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Get Ultra-Ready: Access comprehensive training & support

Optimize your success with multiple Ultra resources

As UMBC gears up to fully adopt Blackboard Ultra by the Spring 2025 term, multiple training and support resources are available to help instructors become familiar with Ultra and successfully...

Posted: May 1, 2023, 3:53 PM

SU2023 Courses Created in Blackboard on April 27, 2023

Blackboard course shells for SU2023 were created on April 27, 2023. UMBC is committed to providing a consistent learning experience for everyone. The Ultra Course Preview setting is again enabled...

Posted: April 27, 2023, 11:18 AM

Copy test questions to Ultra question banks in May update

Additional improvements for grading, outreach, assessments

As the spring semester concludes, the May update to Ultra brings several enhancements to assessments, grading, engagement, and content creation.  Test questions are some of the most valuable...

Posted: April 27, 2023, 10:26 AM

From Syllabi to Textbooks - Accessibility in OER

Apply as a team by May 1st to participate

From Syllabi to Textbooks - Accessibility in Open Educational Resources for Institutions of Higher Education A series of 3 no-cost intensives designed to build capacity in IHE teams...

Posted: April 25, 2023, 4:38 PM

DoIT to retain Collaborate recordings for 12 months

Recordings made before July 1, 2023 to be retired

Synchronous engagement tools provide platforms for instructors and students to meet during online, hybrid, and hyflex class sessions. Many courses record these live sessions to provide a lecture...

Posted: April 11, 2023, 11:13 AM