Requesting a Blackboard Development (zdev)Shell

A development (or zdev) shell is a blank course shell instructors can request to use as they start moving content from Original to Ultra and building new content for their courses. Once created, development shells reside on the "Development" term on the Courses tab of Ultra Base Navigation. Since these shells are not assigned to a specific term, they are not removed from your courses when IT removes terms from Blackboard. Additionally, these shells do not contain students, and can easily be cleared out for you when you want to use them again by requesting that Learning Technologies bulk delete the contents of the shell.

A development shell can be created for you by simply completing the Development Shell Request Form