Instructional technologies provide many opportunities to support assessment and track student performance in Blackboard.
The following articles provide details describing the best practices we regularly publish to support our pedagogical community of practice.
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Effective course design helps welcome and orient students
Course Design Best Practices in Ultra - Part 1 of 2
This article focuses on ways to leverage features in Ultra to ensure your course is designed to optimize student learning and ensure students feel welcome and prepared, especially at the start of...
Posted: September 11, 2024, 4:37 PM
Enhanced Ultra Docs, Advanced Release Rules Coming in August
Follow discussions, anonymous forms & converted tests
Whether you're preparing your first Ultra course or updating existing content, the latest features released in August are designed to streamline your teaching experience. The Ultra Document is...
Posted: August 5, 2024, 10:58 AM
7 ChatGPT Strategies to Enhance Course Designs This Summer
Leverage AI to create new experiences for your students
During the summer break, educators might use this time to refine their course designs and explore innovative technologies. One such technology is ChatGPT, a powerful language model developed by...
Posted: June 15, 2023, 9:34 AM
Creating Consistency in Course Sections with Ultra Templates
Templates available for course or department Ultra adoption
Since Fall 2018, the default Blackboard course template has had the Ultra Course Preview setting enabled, which allows faculty to convert a new Original course to see what it looks like in Ultra...
Posted: December 15, 2021, 1:55 PM
Learn the Basics of Inclusive Design for Online Education
Check out this Free Coursera MOOC!
Free Coursera MOOC - Learn the Basics of Developing an Inclusive & Accessible Course This 5 week course provides instruction and strategies to support you in developing a course that is...
Posted: March 11, 2019, 10:32 AM
DoIT Publishes Most Active Fall 2017 Blackboard Courses
UMBC faculty and staff may recall that DoIT used to publish a list of most active Blackboard courses for every term. However, we discontinued this after Spring 2013, when we completed our...
Posted: December 18, 2017, 11:33 AM
Student Bb Activity Shining Light on Effective Course Design
The 20 Most Active Undergraduate Bb Courses of Spring 2017
As campus technology adoption by students continues to expand, DoIT is able to gather data that might inform effective course design practices, including Blackboard interactions (i.e., clicks on...
Posted: May 23, 2017, 2:58 PM
Why Quality Matters: Provide Measurable Learning Objectives
Establish a connected foundation for student learning
Learning objectives are the heart of the Quality Matters Rubric, establishing a foundation upon which the rest of hybrid or online course is based. Everything in a hybrid or online course -- from...
Posted: October 4, 2016, 3:00 PM
Why Quality Matters: Course Design & the Course Overview
Start students on the path to success with clear information
Do your students know what to do and where to start in your hybrid or online course? Imagine what it would be like to be a new student to the course, the major, the campus, or the LMS. Think about...
Posted: September 7, 2016, 2:42 PM
