New Faculty Orientation to Blackboard Ultra

Location

Online

New Faculty Orientation to Blackboard Ultra – Online Event

Date & Time

August 21, 2024, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Description

For new faculty who may be teaching with Blackboard Ultra for the first time, getting started may feel overwhelming. During this orientation, Instructional Technology staff will review the basics of Ultra to ensure your course is ready the first day of the semester.

Topics covered during this session will include:

Content

Create modules and modules
Upload content
Externally link to cloud storage

Communication

Add instructor contact information
Post announcements and send student emails
Create discussion boards

Gradebook

Create and grade assignments
Set up the grade book to match your grading schema

To RSVP for this event, please click “Going” below and be sure to add the event to your calendar! Registered participants will receive a calendar invitation prior to the event.

At least 10 registrants are needed for this session to proceed as scheduled. The session will be recorded and the link distributed to all registrants.

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

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.
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.

The session will be recorded if two or more people attend and the link will be distributed to everyone who registered. All recordings are posted to the Instructional Technology Training Archive in Panopto.

Connect with Instructional Technology

As always, if you have questions about teaching, learning, and technology at UMBC consider the following options:

Check our extensive FAQ collection

What's new in Ultra?

Open a ticket via RT

Follow the Instructional Technology & DoIT myUMBC groups

Request a consult with instructional technology staff