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Upcoming Workshops

Creating and Administering Online Exams in Blackboard Ultra

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Instructor: ITL Staff
Location: Webinar
Time: Sep 11 2026 2:00 P - Sep 11 2026 3:00 P

This workshop is geared towards instructors who are currently using or plan to use Blackboard Ultra. In this workshop, participants will learn how to create a Blackboard Test and set it up for students, how to view and grade test results, and how to use Question Banks. Along the way, participants will also learn some best practices for using Blackboard tests as well as ways to deter cheating.


Facilitating Group Work in Blackboard Ultra

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Instructor: ITL Staff
Location: Webinar
Time: Sep 15 2026 11:00 A - Sep 15 2026 12:00 P

Participants will have the opportunity to learn about setting up and using groups in Blackboard. Participants will learn how to enable and manage group tools as well as viewing and grading group activities such as assignments.


Transition to Ultra - Office Hours

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Instructor: ITL Staff
Location: Webinar
Time: Sep 15 2026 12:30 P - Sep 15 2026 1:30 P

Blackboard Ultra is coming in Spring 2027. Wondering what this means for your course? Drop in for a few minutes to learn how to copy content from a previous course into your Ultra course, prepare for the spring semester, or learn more about Blackboard Ultra. Registration is not required. Use this link to join in anytime during the hour:


Teaching Virtual Classes Seamlessly with Zoom in Blackboard

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Instructor: ITL Staff
Location: Webinar
Time: Sep 16 2026 11:00 A - Sep 16 2026 12:00 P

Instructors can use Zoom to conduct online meetings and virtual classes with students right from their Blackboard course. This webinar will cover setting up zoom in a Blackboard course and the various features to conduct a virtual class in zoom.


Managing Grades in Blackboard Ultra

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Instructor: ITL Staff
Location: Webinar
Time: Sep 18 2026 11:00 A - Sep 18 2026 12:00 P

This workshop is geared towards instructors who are currently using or plan to use Blackboard Ultra. This workshop will cover how to manage the Blackboard Ultra Gradebook and calculate grades. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about managing the different Gradebook views in Blackboard Ultra, creating grade columns, entering grades, and calculating grades using formulas such as weight distribution in the Gradebook.


Blackboard Ultra Essentials: Set Up Your Course for Success

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Instructor: ITL Staff
Location: Webinar
Time: Sep 21 2026 2:00 P - Sep 21 2026 3:00 P

This workshop will introduce participants to the new Blackboard Ultra user interface. Blackboard Ultra courses offer a new modern, intuitive, accessible, and mobile friendly interface with improved workflows and new features. Participants will be given access to a development course with the Blackboard Ultra interface.


Collecting and Grading Submissions in Blackboard Ultra

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Instructor: ITL Staff
Location: Webinar
Time: Sep 23 2026 11:00 A - Sep 23 2026 12:00 P

This workshop is geared towards instructors who are currently using or plan to use Blackboard Ultra. In this workshop, participants will learn how to create Blackboard assignments and retrieve student submissions for grading.


Transition to Ultra - Office Hours

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Instructor: ITL Staff
Location: Webinar
Time: Sep 23 2026 1:00 P - Sep 23 2026 2:00 P

Blackboard Ultra is coming in Spring 2027. Wondering what this means for your course? Drop in for a few minutes to learn how to copy content from a previous course into your Ultra course, prepare for the spring semester, or learn more about Blackboard Ultra. Registration is not required.


Grading Effortlessly Using Rubrics in Blackboard Ultra

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Instructor: ITL Staff
Location: Webinar
Time: Sep 24 2026 2:00 P - Sep 24 2026 3:00 P

Have you ever had students wondering why they got a certain grade on their assignment, or what their grade was made of? Consider using Blackboard rubrics. A Blackboard rubric lists evaluation criteria for a graded activity. Rubrics can help students organize their efforts to meet the requirements of an assignment. Instructors can use rubrics to assess the students consistently against a set of criteria, and to explain their evaluations to students. This workshop will cover the basics of Blackboard rubrics. Participants will learn how to create a rubric, associate it to a graded activity and effortlessly grade using an interactive rubric.


Transition to Ultra - Office Hours

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Instructor: ITL Staff
Location: Webinar
Time: Sep 28 2026 12:00 P - Sep 28 2026 1:00 P

Blackboard Ultra is coming in Spring 2027. Wondering what this means for your course? Drop in for a few minutes to learn how to copy content from a previous course into your Ultra course, prepare for the spring semester, or learn more about Blackboard Ultra. Registration is not required.


Conducting Interactive Conversations in Your Course using Voicethread

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Instructor: ITL Staff
Location: Webinar
Time: Oct 1 2026 2:00 P - Oct 1 2026 3:00 P

VoiceThread is a web-based application that allows users to share and have conversations around media. Users can comment on the material using text, audio or video creating an interactive discussion around the content. Participants will learn how to integrate VoiceThread into their Blackboard course and how to create, comment and share content on VoiceThread.


Improving Content Accessibility with Blackboard Ally

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Instructor: ITL Staff
Location: Webinar
Time: Oct 6 2026 2:00 P - Oct 6 2026 3:00 P

Blackboard Ally gauges the accessibility of your course content; provides guidance and tips for lasting improvements to your content accessibility. Participants will learn how to use Ally to improve the accessibility of their Blackboard course content.


Transition to Ultra - Office Hours

Registration Closed | Details
Instructor: ITL Staff
Location: Webinar
Time: Oct 8 2026 10:00 A - Oct 8 2026 11:00 A

Blackboard Ultra is coming in Spring 2027. Wondering what this means for your course? Drop in for a few minutes to learn how to copy content from a previous course into your Ultra course, prepare for the spring semester, or learn more about Blackboard Ultra. Registration is not required.


Creating and Administering Online Exams in Blackboard Ultra

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Instructor: ITL Staff
Location: Webinar
Time: Oct 9 2026 2:00 P - Oct 9 2026 3:00 P

This workshop is geared towards instructors who are currently using or plan to use Blackboard Ultra. In this workshop, participants will learn how to create a Blackboard Test and set it up for students, how to view and grade test results, and how to use Question Banks. Along the way, participants will also learn some best practices for using Blackboard tests as well as ways to deter cheating.


Collecting and Grading Submissions in Blackboard Ultra

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Instructor: ITL Staff
Location: Webinar
Time: Oct 15 2026 11:00 A - Oct 15 2026 12:00 P

This workshop is geared towards instructors who are currently using or plan to use Blackboard Ultra. In this workshop, participants will learn how to create Blackboard assignments and retrieve student submissions for grading.


Transition to Ultra - Office Hours

Registration Closed | Details
Instructor: ITL Staff
Location: Webinar
Time: Oct 16 2026 11:00 A - Oct 16 2026 12:00 P

Blackboard Ultra is coming in Spring 2027. Wondering what this means for your course? Drop in for a few minutes to learn how to copy content from a previous course into your Ultra course, prepare for the spring semester, or learn more about Blackboard Ultra. Registration is not required.


Blackboard Ultra Essentials: Set Up Your Course for Success

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Instructor: ITL Staff
Location: Webinar
Time: Oct 19 2026 2:00 P - Oct 19 2026 3:00 P

This workshop will introduce participants to the new Blackboard Ultra user interface. Blackboard Ultra courses offer a new modern, intuitive, accessible, and mobile friendly interface with improved workflows and new features. Participants will be given access to a development course with the Blackboard Ultra interface.


Managing Grades in Blackboard Ultra

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Instructor: ITL Staff
Location: Webinar
Time: Oct 21 2026 11:00 A - Oct 21 2026 12:00 P

This workshop is geared towards instructors who are currently using or plan to use Blackboard Ultra. This workshop will cover how to manage the Blackboard Ultra Gradebook and calculate grades. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about managing the different Gradebook views in Blackboard Ultra, creating grade columns, entering grades, and calculating grades using formulas such as weight distribution in the Gradebook.


Transition to Ultra - Office Hours

Registration Closed | Details
Instructor: ITL Staff
Location: Webinar
Time: Oct 22 2026 1:00 P - Oct 22 2026 2:00 P

Blackboard Ultra is coming in Spring 2027. Wondering what this means for your course? Drop in for a few minutes to learn how to copy content from a previous course into your Ultra course, prepare for the spring semester, or learn more about Blackboard Ultra. Registration is not required.


Transition to Ultra - Office Hours

Registration Closed | Details
Instructor: ITL Staff
Location: Webinar
Time: Oct 30 2026 10:00 A - Oct 30 2026 11:00 A

Blackboard Ultra is coming in Spring 2027. Wondering what this means for your course? Drop in for a few minutes to learn how to copy content from a previous course into your Ultra course, prepare for the spring semester, or learn more about Blackboard Ultra. Registration is not required.


Creating and Administering Online Exams in Blackboard Ultra

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Instructor: ITL Staff
Location: Webinar
Time: Nov 2 2026 11:00 A - Nov 2 2026 12:00 P

This workshop is geared towards instructors who are currently using or plan to use Blackboard Ultra. In this workshop, participants will learn how to create a Blackboard Test and set it up for students, how to view and grade test results, and how to use Question Banks. Along the way, participants will also learn some best practices for using Blackboard tests as well as ways to deter cheating.


Grading Effortlessly Using Rubrics in Blackboard Ultra

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Instructor: ITL Staff
Location: Gelman B129
Time: Nov 4 2026 2:00 P - Nov 4 2026 3:00 P

Have you ever had students wondering why they got a certain grade on their assignment, or what their grade was made of? Consider using Blackboard rubrics. A Blackboard rubric lists evaluation criteria for a graded activity. Rubrics can help students organize their efforts to meet the requirements of an assignment. Instructors can use rubrics to assess the students consistently against a set of criteria, and to explain their evaluations to students. This workshop will cover the basics of Blackboard rubrics. Participants will learn how to create a rubric, associate it to a graded activity and effortlessly grade using an interactive rubric.


Creating and Administering Online Exams in Blackboard Ultra

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Instructor: ITL Staff
Location: Webinar
Time: Nov 13 2026 2:00 P - Nov 13 2026 3:00 P

This workshop is geared towards instructors who are currently using or plan to use Blackboard Ultra. In this workshop, participants will learn how to create a Blackboard Test and set it up for students, how to view and grade test results, and how to use Question Banks. Along the way, participants will also learn some best practices for using Blackboard tests as well as ways to deter cheating.


Blackboard Ultra Essentials: Set Up Your Course for Success

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Instructor: ITL Staff
Location: Webinar
Time: Nov 17 2026 2:00 P - Nov 17 2026 3:00 P

This workshop will introduce participants to the new Blackboard Ultra user interface. Blackboard Ultra courses offer a new modern, intuitive, accessible, and mobile friendly interface with improved workflows and new features. Participants will be given access to a development course with the Blackboard Ultra interface.


Managing Grades in Blackboard Ultra

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Instructor: ITL Staff
Location: Webinar
Time: Nov 19 2026 11:00 A - Nov 19 2026 12:00 P

This workshop is geared towards instructors who are currently using or plan to use Blackboard Ultra. This workshop will cover how to manage the Blackboard Ultra Gradebook and calculate grades. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about managing the different Gradebook views in Blackboard Ultra, creating grade columns, entering grades, and calculating grades using formulas such as weight distribution in the Gradebook.


Managing Grades in Blackboard Ultra

Register | Details
Instructor: ITL Staff
Location: Webinar
Time: Dec 2 2026 2:00 P - Dec 2 2026 3:00 P

This workshop is geared towards instructors who are currently using or plan to use Blackboard Ultra. This workshop will cover how to manage the Blackboard Ultra Gradebook and calculate grades. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about managing the different Gradebook views in Blackboard Ultra, creating grade columns, entering grades, and calculating grades using formulas such as weight distribution in the Gradebook.


Blackboard Ultra Essentials: Set Up Your Course for Success

Register | Details
Instructor: ITL Staff
Location: Webinar
Time: Dec 8 2026 2:00 P - Dec 8 2026 3:00 P

This workshop will introduce participants to the new Blackboard Ultra user interface. Blackboard Ultra courses offer a new modern, intuitive, accessible, and mobile friendly interface with improved workflows and new features. Participants will be given access to a development course with the Blackboard Ultra interface.