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New Ultra Feature Alert

Coming up in early April 2026, Blackboard will have additional options for assignments submission options, so I just thought I'd give y'all a preview so no one freaks out. You will see these new options under your assignment settings, with a new section called...

Offline Submissions Confusion

So this is a problem that has been brought to the attention of, well, a lot of people: a faculty has an assignment done offline, but with grades to be posted in the gradebook. Said faculty creates the assignment in Blackboard, then check the "Collect Submissions...

Accessibility Beyond Ally: Canva Edition

Last semester, we all got an email from Wendy Parks informing us that the college had started a Canva Pro pilot program at the college. I have been using Canva for a long time and this is where I create all my presentations (but Canva does a lot more than that),...
Get It Together: Blackboard Groups Basics

Get It Together: Blackboard Groups Basics

Creating groups in Blackboard is a great way to allow your students to interact with each other, learn, share ideas, and demonstrate what they know.  If you’ve never used the Groups feature in Blackboard before, or just want to learn more about what options there...

HTML Basics for Blackboard

HTML Basics for Blackboard

Blackboard’s content editor makes it easy to get the look and functionality you want for your courses without having to know much about HTML. However, it is possible to insert HTML directly into a Blackboard content area if that’s something that you want or need to do...

Learning Technologies Newsletter: March 9, 2022

Learning Technologies Newsletter: March 9, 2022

Important: Summer Blackboard Integration Requests Due March 15th It's that time again! If you have a Blackboard integration request, we need it by March 15th at 10 a.m. in order to have time to implement and test it before the Summer Term.  If you're...