Learning Technologies Blog

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...
Fall 2025 Term Updates and Kickoff Information

Fall 2025 Term Updates and Kickoff Information

Welcome back, faculty! We hope everyone enjoyed a great summer. We're ready to help get you up and running with the Fall 2025 Term!  Getting Started Resources Faculty Get Started Find help with a range of basic beginning-of-term tasks, like course copy, gradebook set...