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Usability and a few gradebook improvements come to Ultra in November. New, larger icons with thicker line strokes and blue backgrounds improve accessibility and better support quick scanning of...
October 23, 2020
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12:29 PM
Here's what you missed from our Go Online Chat!
Last week, we welcomed Sherri Braxton, Senior Director of Instructional Technology, as our inaugural guest on GO Chat to talk about her work on campus and beyond the loop for badging and...
October 23, 2020
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10:50 AM
Improved support for accessibility, file sharing, and coding
An updated, easier-to-use, more powerful Content Editor is coming to Original courses on November 6. There are lots of great reasons to like the updated Content Editor. Adding content has been...
October 16, 2020
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8:47 AM
Surviving to Thriving: Rocking the New Normal of e-Learning
One in four students take some of their courses online, and two-thirds do so at a public institution in the same state where they live (Allen, Seaman, Pouline, & Straut, 2016; Allen &...
October 13, 2020
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5:48 PM
Classic reports will no longer be available after 10/31
After October 31st, 2020, Qualtrics users will lose access to any reports which were created with Classic Reports, including scheduled emails and public reports. If you have not already done so,...
October 9, 2020
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2:42 PM
Ultra adoption continues to grow as UMBC faculty shifted to online learning in response to COVID-19 safety precautions. More than 40% of all active Blackboard courses are now using Ultra in the...
October 9, 2020
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1:33 PM
Some users received delayed voicemail messages
Over the last week we received reports that some users were not receiving all email delivered voicemail messages. Yesterday, while investigating these reports it was discovered that some voicemail...
October 9, 2020
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10:38 AM
Shared drives allow a group of people to maintain a set of files and folders inside Google without having them owned by an individual. This means no more worrying about a person leaving and losing...
October 8, 2020
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11:23 AM
Explore how adaptive tools can support online learning!
USM OnTrack will be offering two additional free professional development workshops this month that will explore the ways adaptive learning tools can support online learning, particularly in...
October 2, 2020
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2:52 PM
Add media-rich, asynchronous engagement in your courses
VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate slides and leave comments in several ways – text, voice, audio file, or...
September 30, 2020
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1:58 PM