When the Learning Technologies office surveyed faculty about the type of training people wanted, quite a few of you answered that you'd like training offered during winter break (both before and after the Holidays), with a marked preference for Zoom sessions. So our...
Winter break is the perfect time to stay inside and start working in Ultra! We've got loads of resources for you to learn about Ultra, get support, and work at your own pace without having to venture out in the cold. So grab your cocoa, sit by the fire, and take...
Here we are, end of Fall 2024, almost a year away from the completion of our switch to Ultra, I thought I'd do a recap of all the ground I covered so far, in my position of faculty chair of online quality and learning technology. You can find all my posts below....
If so, the Learning Tech office has two Ultra asynchronous trainings available for PDH: Blackboard Ultra Basics, which is a broad introduction and overview of Ultra. This is a good place to start if you have not yet started on your own course conversion and have had...
I have already blogged about the attendance module in Ultra and how to set up attendance in your gradebook. You can find the post here. There is one BIG problem with using that tool: you cannot change the total point value for attendance. It is set at 100 and that's...
I know we all post our office hours in MyAccess but how many of you think our students check them over there? Personally, I always create my syllabi way in ahead of time so I put my OH at TBA because I don't yet know what my final schedule will be. But even if you put...
