Blackboard Ultra Experience 2-Day Boot Camp (Group A)

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Location

Engineering : 102

Date

August 15, 2018Aug 16, 2018 (All Day Event)

Description

The Ultra Experience (UX) Boot Camp is designed for faculty, instructional designers, course builders, and teaching assistants who are ready to develop courses and adopt Blackboard’s redesigned course interface.

Participants will take a deep dive into the Ultra Course View including its basic course building features, the pedagogy and best practices for its various features, how to build Ultra tests and assignments, how to communicate with students, and how to configure the Ultra gradebook.

Upon completion of 2-day workshop, participants will be able to: 
  • Explain key terms related to the Ultra Experience 
  • Discuss the key course tools and course building features of the Ultra Course View 
  • Evaluate a course's readiness to upgrade to the Ultra Experience 
  • Convert an original course into the Ultra Course View 
  • Build a basic course using the Ultra Course View
The full schedule for the workshop is posted in the embedded image and attached as a PDF to this event.

Bb Ultra Boot Camp Schedule

Space is limited for personalized support and hands-on opportunities to practice. Each day begins at 9 AM and ends at 4 PM. Lunch is provided.

Please note: This workshop will not provide any training for tools related to the original Blackboard course interface.

Additional training opportunities for the Ultra Experience will be announced during SU2018 and posted to myUMBC.