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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National IT Survey Highlights Teaching and Learning Trends
Please complete the survey if you’re selected this year
Since 2006, EDUCAUSE, the professional association for IT in higher education, has conducted an annual survey of students about their technology usage and preferences and, beginning in 2014, a...
Posted: October 28, 2024, 11:19 AM
Panopto User Survey
Please complete 5 min. survey on lecture capture use
The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) is conducting a comprehensive examination of our institutionally-supported lecture capture platform, Panopto. This project involves analyzing current...
Posted: September 21, 2023, 3:43 PM
Participate now: OER Course Marking Survey
Share course marking practices this MHEC survey
Dear OER Colleagues: The Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC) invites you to participate in a survey designed to assess the landscape of course marking of open educational resources (OER)...
Posted: May 11, 2023, 9:15 AM
Faculty and student satisfaction with Ultra exceeds 85%
Consistent praise for Ultra's clean interface, ease of use
In a recent survey of faculty who used Ultra during the FA2022 semester, 86.5% of faculty who responded said they would use Ultra again, citing its ease of use and consistent experience for...
Posted: January 19, 2023, 11:44 AM
Students' Interest Shifts Toward Hybrid and Online Learning
Key Findings: Modality Preferences and Access Demands
Based on a national survey of undergraduates and IT, 18% of UMBC respondents stated a preference for courses that are mostly to fully online (compared to 33% nationally). That preference for...
Posted: October 13, 2022, 3:45 PM
More UMBC students like Ultra and want Ultra courses
86% of UMBC students express satisfaction with Ultra
In a survey of 608 students taking Ultra courses during the SP2021 semester, 86% indicated satisfaction with Ultra, marking a 14% increase compared to the last survey in FA2019. Students again...
Posted: August 19, 2021, 9:04 AM
Students like Ultra design, organized courses
User surveys reveal consistent satisfaction with Ultra style
More than 70% of 606 student survey respondents who took a course that used Ultra during the FA2019 semester said they were satisfied with the experience. When asked, students described Ultra as...
Posted: December 17, 2019, 2:20 PM
