Workshop #30
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#30 Teach in Ultra
Date: Self-Paced and Ongoing
Time: Online, Asynchronous
Location: Online
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Teach in Ultra training is a self-paced training designed to introduce instructors to essential skills needed to be successful in the Blackboard. Learners will explore the basic functionality and tools needed to develop basic content and teach a course using the university adopted Learning Management System (LMS).
Presenter(s): Faculty Center Staff (Asynchronous Materials)
Target Audience: Faculty
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Workshop #56
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#56 Creating Assessments and Tests in Blackboard
Date: Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Time: 12pm-1pm
Location: Online
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This workshop focuses on how to construct various assessment types. During this workshop instructors will be introduced to creating assignments, discussions, journals, and tests. An emphasis will be placed on how to manage and reuse existing content for assessment purposes.
Presenter(s): Faculty Center Staff
Target Audience: Faculty
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Workshop #57
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#57 Creating and Grading with Rubrics
Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Time: 12pm-1pm
Location: Online
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Does your Blackboard course have rubrics to provide learners with feedback? This session introduces how to get started creating and managing rubrics using Blackboard. During this session we will discuss different rubric design principles. This session will also demonstrate how efficient it can be to grade with a rubric housed in Blackboard. Learners will also see how students receive instructor feedback.
Presenter(s): Faculty Center Staff
Target Audience: Faculty
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Workshop #63
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#63 Teach in Ultra (BBOL-60000) - Will be retired and replaced in FA25
Date: Self-Paced and Summer Term
Time: Online, Asynchronous - Closes 8/13/25
Location: Online
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Teach in Ultra training is a self-paced training designed to introduce instructors to essential skills needed to be successful in the Blackboard. Learners will explore the basic functionality and tools needed to develop basic content and teach a course using the university adopted Learning Management System (LMS).
Presenter(s): Faculty Center Staff (Asynchronous Materials)
Target Audience: Faculty
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Workshop #64
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#64 Blackboard Course Design (BBOL-40000)
Date: Self-Paced and Summer Term
Time: Online, Asynchronous - Closes 8/13/25
Location: Online
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Are you looking to enhance your Blackboard course? Not sure you are ready to commit to the Online Teaching Certification training? Blackboard Course Design is a self-paced training designed to provide instructors with guidance on revising their course materials to better fit with the ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú course template. Learners will explore the basic functionality and tools needed to develop basic content, structure course content, and deliver their materials using Blackboard. This course serves as the prerequisite for the Online Teaching Certification course that is required of all instructors teaching online.
Presenter(s): Faculty Center Staff (Asynchronous Materials)
Target Audience: Faculty
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Workshop #65
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#65 Online Teaching Certification (BBOL-50000) (Completion Required for Instructors Teaching Online Courses)
Date: Monday, May 26 – Monday, June 30, 2025 (5-week training)
Time: Online, Asynchronous, Optional Synchronous Sessions
Location: Online
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Prerequisite: Previous completion of Blackboard Course Design BBOL-40000 The ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú Online Teaching Certification training is designed to prepare faculty to teach online and blended courses using the Blackboard Learn Ultra experience. In this course participants will explore best practices and theory in online course design and develop a plan for online teaching. An emphasis will be placed on Student engagement, instructor to student engagement, and instructional design for online teaching. Upon successfully completing this certification, you will have the option to claim a micro-credential, University issued electronic Badge.
Presenter(s): Faculty Center Staff
Target Audience: Faculty planning on teaching online or blended courses
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Workshop #66
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#66 Blackboard Ultra Basics
Date: Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Time: 12pm-1pm
Location: Online via Zoom
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This workshop provides faculty and staff with the essential skills necessary to work with Blackboard. An overview will be provided of the basic functionality and layout in Blackboard. Participants will also learn how to create or modify content in their courses.
Presenter(s): Faculty Center Staff
Target Audience: Faculty
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Workshop #67
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#67 Introducing Your Students to Blackboard - A Student Perspective
Date: Thursday, May 29, 2025
Time: 12pm-1pm
Location: Online via Zoom
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Are you familiar with how to assist your learners using Blackboard? Do you know how your learners experience your course? Are you comfortable introducing Blackboard to your learners? Do you know how to troubleshoot common learner problems frequently encountered in Blackboard? This workshop provides faculty and staff with guidance on ho
Presenter(s): Faculty Center Staff
Target Audience: Faculty
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Workshop #68
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#68 Teaching with Zoom in Blackboard
Date: Wednesday, June 04, 2025
Time: 12pm-1pm
Location: Online via Zoom
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This workshop provides faculty and staff with the essential skills necessary to start teaching with Zoom. An overview will provide instructors on how to install Zoom, basic functionality, and some ideas for making your online meeting sessions more dynamic.
Presenter(s): Faculty Center Staff
Target Audience: Faculty
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Workshop #69
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#69 Creating and Grading with Rubrics
Date: Thursday, June 05, 2025
Time: 12pm-1pm
Location: Online via Zoom
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Does your Blackboard course have rubrics to provide learners with feedback? This session introduces how to get started creating and managing rubrics using Blackboard. During this session we will discuss different rubric design principles. This session will also demonstrate how efficient it can be to grade with a rubric housed in Blackboard. Learners will also see how students receive instructor feedback.
Presenter(s): Faculty Center Staff
Target Audience: Faculty
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Workshop #70
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#70 Creating Assessments and Tests in Blackboard
Date: Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Time: 12pm-1pm
Location: Online via Zoom
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This workshop focuses on how to construct various assessment types. During this workshop instructors will be introduced to creating assignments, discussions, journals, and tests. An emphasis will be placed on how to manage and reuse existing content for assessment purposes.
Presenter(s): Faculty Center Staff
Target Audience: faculty
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Workshop #71
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#71 Advanced Topics in Blackboard
Date: Thursday, June 12, 2025
Time: 12pm-1pm
Location: Online via Zoom
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The Advance Topics in Blackboard workshop has been designed to provide training for specific aspects related to Blackboard Ultra. The training is not intended to substitute for Blackboard Orientation or Online Teaching Certification, but instead intended to serve as a more focused exploration of specific tools and features that instructors may choose to implement in their courses. Topics include leveraging groups, Turnitin, Respondus lockdown browser, and Ally Accessibility Checker.
Presenter(s): Faculty Center Staff
Target Audience: Faculty
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Workshop #72
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#72 Engaging Learners
Date: Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Time: 12pm-1pm
Location: Online via Zoom
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Join the Faculty Center for a discussion on strategies for engaging learners in face-to-face and online environments. Participants of this session are encouraged to share their own ideas during this collaborative presentation and discussion.
Presenter(s): Faculty Center Staff
Target Audience: Faculty
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Workshop #73
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#73 Exploring AI in Blackboard
Date: Thursday, June 19, 2025
Time: 12pm-1pm
Location: Online via Zoom
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Have you explored the capabilities of Artificial Intelligence in Blackboard? Have you considered how assistive AI might enhance your workflow and efficiency as an instructor? This workshop provides faculty and staff with an overview of what is possible using the built-in AI tools in Blackboard.
Presenter(s): Faculty Center Staff
Target Audience: Faculty
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Workshop #74
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#74 Break Down Barriers: Make Your Content Accessible
Date: Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Time: 12pm-1pm
Location: Online via Zoom
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Join the Faculty Center for a workshop on making your online content accessible to all your students. In this workshop you will learn how to turn your course materials into content that can be accessed by students of all abilities. Participants will learn how to use Ally, create a tagged PDF and accessible tables using Microsoft Word, add alt-text to images, and check for accessibility in Word and PowerPoint.
Presenter(s): Faculty Center Staff
Target Audience: Faculty
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Workshop #75
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#75 Online Teaching Certification (BBOL-50000) (Completion Required for Instructors Teaching Online Courses)
Date: Monday, July 07 – Monday, August 11, 2025 (5-week training)
Time: Online, Asynchronous, Optional Synchronous Sessions
Location: Online Workshop
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Prerequisite: Previous completion of Blackboard Course Design BBOL-40000 The ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú Online Teaching Certification training is designed to prepare faculty to teach online and blended courses using the Blackboard Learn Ultra experience. In this course participants will explore best practices and theory in online course design and develop a plan for online teaching. An emphasis will be placed on Student engagement, instructor to student engagement, and instructional design for online teaching. Upon successfully completing this certification, you will have the option to claim a micro-credential, University issued electronic Badge.
Presenter(s): Faculty Center Staff
Target Audience: Faculty planning on teaching online or blended courses
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Workshop #76
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#76 Blackboard Ultra Basics
Date: Wednesday, July 09, 2025
Time: 12pm-1pm
Location: Online via Zoom
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This workshop provides faculty and staff with the essential skills necessary to work with Blackboard. An overview will be provided of the basic functionality and layout in Blackboard. Participants will also learn how to create or modify content in their courses.
Presenter(s): Faculty Center Staff
Target Audience: Faculty
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Workshop #77
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#77 Introducing Your Students to Blackboard – A Student Perspective
Date: Thursday, July 10, 2025
Time: 12pm-1pm
Location: Online via Zoom
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Are you familiar with how to assist your learners using Blackboard? Do you know how your learners experience your course? Are you comfortable introducing Blackboard to your learners? Do you know how to troubleshoot common learner problems frequently encountered in Blackboard? This workshop provides faculty and staff with guidance on how to introduce students to Blackboard and how to assist them with common technical problems.
Presenter(s): Faculty Center Staff
Target Audience: Faculty and Staff
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Workshop #78
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#78 Teaching with Zoom in Blackboard
Date: Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Time: 12pm-1pm
Location: Online via Zoom
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This workshop provides faculty and staff with the essential skills necessary to start teaching with Zoom. An overview will provide instructors on how to install Zoom, basic functionality, and some ideas for making your online meeting sessions more dynamic.
Presenter(s): Faculty Center Staff
Target Audience: Faculty
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Workshop #79
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#79 Creating and Grading with Rubrics
Date: hursday, July 17, 2025
Time: 12pm-1pm
Location: Online via Zoom
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Does your Blackboard course have rubrics to provide learners with feedback? This session introduces how to get started creating and managing rubrics using Blackboard. During this session we will discuss different rubric design principles. This session will also demonstrate how efficient it can be to grade with a rubric housed in Blackboard. Learners will also see how students receive instructor feedback.
Presenter(s): Faculty Center Staff
Target Audience: Faculty
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Workshop #80
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#80 Creating Assessments and Tests in Blackboard
Date: Wednesday, July 23, 2025
Time: 12pm-1pm
Location: Online via Zoom
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This workshop focuses on how to construct various assessment types. During this workshop instructors will be introduced to creating assignments, discussions, journals, and tests. An emphasis will be placed on how to manage and reuse existing content for assessment purposes.
Presenter(s): Faculty Center Staff
Target Audience: Faculty
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Workshop #81
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#81 Advanced Topics in Blackboard Ultra
Date: Thursday, July 24, 2025
Time: 12pm-1pm
Location: Online via Zoom
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The Advance Topics in Blackboard Ultra workshop has been designed to provide training for specific aspects related to Blackboard Ultra. The training is not intended to substitute for Blackboard Orientation or Online Teaching Certification, but instead intended to serve as a more focused exploration of specific tools and features that instructors may choose to implement in their courses. Topics include leveraging groups, Turnitin, Respondus lockdown browser, and Ally Accessibility Checker.
Presenter(s): Faculty Center Staff
Target Audience: Faculty
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Workshop #82
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#82 Engaging Learners
Date: Wednesday, July 30, 2025
Time: 12pm-1pm
Location: Online via Zoom
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Join the Faculty Center for a discussion on strategies for engaging learners in face-to-face and online environments. Participants of this session are encouraged to share their own ideas during this collaborative presentation and discussion.
Presenter(s): Faculty Center Staff
Target Audience: Faculty
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Workshop #83
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#83 Exploring AI in Blackboard
Date: Thursday, July 31, 2025
Time: 12pm-1pm
Location: Online via Zoom
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Have you explored the capabilities of Artificial Intelligence in Blackboard? Have you considered how assistive AI might enhance your workflow and efficiency as an instructor? This workshop provides faculty and staff with an overview of what is possible using the built-in AI tools in Blackboard.
Presenter(s): Faculty Center Staff
Target Audience: Faculty
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Workshop #84
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#84 Break Down Barriers: Make Your Content Accessible
Date: Wednesday, August 06, 2025
Time: 12pm-1pm
Location: Online via Zoom
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Join the Faculty Center for a workshop on making your online content accessible to all your students. In this workshop you will learn how to turn your course materials into content that can be accessed by students of all abilities. Participants will learn how to use Ally, create a tagged PDF and accessible tables using Microsoft Word, add alt-text to images, and check for accessibility in Word and PowerPoint.
Presenter(s): Faculty Center Staff
Target Audience: Faculty
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