Log in to Blackboard Learn Ultra Experience as an administrator

Create and access an Ultra course

Create and enroll one user as an instructor and another user as a student

Log in as the instructor and open the course

Navigate to Course Content > Select + > Create > Journal

Enter a title for the journal

Open Journal Settings > Enable Grade Journal >Enter the required grading information, such as the maximum points > Select Save

Navigate to Gradebook > Select Settings

Under Students Visibility, enable Hide students in the gradebook who no longer have access to the course

Log in as the student created in step 3

Open the course and access the journal

Create and submit a journal entry

Log back in as the instructor

Navigate to Gradebook > Select Grades to open the Gradebook grid view

Locate the journal's column and the student's created submission in step 12

Select View or Grade Submission to open the submission