FA2024 Instructional Technology Update

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HEADLINES

What’s New

• Anthology to Change Layout of Ultra Courses on September 6
• DoIT Support for Collaborate Will End Next Summer, 2025
• Fall 24 Bb Courses to Use Ultra by Default
• Ultra Courses to Support Additional Level of Nested Folders

• Ally Now Supports AI-Generated Descriptions for Images

• New Course Management Features in Poll Everywhere

• Reminder: Google Jamboard to Retire in Fall 2024

• FA2024 Blackboard Courses Created (05.13) & Students Enrolled (07.31)

Training & Professional Development (recording archive | view upcoming events)

• Tips & Tricks for the Ultra Gradebook (8.21)

• Create Assessments in Ultra (8.21)

• New Faculty Orientation to Blackboard (8.21)

• Getting Started with MS Teams (8.23)

• Poll Everywhere New Course Management Features Training (8.23)

• Ultra Essentials for Teaching Assistants (8.26)

In Case You Missed It: Course Prep Tips

• Reminder: Enhancing Media and Accessibility Using Panopto  

• Course Prep Checklists

• 8 Steps to Migrate Your Course to Ultra 

• 4 Reasons to Use Copy Content to Prepare an Ultra Course

Other DoIT & UMBC News

• Damian Doyle Named Deputy CIO at the University of Virginia

• Ada Crutchfield joins Instructional Technology team

• Stay Alert: Tips for Password & Duo Security

• YouTube change impacts ad blockers, increases ads on 8/1

• Updated myUMBC Features New Unified Apps Menu and Improved Spotlights Area

• New Voicethread launches for all UMBC users

• Reminder: Why & How Getting Help is Changing @ UMBC

• FYI: Successful Peoplesoft Campus Solutions Migration to AWS

• More Information about FA2024 Instructional Technology Update