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Anthology Digital Teaching Symposium Fall 2023
Digital teaching today requires resilience – the ability to keep helping your learners succeed no matter what. Join other educators for a day of idea sharing about what helps you rise every day. Whether you're full or part-time faculty, a teacher, lecturer, instructional designer, learning technologist, or any other instructional role, this symposium will further your familiarity and understanding of learning technologies. Learn more.
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Welcome back, Students!
The ETMS Instructional Technologies Team welcomes back students to the Fall 2023 semester! Please don't hesitate to reach out to us with any questions you have regarding our eLearning Suite of tools. The best way to communicate with us is through our Contact eLearning Support form which creates a ServiceHub incident but sends it straight to our team.
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Experience Blackboard Learn Ultra
Blackboard Learn Ultra is coming and we like what we see! Check out the timeline for the migration. Learn Ultra is a simple, modern, and more intuitive Learning Management System. Simplified tools and streamlined workflows help learners and instructors stay organized and easily engage with content and each other. Experience Learn Ultra for yourself. All instructors now have a sandbox Ultra course in your Bb Learn course list. Learn more on our Blackboard Learn Ultra info page.
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Testing 1, 2, 3: Developing, Deploying and Editing an Online Test in Blackboard Learn
Online testing can be used in numerous ways to assess students and deliver fast results for your courses. Learn the processes involved in setup and delivery of online testing in Blackboard Learn and look at several of Blackboard's numerous question types. Instructors can watch the On-Demand Faculty Workshop video to learn, hone, and refresh their skills for online assessments.
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Integrate Attendance Data Into the Grade Center Using the Blackboard Learn Attendance Tool
Instructors, do you record attendance for your courses and want to track it through Blackboard? Do you use attendance data as part of your students' overall grades? Watch the On-Demand Faculty Workshop video to learn how to track attendance data using Blackboard Learn's Attendance Tool. The overall attendance score can be included when calculating grade totals in the Blackboard Grade Center or used for just viewing general attendance too.
Announcements
Friday, Sep 1, 2023
Faculty and Instructors: Poll Everywhere's latest product update: New visual designs for Activities create enhanced accessibility and modern elegance
Sunday, Aug 20, 2023
A few reminders for the start of the semester for all UNI users:
Need help with Blackboard (Bb) Learn, Panopto, or any of the other UNI eLearning Suite tools: Please complete and submit the '...
Thursday, Aug 3, 2023
Information Technology will be implementing Duo Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) with the Blackboard Learn environment on Monday, August 7, 2023 around 6:30 a.m. CDT. Starting then, the next time you authenticate to UNI's Blackboard Learn System you will be required to utilize your second factor to answer...
Thursday, Apr 13, 2023
Faculty, Instructors, and Staff: You are invited to Blackboard Day at UNI! On April 24th and April 25th, Blackboard representatives will be on campus to team up with the ETMS Instructional Technologies Team to show you the next generation Blackboard Learn environment, Ultra. Learn more!
Monday, Apr 10, 2023
On 04/04/23, Turnitin announced the launch of its new artificial intelligence (AI) writing detection feature for educators. Upon viewing each Turnitin assignment submission, instructors can now see the percentage of text originated by AI as well. The text will be...