BB Better Layout

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What Is BB Better Layout? ​

BB Better Layout is a browser extension that improves Blackboard Ultra. It gives students a cleaner interface and helps them move through everyday tasks more efficiently.

BB Better Layout

Features ​

  • Collapsible Dashboard side navigation with a persistent 64px icon rail
  • Simple subject banner
  • Back to top button
  • Nine reading appearances and customizable keyboard shortcuts
  • Optional device-local custom image for course-page covers
  • Keyboard course switching plus context-aware Course Content and Roster search
  • Appearance-aware styling for Blackboard's official Courses-page To Do panel
  • Device-local Study Note workspace with notebooks, Markdown Write/Preview, search, quick notes, and append-safe JSON/CSV backup import
  • Device-local weekly Schedule with explicit Blackboard course import plus editable imported or manual course details
  • Up to six optional custom sidebar links with validated URLs and Google Material icons

What you can do with this extension ​

  • Collapse the Dashboard navigation to icons only and restore it from the footer control without losing your preferred state after a reload.
  • Open the searchable Your Courses switcher from a single course without leaving it, while keeping Course Content and Roster search on the separate Search Current Page shortcut.
  • Choose a comfortable reading appearance.
  • Keep the Courses-page To Do panel visually consistent with the selected reading appearance without losing overdue warning colors.
  • Organize notes into notebooks, write and safely preview common Markdown, and capture a quick note from any Blackboard page using a customizable shortcut.
  • Export Study Note data as JSON or CSV, then append either backup format later without clearing existing notes.
  • Import the currently loaded Blackboard course cards into a weekly timetable only when you request it, or type a manual course name while keeping imported course suggestions available.
  • Start with Study Note and Schedule visible by default, then disable either feature without deleting its local data.
  • Create your own sidebar destinations, then hide or restore the group without deleting its settings.