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Join us for the first session of Tech Speed Dating next week!

Explore four practical ways to make your Blackboard course more engaging and interactive. During this session, you will learn how to add quick knowledge checks within course content, create video announcements that strengthen instructor presence, use AI Conversations to give students a safe space to practice, and transform traditional course materials into interactive learning experiences. Each demonstration will provide a practical teaching example and a simple idea you can use in your own course.

Register for future sessions on our training page.

Providing timely, constructive, and supportive feedback is essential to student success in online learning environments. This training will equip instructors and facilitators with the skills and strategies needed to deliver feedback that motivates learners, fosters improvement, and builds a positive online learning community.

Join us for a day of practical accessibility support designed to help faculty create more accessible course content with confidence.

Attend the sessions that are most useful to you, stay for the full day, or stop by the hands-on support lab for individual help with your own course materials.

Participants are encouraged to bring a laptop and course materials they would like to review or improve. Whether you are just getting started with accessibility or already working through specific issues, you'll leave with practice strategies, resources, and next steps you can apply to your courses.

Registration is encouraged so we can plan seating, staffing, and refreshments. Your session selections are only an estimate as you are welcome to attend additional sessions as your schedule allows.

You can now run a Rubric Evaluation Report directly from the gradebook for any graded activity that has a rubric associated with it. This report aggregates rubric data across all student submissions, giving you a clear picture of how students are performing against each rubric criterion. Click the link below to learn more about running the rubric report.

Learn more about the Blackboard Rubric Report.

This theory articulates the idea that “distance  education is not simply a geographic separation of learners and teachers, but, more importantly, is a pedagogical concept.”

Read the full article: Theory of Transactional Distance

Have questions about Blackboard or course design? We're here to help!

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