by Christine Monnier | Dec 3, 2025 | Blackboard Ultra, Christine Monnier, Featured, Features, Guest Blogger, SaaS
As mentioned before, now that we are no longer self-hosting Blackboard but using SaaS, Blackboard can push new features all the time. There are two new things that are coming up very shortly that I wanted to highlight here. Fine-Tuning Your Discussion Parameters The...
by Christine Monnier | Nov 24, 2025 | Accessibility, Ally, Blackboard Ultra, Christine Monnier, Featured, Guest Blogger
For those of you as old as I am, you might remember that, once upon a time, we used Ally for accessibility checks in our courses. Heck, I still have a t-shirt and a frisbee from that time. Karin Evans and I got to be in a video about it. Then Ally went away and we...
by Christine Monnier | Nov 4, 2025 | Blackboard Ultra, Christine Monnier, Featured, Guest Blogger
But first, Christine’s cranky thought of the week that does not involve the LT office. Here goes: Seriously. Troubleshooting students is not their job, and they’ve got plenty to do with their actual jobs, which is supporting faculty. Where should students...
by Christine Monnier | Oct 21, 2025 | Blackboard Ultra, Christine Monnier, Featured, Guest Blogger
Christine’s Cranky Thought of the Week That Does Not Involve LT If you spend any time on YouTube these days, you cannot avoid the increasing number of AI-generated videos. And they’re all universally bad. Thankfully, there’s a browser extension you...
by Christine Monnier | Oct 9, 2025 | Accessibility, Christine Monnier, Featured, Guest Blogger
Christine’s thought that is unrelated to the LT department: do yourselves a favor and go check out the Against AI website. It’s a work in progress but it contains some background readings, some assignment ideas, and other content. I know I mentioned...
