Learning Technologies Blog

Blackboard Ultra: Learn the Lingo – Learning Modules

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...

End of Year Recap and Summer Plans

As I finish this first year as Faculty Chair of Online Quality and Learning Technologies, I just thought I'd offer a recap of all the content I created over this academic year. The Foundations courses The very first thing I did was redesign entirely the LT course...

Do One Thing In Panorama: Get a Coursewide Accessibility Score

So far, my posts on Panorama have been about setting it up, and getting started on fixing individual items in a course. It's great, but sometimes, it's helpful to have a broad, bird's eye view of an entire course in terms of accessibility. Thankfully, YuJa Panorama...
Summer 2024 Updates and Getting Started

Summer 2024 Updates and Getting Started

Helpful Resources for Getting Started Here are links to some helpful resources that will help you get everything ready to go for the semester. How to Export/ Import a Course Software Recommendations Getting Started with Blackboard Course Design Customizing the Course...

Spring 2024: Final Grades Support

Spring 2024: Final Grades Support

Summer break is so close! Time to get those tests and projects graded and final grades submitted. If you've hit a roadblock or just need a refresher, here are some general resources that can help you understand the basics of submitting grades. We know that sometimes...

Spring 2024 End of Term Support

Spring 2024 End of Term Support

It's almost summer, but first you have to wrap up those Spring courses! Here are some support resources to get you through all those end of term assessments, projects, grades submissions and more! Entering Final Grades Need to enter final grades? You can find...