Thursday, November 21, 2024

BlackBoard Ultra

I finished Blackboard Ultra training today. Six hours of my life which I will never get back.

The thing about Blackboard, it's entirely counter-intuitive. Once you know how something works, you can usually do the thing. But there's no way to figure out, from looking at the screen, how a thing works. You have to have someone stand behind you and explain what to do next.

WTF designed this burning trash heap of a program?


2 comments:

Foscavista said...

Our university transitioned to BB Ultra this academic year, and we have mixed feelings. The only thing I like about it is that announcements are front and center when you enter the course. I still struggle with making uploaded items visible to students.

delagar said...

Same.