Events

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Nov

Location

Online

Date & Time

November 17, 2023, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

Have you or your students questioned how the weighted grading in Blackboard is calculating grades, even when there are pending or upcoming assignments that haven’t been accounted for? In this...

View Event Details for Take the Guesswork Out of Weighted Grades

Oct

Location

Online

Date & Time

October 27, 2023, 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Description

Learn about Ally, a tool available in Blackboard Original and Ultra courses, that improves the accessibility of your course content. Schedule a personal consultation to see Ally’s remediation...

View Event Details for Boost Accessibility: Blackboard Ally Virtual Office Hours

Oct

Location

Online

Date & Time

October 26, 2023, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

Resources Webex recording (UMBC login req'd) Presentation slides Anonymous feedback form Given higher-education's so-called "Demographic Cliff" of fewer traditional 18-22 year-old students...

View Event Details for Predicting transfer student 4-year graduation

Oct

Location

Online

Date & Time

October 18, 2023, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Description

Do you struggle with student engagement in your online synchronous classes? Do you wish your online class could use more active learning techniques, but you do not know where to start? During...

View Event Details for Webinar: Sparking Student Engagement in Synchronous Classes

Sep

Location

Online

Date & Time

September 29, 2023, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

Resources Meeting Recording (UMBC login req'd) Presentation slides Anonymous evaluation In this session, Dr. Tom Penniston (DoIT) will discuss his recently presented paper on UMBC’s efforts...

View Event Details for Toward a New Paradigm: Learning Analytics 2.0

Sep

Location

Online

Date & Time

September 20, 2023, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Description

Given what we know about what ChatGPT and other AI tools can — and cannot— do, as educators we must confront two very different issues: First, what should we be teaching our students to prepare...

View Event Details for Webinar: Rising to Meet the Challenge of ChatGPT

Sep

Location

Online

Date & Time

September 18, 2023, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

Blackboard Ultra now includes a new Flexible Grading interface to support grading by question, student, or a mix and match approach. Flexible Grading provides a streamlined navigation to help...

View Event Details for New: Flexible Grading in Blackboard Ultra

Aug

Location

Online

Date & Time

August 25, 2023, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

It's week one of the semester and following your daily log-in to Blackboard, you notice that several students have yet to log in, access the syllabus, view the welcome video, or post an...

View Event Details for It’s Week 1: Do you know where your online learners are?

Aug

Location

Online

Date & Time

August 24, 2023, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

Are you interested in learning how to create video screencasts? Using Panopto, faculty can capture and narrate anything they see on their computers, and then publish an online screencast video...

View Event Details for Panopto Essentials

Aug

Location

Online

Date & Time

August 23, 2023, 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Description

Have you wondered how cutting edge AI technology could transform your course preparation? What if those tools were available at your fingertips right within your Blackboard course? Discover how...

View Event Details for Preview Exclusive AI Course Design Tools for Ultra Courses

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Take the Guesswork Out of Weighted Grades

Learn and explore how to use a dynamic, user friendly tool

Boost Accessibility: Blackboard Ally Virtual Office Hours

Schedule Your Personal Ally Course Consultation

Predicting transfer student 4-year graduation

And why it matters

Webinar: Sparking Student Engagement in Synchronous Classes

Practical and fun strategies to apply in your course

Toward a New Paradigm: Learning Analytics 2.0

1st LA Comm. of Practice Mtg. for FA23

Webinar: Rising to Meet the Challenge of ChatGPT

Strategies to apply in your course

New: Flexible Grading in Blackboard Ultra

Grade by question or by student

It’s Week 1: Do you know where your online learners are?

Identify a strategy and tools to connect, support learners

Panopto Essentials

Create video screencasts

Preview Exclusive AI Course Design Tools for Ultra Courses

Learn more about this exciting suite of tools

Learn and explore how to use a dynamic, user friendly tool

Schedule Your Personal Ally Course Consultation

And why it matters

Practical and fun strategies to apply in your course

1st LA Comm. of Practice Mtg. for FA23

Strategies to apply in your course

Grade by question or by student

Identify a strategy and tools to connect, support learners

Create video screencasts

Learn more about this exciting suite of tools

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