No, PDFs are not dead You may have seen some communication urging people to stop using PDFs for accessibility reasons. It’s a bit more nuanced than that. Let me review different situations and what you can do so that your documents are accessible. The worst-case...
Learning Technologies Blog
Why I Won’t Be Talking or Blogging About AI This Year
Disclaimer the first: The following post reflects my position and my position only. It does not involve the office of Learning Technologies in any way. Disclaimer the second: When discussing AI, I am mostly talking about LLMs, not all forms of automation. Disclaimer...
Resources for the 40% (and Everyone Else)
That is, the 40% among you who haven't yet switched to Ultra. As Michelle Whitman noted at kick-off, don't wait until Winter break to get going. It would be really great to avoid a stampede at the end of Fall or the beginning of Spring, as that would create an...
Fall 2025 Term Updates and Kickoff Information
Welcome back, faculty! We hope everyone enjoyed a great summer. We're ready to help get you up and running with the Fall 2025 Term! Getting Started Resources Faculty Get Started Find help with a range of basic beginning-of-term tasks, like course copy, gradebook set...
Blackboard Ultra: Learn the Lingo – Release Conditions
One of the things that you’ll notice as you transition to Ultra is that some of the features of Original have different names in Ultra. To reduce confusion over this new terminology, we have a summer series to help you learn the new lingo that comes along with the...
Blackboard Ultra: Learn the Lingo – Batch Edit
One of the things that you’ll notice as you transition to Ultra is that some of the features of Original have different names in Ultra. To reduce confusion over this new terminology, we have a summer series to help you learn the new lingo that comes along with the...