Training Opportunities

Sep

Location

Online

Date & Time

September 18, 2025, 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm

Description

Have you ever wondered what makes an image accessible -- or when an image doesn’t need a description at all? Are your course graphics helping all students engage with your content? Learn the...

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View Event Details for Accessible Images: Basics of Alt Text & Decorative Images

Sep

Location

Online

Date & Time

September 18, 2025, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Description

The Digital Accessibility Community of Practice (CoP) is a cross-functional group of faculty, staff, and students who are actively engaged in improving digital access in teaching, learning, and...

View Event Details for Digital Accessibility Community of Practice Monthly Meeting

Sep

Location

Engineering : 102

Date & Time

September 24, 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

This drop-in session provides time for questions, live demos, and individual support for faculty navigating digital accessibility in their courses. Get targeted help with digital accessibility in...

View Event Details for Ask Me Anything: Accessibility Drop-In Support

Sep

Location

Online

Date & Time

September 25, 2025, 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm

Description

Looking for a faster, easier way to provide meaningful student feedback? Join us for a 30-minute overview and live demo of the AVA Feedback Assistant, a new, AI-powered tool now available in...

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View Event Details for Explore AVA: Generate and Refine Grading Feedback Using New Blackboard AI Tools

Sep

Location

Online

Date & Time

September 26, 2025, 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm

Description

How do you make a graph meaningful to someone who can’t see it? What makes an infographic accessible beyond just alt text? Take your image descriptions to the next level. This session explores...

View Event Details for Accessible Complex Images: Charts, Diagrams, and Infographics

Sep

Location

Online

Date & Time

September 30, 2025, 12:00 pm – 12:50 pm

Description

Learn about Ally, a tool in Blackboard Ultra that scans content created in a course and offers instructors remediation options in real-time to improve accessibility. In this session we highlight...

View Event Details for Use Ally Reporting to Improve Course Accessibility for All Learners

Oct

Location

Online

Date & Time

October 7, 2025, 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm

Description

New to Creating Accessible Content with Microsoft Office Tools? Join this workshop session to learn how to create accessible content using Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. This workshop...

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View Event Details for Practice & Share: Accessible Content with Microsoft Office Tools

Oct

Location

Online

Date & Time

October 13, 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

The success of students in a Blackboard course is often dependent on their level of engagement and their ability to stay on track with course content and assignments. As an instructor, it's...

View Event Details for Track Student Progress & Elevate Learner Outreach

Nov

Location

Online

Date & Time

November 13, 2025, 8:00 am – 9:00 pm

Description

The ninth Digital Teaching Symposium, hosted by Anthology, brings educators together to share and discover innovative uses of technology in an ever-changing teaching environment. To keep learners...

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View Event Details for Blackboard's Fall 2025 Digital Teaching Symposium

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Training Opportunities

Accessible Images: Basics of Alt Text & Decorative Images

If you can click it, you can fix it.

Digital Accessibility Community of Practice Monthly Meeting

Ask Me Anything: Accessibility Drop-In Support

If you can click it, you can fix it.

Explore AVA: Generate and Refine Grading Feedback Using New Blackboard AI Tools

Discover faster ways to deliver better feedback

Accessible Complex Images: Charts, Diagrams, and Infographics

If you can click it, you can fix it.

Use Ally Reporting to Improve Course Accessibility for All Learners

Remediate in real-time: Fix images, PDFs, offer alt formats

Practice & Share: Accessible Content with Microsoft Office Tools

Create. Check. Share. Accessibility Made Simple

Track Student Progress & Elevate Learner Outreach

Use Blackboard Ultra Progress Tracking & Communication Tools

Blackboard's Fall 2025 Digital Teaching Symposium

Come together for a day of learning & sharing best practices

If you can click it, you can fix it.

If you can click it, you can fix it.

Discover faster ways to deliver better feedback

If you can click it, you can fix it.

Remediate in real-time: Fix images, PDFs, offer alt formats

Create. Check. Share. Accessibility Made Simple

Use Blackboard Ultra Progress Tracking & Communication Tools

Come together for a day of learning & sharing best practices

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