by Christine Monnier | Sep 3, 2024 | Blackboard, Blackboard Ultra, Christine Monnier, Featured, Guest Blogger
So I may have mentioned before my, shall we say, profound skepticism, regarding things like ChatGPT and other similar tools, incorrectly named Artificial Intelligence. Let me count the ways: These tools are an environmental disaster: “The AI Boom Could Use a...
by Christine Monnier | Aug 29, 2024 | Blackboard, Blackboard Ultra, Christine Monnier, Featured, Guest Blogger
Don’t Freak Out is my new blogging series where I will be showcasing upcoming features in Blackboard Ultra that you don’t see yet but are coming, so you’ll know… and won’t freak out when you open Blackboard one day and things are slightly...
by Christine Monnier | Aug 29, 2024 | Blackboard, Blackboard Ultra, Christine Monnier, Do One Thing in Ultra, Featured, Guest Blogger
A thing so easy to do it does not require a video. Check it out: Go to your gradebook. Open the gradebook settings. Scroll until you reach Students Visibility and toggle on or off (it’s off by default). Happy dance. More information...
by Christine Monnier | Aug 27, 2024 | Blackboard, Blackboard Ultra, Christine Monnier, Featured, Features, Guest Blogger
When the college decided to move to Blackboard Ultra, we expected a few benefits. One was that we would no longer experience the first day of the semester meltdown that we all so enjoyed when we were trying to show our courses to our students on the first day of...
by Christine Monnier | Aug 19, 2024 | Blackboard, Blackboard Ultra, Christine Monnier, Featured, Guest Blogger, Online Teaching
In a moment of weakness, Dr. Nieto appointed me interdisciplinary chair of Learning Technology and Online Quality. This means that I now have an administrative mandate to hassle the rest of you to get going on Ultra. Hassling people is the beginning and end of my...
by Christine Monnier | Jun 13, 2024 | Blackboard, Blackboard Ultra, Christine Monnier, Do One Thing in Ultra, Featured, Guest Blogger
I know we have had countless discussions about grades, their value, their impact on intrinsic motivation, what the research on grading shows, and endless debates on the u-word… no, not Ultra… ungrading. Personally, I am not brave enough to ungrade but I do...
