Introduction to Blackboard Ultra (BUMC IT)
Instructors have the option of using either the Blackboard Original Course View or enabling the new Ultra Course View. Blackboard Ultra has a totally revamped user interface that is more accessible, mobile friendly and replaces the Left Navigation Bar with a modern "block" style editor.
This training, conducted by BUMC IT Educational Technology, will provide an overview of Blackboard Ultra, including:
- Navigating the User Interface
- Adding and Organizing Course Content
- Overview of the Gradebook
- Other Course Tools
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Introduction to Blackboard Original
This session will focus on the basic tasks for setting up your Blackboard Learn course site. Participants can expect to get an overview of the system and to learn how create content folders, upload documents, create links, and add students to their course. This is a hands-on workshop where participants will work directly in the environment.
Please note: This hands-on workshop is open to all faculty and academic staff from both campuses. Students are not permitted unless by the request of a faculty member.
*Registrants will receive a Zoom link within 24-48 hours of the scheduled session.
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Introduction to Blackboard Ultra
Following the May 2020 upgrade to the Ultra Base Navigation, faculty now have the option to adopt the Ultra Course View. Individual courses can either be presented in the Original format or the new Ultra format. instructors may choose which format they would like to utilize for the online resources of their course. This training is dedicated to provide an overview of the Blackboard Ultra, show differences between the two formats, and demonstrate how to create basic contents/settings in Ultra format.
Please note: This hands-on workshop is open to all faculty and academic staff from both campuses. Students are not permitted unless by the request of a faculty member.
*Registrants will receive a Zoom link within 24-48 hours of the scheduled session.
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Blackboard Original - Assignments, Assessment & Rubrics
Make grading even easier with Blackboard Original's Assignments, Assessment & Rubrics tool. This session will demonstrate how you can utilize the assignments tool in your course and attach a rubric to make your grading more transparent to your students. We will also cover the basics of Grade Center.
Please note: This hands-on workshop will be open to all faculty and academic staff from both campuses. Students are not permitted unless by the request of a faculty member.
*Registrants will receive a Zoom link within 24-48 hours of the scheduled session.
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Blackboard Ultra - Assignments, Assessment & Rubrics
Make grading even easier with Blackboard Ultra's Assignments, Assessment & Rubrics tool. This session will demonstrate how you can utilize the assignments & assessment tools in your course and attach a rubric to make your grading more transparent to your students. We will also cover the basics of Grade Center.
Please note: This hands-on workshop will be open to all faculty and academic staff from both campuses. Students are not permitted unless by the request of a faculty member.
*Registrants will receive a Zoom link within 24-48 hours of the scheduled session.
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Discussion Board, Blogs, Journals and Wikis in Blackboard Original
Want to enhance student collaboration in the classroom? Then come learn how to incorporate discussion board, blogs, journals and wikis into your Blackboard Learn course. Participants can expect to learn how they can use these tools in their course, how students submit their entries and how you can grades them on what they post.
Please note: This hands-on workshop is open to all faculty and acedmic staff from both campuses. Students are not permitted unless by the request of a faculty member.
*Registrants will receive a Zoom link within 24-48 hours of the scheduled session.
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Introduction to Turnitin Assignments in Blackboard & Turnitin Feedback Studio.
Faculty can use Turnitin to make the process of detecting plagiarism easier and grading paers online more efficient.
This hands-on workshop will be open to all faculty and academic staff from both campuses.
Zoom link will be shared directly with the partcipants an hour before the session starts.
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Grade Center in Blackboard Original
This session will focus completely on the Grade Center functionality and is fully hands-on. In addition to the basics, participants can expect to learn how to weight their grades, create grading schemas and to export grades to Excel.
Please note: This hands-on workshop is open to all faculty and academic staff from both campuses. Students are not permitted unless by the request of a faculty member.
*Registrants will receive a Zoom link within 24-48 hours of the scheduled session.
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Gradebook in Blackboard Ultra
This session will focus completely on the Gradebook functionality and is fully hands-on. In addition to the basics, participants can expect to learn how to weight their grades, create grading schemas and to export grades to Excel.
Please note: This hands-on workshop is open to all faculty and academic staff from both campuses. Students are not permitted unless by the request of a faculty member.
*Registrants will receive a Zoom link within 24-48 hours of the scheduled session.
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Introduction to Blackboard Ally
Blackboard Ally focuses on digital accessibility for students, seamlessly integrating with Blackboard courses. Ally provides guidance and tips for lasting improvements to your content accessibility, and in addition automatically creates alternative versions of compatible files. Bb Ally allows students to choose the type of file (compatible files) they want that best suits their needs.
With Blackboard Ally you can:
- Automatically check course materials against WCAG 2.1 accessibility standards
- Provide students with accessible alternative formats such as audio and electronic braille
- Receive guidance and step-by-step instructions to improve accessibility of your course content
This session will provide an overview of Alternative Formats, Accessibility Scores, and Course Accessibility Report.
Please note: This hands-on workshop is open to all faculty and academic staff from both campuses.
*Registrants will receive a Zoom link within 24-48 hours of the scheduled session.
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Drop-in Hours: Blackboard Ultra questions
This Drop-in Hours session will focus completely on the Blackboard Learn/Ultra questions.
Please note: This Drop-in Hours session is open to all faculty and academic staff from both campuses. Students are not permitted unless by the request of a faculty member.
Ask EdTech: Drop-in Office Hours
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Introduction to Gradescope
Gradescope is a feedback and assessment tool that reduces the pain and time associated with grading exams, homework, and other assignments. It is widely used for delivering assessments remotely and enables instructors and graders to provide better and more timely feedback, resulting in improved learning outcomes
By centralizing student submissions, scoring rubrics, individualized feedback, and statistical insights, Gradescope allows instructors to have a more streamlined grading system with their students. From homework to coding assignments to exams, Gradescope offers support for a spectrum of different types of assessments.
*Once you have registered for this course, you will receive a link for the scheduled training with a member of the Gradescope team via email.*
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Introduction to Pronto
Pronto is a communication tool that integrates with Blackboard Learn course. Pronto can be used in the browser or via a mobile app to aid in real-time communication. In the training, you will learn how to add Pronto to your Blackboard site, how to use It to communicate to students within Blackboard, and how to load the Pronto App on Your Phone.
Registrants will receive a Zoom link within 24-48 hours of the scheduled session.
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Introduction to Piazza
Piazza is an online platform that facilitates interaction among students and instructors in an efficient and intuitive manner. On Piazza, students can ask questions, and instructors and fellow classmates can answer. Instructors can allow students to participate anonymously, to encourage participation. At the time of posting a new question, students can select whether they want their question to be public (for the rest of the class to see), or private (for only instructors to see). Instructors can make public questions private and vice versa.
Piazza is also collaboration based: a student can edit another student’s question, as well as the collaborative students’ answer (note the position of the apostrophe). An instructor can edit a student’s question, the collaborative instructors’ answer, as well as the collaborative students’ answer. Questions also have a separate follow-up discussion section where follow on questions can be hashed out in a more unstructured manner as a thread. Follow-up discussions are initially marked as unresolved and can be marked as resolved by anyone who thinks the follow-up has been addressed.
Please note: This hands-on workshop is open to all faculty and academic staff from both campuses. Students are not permitted unless by the request of a faculty member.
*Registrants will receive a Zoom link within 24-48 hours of the scheduled session.
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Intro to Blackboard- Faculty & Staff
Learn to navigate Blackboard and utilize its features
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What's New in Blackboard Learn?
Come hear what new tools and features are available in Blackboard. Participants will get a hands-on demonstration of new tools along with opportunities to brainstorm with colleagues on how to best use the features. Participants should have at least a basic knowledge of Blackboard.
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