Readability/accessibility improvements copying or converting Original content into Ultra Course View – 3900.54.0

Blackboard Learn SaaS
Ultra Experience
Ultra Course View
Impact: Instructors

In Original Course View users can choose any color for text. Content could be hard to read or not accessible—for example, yellow text on white background. The Ultra Course View has a curated selection of font colors to ensure readability. Users choose from black, gray, purple, blue, and green font colors. We now remove any unsupported font colors during a content copy or course conversion from an Original course.

This release focuses on announcements, discussions, assignments, and documents (not file attachments). We plan to remove unsupported font colors for tests, journals, and other item types in a later release.

Image 1. The last paragraph of light gray text is difficult to read when viewing in Original Course View.

The last paragraph of light gray text is difficult to read when viewing in Original Course View

Image 2. When copied, the light gray text is changed to improve readability and accessibility.

When copied, the light gray text is changed to improve readability and accessibility

For administrators: This feature is available for all Ultra courses. There are no configurations needed at the administrator level.

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