What’s New

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...

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...

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...

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...

Blackboard course shells for WT/SP2025 were created on November 22, 2024. All courses now use Ultra per our earlier announcement.  Course Materials Publisher Integration Updates in December...

To continue our commitment to fostering and sharing effective data-informed teaching and learning practices, the Provost's Office has provided funding through the Learning Analytics Fellowship...

As an extension of the award-winning PIVOT program, the Quality Matters Impact (QMI) program is an initiative to formally recognize courses that meet Quality Matters standards and demonstrate...

Instructional Technology is pleased to announce the pilot of Qwickly Attendance Plus in Blackboard Ultra courses. Featuring mobile check-in and advanced reporting, Qwickly Attendance provides...

This month's update to Ultra increases support for assessment, accessibility, learner engagement, and course management. Instructors can now choose roleplaying as an option for AI Conversations,...

Update @ 6:37 PM: After a rolling restart was performed, course menus appear to be consistently stable and content is available. Users also report the error messages are no longer appearing.  At...