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Teach in Ultra training is a self-paced training designed to support faculty in recreating an original course in the Ultra course environment and to build a foundation of knowledge on which to teach using the Learn Ultra experience. In this course, you can work through the materials at your own pace but in a sequential manner with comprehension checks along the way. While working through each module in this course, you will be able to build and recreate your content in your Ultra Development shell or evaluate and personalize Ultra content provided to you by your department.

Presenter(s): Faculty Center Staff (Asynchronous Materials)
Target Audience: Faculty

Does your Blackboard course have rubrics to provide learners with feedback? This session introduces how to get started creating and managing rubrics using Blackboard. During this session we will discuss different rubric design principles. This session will also demonstrate how efficient it can be to grade with a rubric housed in Blackboard. Learners will also see how students receive instructor feedback.

Presenter(s): Faculty Center Staff
Target Audience: Faculty

The Advanced Topics in Blackboard Ultra workshop has been designed to provide training for specific aspects related to Blackboard Ultra. The training is not intended to substitute for Blackboard Orientation or Online Teaching Certification, but instead intended to serve as a more focused exploration of specific tools and features that instructors may choose to implement in their courses. Topics include leveraging groups, SafeAssign, and Respondus lockdown browser.

Presenter(s): Faculty Center Staff
Target Audience: Faculty and Staff

Join the Faculty Center for a workshop on making your online content accessible to all your students. In this workshop you will learn how to turn your course materials into content that can be accessed by students of all abilities. Participants will learn how to use Ally, create a tagged PDF and accessible tables using Microsoft Word, add alt-text to images, and check for accessibility in Word and PowerPoint.

Presenter(s): Faculty Center Staff
Target Audience: Faculty

Working in teams is a given in the workday world. But how do students learn the best practices for working in teams? How do faculty set them up for success? How does the program scaffold the skills necessary for them to practice and learn? The purpose of this interactive session is to provide faculty with ideas and tools that help them incorporate best practices, opportunities to practice, and create a safe space for students to explore what makes effective team experiences.

Presenter(s): Drs. Michele Kramer and Kim Scheffel
Target Audience: Faculty

Prerequisite: Previous completion or current enrollment in Teach in Ultra WorkshopThe Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Online Teaching Certification training is designed to prepare faculty to teach online and blended courses using the Blackboard Learn Ultra experience. In this course participants will explore best practices and theory in online course design and develop a plan for online teaching. An emphasis will be placed on Student engagement, instructor to student engagement, and instructional design for online teaching. Upon successfully completing this certification, you will have the option to claim a micro-credential, University issued electronic Badge.

Presenter(s): Faculty Center Staff
Target Audience: Faculty planning on teaching online or blended courses

Join the Faculty Center for a discussion on strategies for engaging learners in face-to-face and online environments. Participants of this session are encouraged to share their own ideas during this collaborative presentation and discussion.

Presenter(s): Faculty Center Staff
Target Audience: Faculty

This workshop provides faculty and staff with the essential skills necessary to work with Blackboard. An overview will be provided of the basic functionality and layout in Blackboard. Participants will also learn how to create or modify content in their courses.

Presenter(s): Faculty Center Staff
Target Audience: Faculty

Are you looking to incorporate videos or video assignments in your course? Have you heard about the video platforms VoiceThread and Panopto? Are you unsure about the differences and capabilities of these tools in Blackboard? This introductory session answers these questions and helps prepare instructors to complete the basic set up of these video platform tools in their course.

Presenter(s): Faculty Center Staff
Target Audience: Faculty

Join the Faculty Center’s Instructional Designers for an introduction to Quality Matters. Quality Matters (QM) is a leading international organization in distance education and online quality assurance. QM membership gives Lewis faculty and staff access to many resources including an online quality assurance rubric, now in its 7th edition. Join us to learn about current quality initiatives, how to take advantage of QM resources and how they can help you in your teaching.

Presenter(s): Faculty Center's Instructional Designersf
Target Audience: Faculty

Leveraging Panopto is a training workshop where participants can explore the advanced capabilities of Panopto. Topics include video editing, captions, adding quizzes, creating student assignments and general suggestions for creating better video presentations.

Presenter(s): Faculty Center Staff
Target Audience: Faculty

This workshop introduces various workflows to help assist you with your grading. In this session learners will discuss different strategies for reviewing student submissions and issuing learner feedback using the tools in Blackboard. This session will also demonstrate how to configure and manage your gradebook.

Presenter(s): Faculty Center Staff
Target Audience: Staff

Join the Faculty Center for a discussion on strategies for engaging learners in face-to-face and online environments. Participants of this session are encouraged to share their own ideas during this collaborative presentation and discussion.

Presenter(s): Faculty Center Staff
Target Audience: Faculty

Join the Faculty Center for a workshop on making your online content accessible to all your students. In this workshop you will learn how to turn your course materials into content that can be accessed by students of all abilities. Participants will learn how to use Ally, create a tagged PDF and accessible tables using Microsoft Word, add alt-text to images, and check for accessibility in Word and PowerPoint.

Presenter(s): Faculty Center Staff
Target Audience: Faculty

Join the Faculty Center and the Vice President of Diversity Shireen Roshanravan for an introduction to how to promote inclusivity in your learning environment and increase student success.

Presenter(s): Faculty Center Staff and Vice President of Diversity Shrieen Roshanravan
Target Audience: Faculty and Staff

Join the Faculty Center to learn about how to best prepare your courses as we roll into Spring 2025. In this session we will discuss how to roll your courses into the new term, explore how to make changes to your upcoming term course materials, and explore how to update due dates and release conditions.

Presenter(s): Faculty Center Staff
Target Audience: Faculty and Staff