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Add Blackboard App Module

In Blackboard, administrators can create modules that allow instructors and students to easily download the Blackboard app and access their courses from their mobile phones.

Ultra experience

If your institution has the Ultra experience, you can add a module to the Institution Page to provide students and instructors direct link to download the Blackboard app.

Blackboard Learn is opened with the "Institution page" button selected and the Blackboard app module on screen.

Create a module

  1. Log in as administrator.

  2. Select Institution Page in the left navigation menu.

  3. If you haven't created modules before, select the option Create Module, and then Custom Content. Otherwise, select the plus sign in the content area and choose Custom Content.

    Blackboard Learn is opened with 1) the "Institution page" button selected and highlighted, 2) the "Create Module" option selected and highlighted, and 3) the "Custom Content" option selected and highlighted.
    Blackboard Learn is opened with 1) the "Institution page" button selected and highlighted, 2) the plus sign selected and highlighted, and 3) the "Custom Content" option selected and highlighted.

  4. At the top of the Module Creator screen, type the title Get the Blackboard app.

    The "Module Creator" panel is opened with the following title added: "Get the Blackboard Learn app".

  5. Select Audience to choose the roles that can view this module. When you make a module visible, everyone can view it unless you select a specific audience.

    The "Module Creator" panel is opened with 1) the "Everyone" button is selected and highlighted, 2) the "Select a role" option selected and highlighted, and 3) a dropdown list with all the roles on screen.

  6. In the Module Content editor, paste this text:

    Stay connected with your courses on the go with the Blackboard app. Manage your courses, grade assignments, and send announcements as an instructor, or view course content, check grades, and collaborate with classmates as a student - all in one app.

    App Store for iOS

    Google Play for Android

    The "Module Content" editor is displayed with a text on it.

  7. Highlight App Store for iOS and select the Link button. Paste in this URL:

    https://apps.apple.com/app/blackboard-app/id950424861

    Then, highlight Google Play for Android and select the Link button. Paste in this URL:

    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.blackboard.android.bbstudent&hl=en

    The "Module Content" editor is displayed with 1) the "App Store for iOS" text highlighted, 2) the "Link" button selected and highlighted, 3) the "Insert/Edit Link" window opened, 4) and the "Link URL" space filled in and highlighted.

  8. You can use the editor functions to add formatting and change the text. Once you're done, select Save to create the module.

    The "Module Content" editor is displayed with a text on it and the "Save" button selected and highlighted.

  9. Make the module visible by selecting the eye icon and choosing Visible to users.

    The eye icon is selected and highlighted and the "Visible to users" option is selected.