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Training Opportunities for Blackboard Ultra Courses

• Workshops to Enhance Your Blackboard Courses
• Workshop Series for Faculty Transitioning to Ultra Courses in the Summer or Fall of 2025

 

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Workshops to Enhance Your Blackboard Courses

Are you looking to learn more about Ultra Courses, enhance your course, or learn how to use a new tool that is available within Blackboard? These workshops are for you! These workshops are meant to be short (20-30 minutes) and focused on specific topics.

Building Quizzes – March 31 at 11:30am

Learn how to create quiz questions using Blackboard’s AI tools, see the student quiz experience, and get an overview of how to assess and grade quizzes.

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Organizing Content into Ultra – April 7 at 1pm

Learn about the differences between learning modules and folders, logical course structures, and course structure best practices in Ultra.

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Designing Engaging Learning Experiences in Ultra – April 14 at 12pm

Learn about tips, tricks, and tools you can use to make your Blackboard course more engaging for your learners. We’ll cover knowledge checks, release conditions, and the use of imagery.

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Using Data to Inform Course Decisions – April 28 at 1pm

Learn about ways you can use data to make informed decisions about your courses. We’ll discuss three specific tools in Blackboard: student activity, analytics, and grades

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Easy Tools to Increase Student Engagement – April 21 at 11:30am

Learn about Blackboard tools as well as other integrated tools you can use to brainstorm, discuss, and check for knowledge. We’ll talk about Padlets, Blackboard’s knowledge checks, and Blackboard discussions.

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Workshop Series for Faculty Transitioning to Ultra in the Summer or Fall 2025

Workshop #1 – Building and Organizing Content in Ultra Courses
This workshop will help you learn how to organize your Ultra course best. It will also cover how to copy content from your Original course into Ultra.

• April 3, 2025, 12noon – 1pm

https://rochester.zoom.us/meeting/register/ZtpyaDfbRAaymMRFn1In9A

• May 22, 2025, 12noon – 1pm

https://rochester.zoom.us/meeting/register/s0r0tfoMQyuzN_BWYfflhA

• August 7, 2025, 12noon – 1pm

https://rochester.zoom.us/meeting/register/_-DEUrCXSZmN9CZWmJvDNg

Workshop #2 – Setting Up Graded Items in Ultra Courses
This workshop will cover using all of the Graded Items (Discussion, Journal, Tests, Assignments) in Blackboard Ultra. It will also briefly discuss how to connect to the external tools that the University has available for use with Blackboard.

• April 17, 2025 12noon -1pm

https://rochester.zoom.us/meeting/register/RLOspKmMQGmm2jlkamJu7A

• May 29, 2025 12noon -1pm

https://rochester.zoom.us/meeting/register/XYJNQdtZQgeKwbQ72vbSkQ

• August 12, 2025 12noon -1pm

https://rochester.zoom.us/meeting/register/4r08-R0FSCGoh2Eme2m0eQ

Workshop #3 – Teaching in Ultra Courses
This workshop will cover things you need to know as you begin teaching your course in Ultra, including sending announcements, messages, progress tracking, and setting up your overall grade column.

• May 6, 2025, 12noon – 1pm

https://rochester.zoom.us/meeting/register/07jUKK1ARN2kod4rxf8mNA

• June 17, 2025, 12noon – 1pm

https://rochester.zoom.us/meeting/register/Rah61FF5Q3G4IPFGQyElAQ

• August 14, 2025, 12noon – 1pm

https://rochester.zoom.us/meeting/register/bEE76CO5TgShyslABINQbw

Workshop materials