Changes Coming to BOLT on May 19, 2017

There will be two significant changes to BOLT on May 19, 2017. A new navigation scheme will be in place, and online rooms will be phased out.

New Navigation

To prepare for the Daylight Experience, there will be changes to the navigation bars in BOLT. New menus will be on the My Home page and course home page.




BOLT My Home Navigation Update May 19

BOLT Course Home Navigation Update May 19

Please note, this change will not affect your course materials or content! This is a cosmetic change only!

Online Rooms Phased Out

The Online Rooms tool is being phased out. If you want to save recordings from January 2015 through May 2017, you will need to fill out a form and return it to Julie Wolfe by May 5, 2017. Please see the Blackboard Collaborate module in the BOLT Help Course for more information.

What Synchronous Tools Are Available?

We have the new version of Collaborate, Ultra, available for instructors and students to use. You can add Ultra to your course content as an External Learning Tool. In the module you want to add it to, just click Existing Activities, select External Learning Tools, and select Ultra. This will add a link to Ultra. If you click through the link, you will be able to set up Ultra sessions.


We also have Virtual Classroom available in BOLT courses. The link to this tool will be moving from the Learning Tools menu to the Communication menu on May 19.


We have Zoom pro accounts for instructors available as well. If you want to try Zoom with BOLT, please email imdc@bloomu.edu.

BOLT TIP: Email Your Classlist... with the Click of a Button!

Did you know you can email your entire classlist with the click of one button?

In your course, click Course Resources, then select Classlist.


In the Classlist, click the Email Classlist button at the top of the page.


This will email your entire classlist.


Yes, it really is that easy!

Video Note is Here

If you want to take your interaction and personalization to the next level in BOLT, try out the new Video Note feature.


Video Note is available to you (and students!) wherever you see the Insert Stuff or Record Video buttons in BOLT.

You can create video notes for a variety of purposes. You can...

• Describe assignments to students in the description of assignment submission folders
• Provide personalized video feedback on student submissions
• Create video discussion topics
• Add special instruction to content module or content topic descriptions

For more information on how to use Video Note, please follow the jump cut.