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November 29, 1953 ~ February 25, 2025

Recently, we were saddened to learn that Dr. Zane Berge, a long-time professor of Education at UMBC, passed away on Tuesday, February 25, 2025. He was 71. Both nationally and here at UMBC, Dr....

March 7, 2025 · 3:38 PM

Printable, pop-out rubrics & new course reports for goal tracking available in March's Ultra update

Improvements to discussion formatting & AI image rendering

In March, Ultra's update includes two new course reports, an exciting rubric enhancement requested by faculty, and improvements to the AI Course Design Assistant. Located on the Analytics page,...

March 6, 2025 · 10:52 AM

M.O.S.T. OER Grant Proposals for 2025 due April 18: Institutional and Faculty Mini-Grant Opportunities

Application information and resources now available

A recording of the information session for the Maryland Open Source Textbook (M.O.S.T.) 2025 grant cycle is now available. The session provided an overview of open educational resources (OERs) as...

February 19, 2025 · 9:12 AM

5 Steps to Prepare Your Go Online (GO) Kit for Snow Days & Other Disruptions

Don’t let snow disrupt your course academic continuity plan!

Classes can be postponed (or canceled) due to inclement weather, utility and infrastructure breakdown, widespread illness, or other emergencies. By preparing a Go Online (GO) Kit, you’ll be ready...

February 10, 2025 · 3:25 PM

February's Ultra release enhances content creation, assessment management, and instructor grading

Updates for AI Tools, file rendering, assessment security

The February update for Ultra features enhancements to support content creation, improved file rendering, assessment security, and grading workflows. Additionally, updates to the AI Course Design...

February 6, 2025 · 10:11 AM

Ultra releases content based on new submission attempt, improves gradebook data entry, and updates course availability settings in January

Improvements to AI, access to Mastery Gradebook available

In early January, the Ultra updates features improvements to course settings, content management, grading, and the AI Course Design Assistant, providing increased flexibility for faculty in...

January 6, 2025 · 1:12 PM

Exploring the Journey from QM Course Certification to becoming a Master Reviewer

Louise Murray shares insights as first faculty to pursue MR

Louise Murray, Clinical Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Programs at the Erickson School of Aging Studies, recently became UMBC’s first faculty member to become certified as a QM...

December 10, 2024 · 10:25 AM

December's Ultra update brings overall enhancements to core functionality

New indicators for discussions, grading, reports

This month's update to Ultra provides new and updates indicators for core functionality in Ultra courses including discussions, grading, and reports. Two improvements to Ultra focus on the AI...

December 2, 2024 · 11:37 AM

New Course Management Features in Poll Everywhere

Available for all presenters on Jan. 6th

On Jan. 6th, Poll Everywhere will launch a new course management feature to simplify how instructors use polling and to improve the process of synchronizing grade data with Blackboard's...

November 25, 2024 · 8:01 AM

Blackboard Publisher Integration Updates to VitalSource, Cengage, Pearson, Macmillan on December 19

Faculty Can Link Publisher Tools Beginning December 20

Blackboard publisher integrations for VitalSource, Cengage, Pearson, and Macmillan will be updated to the latest version on December 19, 2024. To ensure your courses receive the latest update and...

November 22, 2024 · 12:37 PM

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