Blackboard is offering two free, 1-hour webinars that may be of interest to UMBC faculty.  The first is titled "Meet the Grade Center" and will be held on Monday, Feb. 11 at 1 PM.  This will cover the basic functions of the grade center, including creating and managing columns and calculating a final grade. For more information or to register for this webinar, please click here.  The second webinar is titled "The Rewards of Rubrics" and will be held on Monday, Feb. 18 at 2 PM.
This session will start with a general discussion on rubrics and their purpose, and will include a demonstration of how to create an assignment with an attached rubric in a Bb course.  For more information or to register for this webinar, please click here.  A full listing of the upcoming webinars can be viewed on Blackboard's Innovative Teaching Series website.