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...
Register Now for Ultra Spring Training

Register Now for Ultra Spring Training

Are you ready to get into the "swing" of things? Hit a home run by taking one of our Ultra spring training sessions. We'll be covering the fundamentals as well as some more advanced techniques! Check out our Double Header on February 7th for twice the Ultra...

Find LT at Kickoff!

Find LT at Kickoff!

Looking to learn more about Ultra? Find us at Kickoff! We'll be leading a variety of sessions on Ultra as well as hosting a special guest, Wade Weichel, who will be here from Anthology to talk about some of the AI tools in Ultra. Wednesday, January 22, 2025...