WT2021 Instructional Technology Update

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HEADLINES

What’s New

• DoIT’s Sherri Braxton Leaving UMBC 
• Students praise organized course designs from PIVOT+ faculty
• Promoting Academic Integrity in Online Testing without Webcams
• Chromebook Extension for Respondus Lockdown Browser in Beta
• WT/SP2021 Courses Created in Blackboard on 11/30/20 
• Share your feedback: Ultra Experience Faculty Survey
• What’s new in Ultra for WT2021 
• Upcoming VoiceThread Assignment Streamlines Functionality
• New Batch Group Management Tool Available in Bb Ultra

Training & Professional Development (view all events | recording archive)

• PIVOT Primer: January 6, 2021 & PIVOT Special Topics: January 11-14, 2021
• USM OnTrack: New Quality Matters January Workshops Added!
• Go Online (GO) Chat on Open Education Resources: January 22, 2021
• Subscribe & listen to previous episodes via Apple Podcasts or Panopto
• National Distance Learning Week 2020 Recordings 

Other DoIT & UMBC News

• Educause Podcast: Ethical Issues Around Learning Analytics
• UMBC has enabled Google Shared Drives inside of Google Drive
• Washington Post: College students are weary of ‘Zoom U.’ But they’re also trying to make the best of it.
• UMBC Magazine: Rewriting the rules of academia in the age of COVID-19