Training Opportunities

May

Location

Online

Date & Time

May 5, 2025, 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm

Description

Are you ready to supercharge your gradebook management before final exams begin? Join us in this 45-minute Ultra webinar, where we’ll dive into the key aspects of the Blackboard Ultra Gradebook ...

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View Event Details for Blackboard Ultra Gradebook: End-of-Semester Gradebook Management

May

Location

Engineering : 102

Date & Time

May 2, 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

Resources: Webex recording (UMBC login req'd) Presentation slides Anonymous feedback form In this presentation, Rebecca Williams (CSEE) shares results and insights from ongoing work...

View Event Details for Charting Student Misconceptions About Data Visualization

May

Location

Engineering : 102

Date & Time

May 1, 2025, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Description

Starting Summer 2025, DoIT is introducing a new Blackboard course creation and enrollment process designed to improve roster accuracy, streamline course management, and lay the groundwork for...

View Event Details for What’s New About UMBC’s Blackboard Course Creation & Enrollment Process?

Apr

Location

Online

Date & Time

April 29, 2025, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Description

As artificial intelligence continues to evolve, higher education institutions are exploring how these tools can support academic quality, streamline course development, and enhance the student...

View Event Details for Free Webinar - Advancing Quality in Digital Learning Through AI Tools

Apr

Location

Online

Date & Time

April 28, 2025, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Description

Virtual teaching assistants can help students with specific questions, discuss program material, and even act as a tutor. And this is only scratching the surface. In spite of the many...

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View Event Details for Free Webinar - Making the Right Use of Virtual Teaching Assistants

Apr

Location

Online

Date & Time

April 24, 2025, 2:00 pm – 2:45 pm

Description

Are you new to creating accessible presentations? Join this session to learn how to get started with creating accessible presentations using MS PowerPoint, Google Slides, and Adobe Acrobat. In...

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View Event Details for Create Accessible Presentations to Best Serve Your Audience

Apr

Location

Online

Date & Time

April 15, 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

CourseArc is a digital content creation tool that encourages the design of interactive, accessible, and engaging online content. CourseArc is available to UMBC faculty for the ability to integrate...

View Event Details for CourseArc Essentials

Apr

Location

Online

Date & Time

April 11, 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

The Anthology Innovative Educator Series provides a platform for faculty to explore the latest trends in digital pedagogy, collaborate on actionable solutions, and elevate the learning experience...

View Event Details for The Innovative Educator Series - The One Where Engagement Meets Innovation

Apr

Location

Online

Date & Time

April 10, 2025, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Description

When asking an instructor to design course content accessibly, the first answer they frequently get is “I have never had a student who needed it, why should I?” or they respond with “disability...

View Event Details for Free Webinar - Accessibility vs. Accommodations

Apr

Location

Online

Date & Time

April 9, 2025, 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm

Description

Are you new to creating accessible documents?Join this session to learn how to create accessible documents using MS Word, Google Docs, Blackboard Ultra, and Adobe Acrobat. We will also share best...

View Event Details for Create Accessible Documents and Meet the Needs of Your Audience

Training Opportunities

Blackboard Ultra Gradebook: End-of-Semester Gradebook Management

Create gradebook categories, calculate grades, drop scores

Charting Student Misconceptions About Data Visualization

What’s New About UMBC’s Blackboard Course Creation & Enrollment Process?

Learn what’s changing -- and why it matters

Free Webinar - Advancing Quality in Digital Learning Through AI Tools

Sponsored by Northwest Higher Ed Accessible Technology

Free Webinar - Making the Right Use of Virtual Teaching Assistants

Sponsored by the Chronicle of Higher Education

Create Accessible Presentations to Best Serve Your Audience

Featuring PowerPoint, Google Slides, Adobe Acrobat

CourseArc Essentials

Building interactive, accessible, & engaging online content

The Innovative Educator Series - The One Where Engagement Meets Innovation

A new webinar series from Blackboard / Anthology

Free Webinar - Accessibility vs. Accommodations

Sponsored by Grand River Solutions

Create Accessible Documents and Meet the Needs of Your Audience

Featuring MS Word, Google Docs, Ultra Docs, Adobe Acrobat

Search UMBC

Create gradebook categories, calculate grades, drop scores

Learn what’s changing -- and why it matters

Sponsored by Northwest Higher Ed Accessible Technology

Sponsored by the Chronicle of Higher Education

Featuring PowerPoint, Google Slides, Adobe Acrobat

Building interactive, accessible, & engaging online content

A new webinar series from Blackboard / Anthology

Sponsored by Grand River Solutions

Featuring MS Word, Google Docs, Ultra Docs, Adobe Acrobat

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