Assessment

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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Support student success with Ultra’s progress tracking tools

Discover how and when students engage with course content

The success of students in a Blackboard course is often dependent on their level of engagement and their ability to stay on track with course content and assignments. As an instructor, it's...

Posted: August 30, 2023, 9:11 AM

Learning Analytics Mini Grants CFP Due 6/2/23

ICYMI: SP23 LA workshops all recorded

UMBC's Division of Information Technology (DoIT), in partnership with the Office of the Provost, is pleased to announce the call for proposals for the 2023 Learning Analytics (LA) Mini Grants....

Posted: May 10, 2023, 11:31 AM

2022-23 Learning Analytics Mini Grant Recipients Announced

$2k professional development awards renewable annually

To encourage, identify, and exchange effective practice in the use of data to inform teaching and learning, the Provost's Office has once again awarded learning analytics mini grants to three...

Posted: October 21, 2022, 3:40 PM

FA22 Data Science & Learning Analytics Workshops

For the Fall 2022 semester, DoIT's Analytics & Instructional Technology groups will continue to offer student success and learning analytics-related workshops for the UMBC community.  All...

Posted: September 23, 2022, 10:08 AM

Tom Penniston Promoted to Coordinator of Learning Analytics

Also accepted into competitive LA institute at NC State

I am pleased to announce that Tom Penniston has accepted a new position as DoIT’s Coordinator of Learning Analytics.  In his new role, Tom will continue and extend his work to leverage...

Posted: May 16, 2022, 10:23 AM

SP22 Data Science & Learning Analytics Workshops Schedule

Noon series will feature plenty of show & tell demos

For the Spring 22 semester, DoIT's Analytics & Instructional Technology groups will continue to offer student success and learning analytics-related workshops for the UMBC community.  All...

Posted: January 31, 2022, 2:33 PM

PIVOT Courses Associated with Improved SEEQs and Tool Use

Faculty training to support empirically driven course design potentially represents one of the most scalable options available for improving student outcomes at an institution. One strategy to...

Posted: August 19, 2021, 3:58 PM

Five Faculty Receive UMBC Learning Analytics Mini Grants

$2k professional development awards renewable annually

To encourage, identify, and exchange effective practice in the use of data to inform teaching and learning, the Provost’s Office has awarded UMBC’s first learning analytics mini grants to five...

Posted: July 22, 2021, 3:15 PM

PIVOT and the Student Evaluation of FA20 Courses

Training Associated with Higher SEEQs & Course Interactions

There is a statistically significant, positive relationship between a faculty member completing the Planning Instructional Variety in Online Teaching (PIVOT) training and elevated course-level...

Posted: February 2, 2021, 2:02 PM

Why CNMS Student Bb Use is So High

Use of Assessments is Key -- and Informs Ultra Rollout

When DoIT announced the phased rollout of Blackboard (Bb) Ultra on April 4 of this year, we did so based on the number of courses typically using Bb in each college as of Spring 2019, starting...

Posted: November 25, 2019, 10:59 PM