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About That Intel AI Training

As you all know, at our last kick-off events, the President told us that the college was going to bring an AI tool that both we and our students would be able to use, presumably, an enterprise product. You all know my thoughts on AI (specifically LLMs). I have laid...

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...
While I Have Your Attention

While I Have Your Attention

Let's talk about a topic that I consider super important: our own digital practices with regards to privacy and data protection. This is, of course, related to my previous post on LLMs. The usual disclaimer: What I discuss in this post is my perspective only, It does...

No, PDFs Are Not Dead

No, PDFs Are Not Dead

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...