Organize Your Blackboard Course Content & Check Accessibility

Join this 45 minute session with live demo to review Ultra tools to prepare your course, including the following topics: 

• Copy and reuse content from prior courses
• Create new content with Ultra modules, folders, and documents 
• Link or embed materials, websites, and LTI tools
• Control the release of content by date, user/group, or progress 
• Check the accessibility of your course content with Ally

Stay after for Q&A. This session is ideal for instructors who are new to Blackboard Ultra. 

This session will be facilitated by Dr. Josh Abrams, Instructional Design Specialist, Dr. Ben Amudzi, Instructional Technology Specialist, and Ada Crutchfield, Instructional Design Specialist. Open to all faculty and instructional staff. 

RSVP

To RSVP for the event, please click "Sign Up" in the myUMBC event and be sure to add it to your calendar! Registered participants will also receive a calendar invitation from the event host at least one week before the event.

At least 5 registrations are needed for this session to proceed as scheduled. The session will be recorded if 5 or more people attend and the link will be distributed to everyone who registered.

JOINING THE SESSION

This webinar will take place in a Google Meet virtual conference room. Enter the webinar up to 15 minutes before the start time. Visit the myUMBC Event post and select the "Join Online Event" button to join the Google Meet session.

Prior to the Event

1. For the best viewing experience, we recommend using Chrome, Brave, or Firefox, preferably the most recent updates to those browsers. Closing any unnecessary browser tabs will help conserve your bandwidth.  

2. If this is your first time joining one of our webinars, please review the requirements to use Google Meet. Learn how to connect your audio & video,change/blur your background, and use reactions. You can also review the accessibility support including live captions.