by Christine Monnier | Jun 23, 2026 | Accessibility, Ally, Blackboard Ultra, Christine Monnier, Featured, Guest Blogger
In my note to the chairs, last week, I noted that even though our college-wide accessibility score is about 73.5%, that percentage drops much lower if we consider the accessibility of files posted in our courses: Yeah, that’s … not great. And yes, the bulk...
by Christine Monnier | Jun 15, 2026 | Accessibility, Ally, Blackboard Ultra, Christine Monnier, Featured, Guest Blogger
As you know, we got a one year reprieve on the deadline to be compliant with the new DOJ web accessibility compliance standards (although there is a lawsuit pending on this). So we have a little less than a year to at least make significant progress on our web...
by Christine Monnier | May 13, 2026 | Christine Monnier, Ed Tech Tools, Featured, Guest Blogger, Integrations, Qwickly
I have blogged about Qwickly Attendance before. I much prefer to use Qwickly for attendance than the native Blackboard tool for reasons explained in the blog post. Now, the college has gotten us a pro license for Qwickly, which means we get access to a bunch of...
by Christine Monnier | Apr 21, 2026 | Christine Monnier, Ed Tech Tools, Featured, Guest Blogger
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...
by Christine Monnier | Mar 17, 2026 | Blackboard, Blackboard Ultra, Christine Monnier, Featured, Guest Blogger
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...
by Christine Monnier | Mar 9, 2026 | Blackboard Ultra, Christine Monnier, Featured, Guest Blogger
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...
