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User Course List to be Updated in Blackboard in Early August

Enhancements improve display & sorting of courses

An upcoming enhancement to the Course list page will provide term-specific subsections and a new filter to help users quickly organize and locate courses. This update will be applied to UMBC’s...

Posted: July 31, 2018, 11:48 AM

Feedback Recording Tool Now Available in Blackboard

Engage students with personalized audio or video feedback

A new feedback tool in Blackboard allows faculty to embed short audio or video messages to students about their submissions through the grade center. Students can then watch or listen to...

Posted: July 26, 2018, 11:45 AM

Second Blackboard Ultra Experience 2-Day Boot Camp Scheduled

Learn how to develop courses in the new Blackboard interface

Due to the popularity of our Blackboard Ultra Experience 2-Day Boot Camp scheduled for 8/15 & 8/16, now filled to capacity, we have scheduled a second Boot Camp for Tuesday, 8/21, and...

Posted: July 18, 2018, 10:47 AM

Blackboard Ultra Experience Pilot Wraps Up

Preparing UMBC for the Road to Ultra

Four faculty and more than 100 students are wrapping up a semester-long pilot of Blackboard’s new Ultra Experience. The pilot was designed to support faculty as they explore, design, and teach...

Posted: May 10, 2018, 9:26 AM

"Follow-the-Sun" Webinar Series for Global Accessibility Day

Learn more about inclusive education & digital access

Founded in 2012, Global Accessibility Awareness Day is dedicated to driving conversations and building awareness on the importance of accessibility. The seventh annual Global Accessibility...

Posted: May 1, 2018, 10:25 AM

13 Steps to Get Your Blackboard Course Ready

Checklist to optimize your course before the semester starts

Prepare your Blackboard course shell for the new semester with our baker’s dozen checklist. 1. Review new tools & features in Blackboard. Our Blackboard site is upgrade twice a year so check...

Posted: January 16, 2018, 2:26 PM

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

Faculty to Pilot Blackboard’s Ultra Experience in SP2018

Learn more about the redesigned next generation Blackboard

Four faculty will redesign and teach courses using Blackboard’s Ultra Experience, the next generation of Blackboard’s learning management system during the SP2018 semester. As part of a unique...

Posted: December 18, 2017, 10:12 AM

Blackboard Instructor Mobile App Now Available

Connect with students on the go

A new Bb Instructor mobile app was released for iOS and Android devices last month, just before the annual Blackboard World conference. Designed to simplify the teaching experience, the Bb...

Posted: August 24, 2017, 10:08 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