original Course View, you will need to make the course Available again. To make the course Available, click the Red Padlock in the upper Right hand corner. Alternatively, navigate to Course Management >> Customization >> Properties and under Set Availability, select Yes. Once the course is available the visibility is controlled by the Course Duration dates found under, Course Management >> Customization >> Properties and under Set Course Duration. If you want to change this date, refer to Changing Course Availability

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