Coming Soon: Collaborate to Support 25 Videos Per Page Increased engagement for moderators available in mid-SP2021

UPDATE #1: Gallery view is now available! Learn more in this FAQ.

UPDATE #2: Students and participants gain access to gallery view with the May update.

Spring will bring warm weather to the UMBC campus community… and an exciting update for our web conferencing tool, Collaborate! The first phase of increased video thumbnails is tentatively targeted for April 8, 2021, allowing moderators to see up to 25 videos per page. 

Three options will be available:

The Gallery View displays up to 25 videos per page. The zoom function reduces the videos displayed. Up to 250 videos can be supported in a session using pagination to display the thumbnails.  

The Speaker View centers the lead speaker on the screen with 7-8 video thumbnails tiled at the bottom. 

The Tile View places the speaker on the left with 11-12 video thumbnails on the right.

New gallery view in Collaborate

Gallery view works best in Chrome and is not supported at all in Safari at this time.

By summer, Blackboard anticipates supporting a student view of 25 videos per page. Future development for Collaborate includes pinning videos and side-by-side display of content against a smaller gallery. 


Over the last year, Blackboard conducted extensive research with faculty and student focus groups to ensure the new functionality is designed for teaching and learning rather than just deploying more thumbnails like any other web conferencing tool. Reducing cognitive fatigue and non-verbal overload, supporting instructor customization, and providing student privacy are all elements Blackboard researched and will incorporate into its design plan for Collaborate. Additional research is posted to the Blackboard Community site, which requires a free account to access.

During SP2021, Collaborate also will also feature these updates:
  • Session owners can tell at-a-glance if the recording is available to the public or to course members only.
  • Some Collaborate error pages will provide chatbot support to attendees. The chatbot is also available on the Report an Issue panel.
Finally, to reduce impact on session resources, any session that lasts longer than 8 hours will be automatically disconnected from the Collaborate system. While sessions can be scheduled for any length of time including 24-hours and no end date, it is unusual that anyone stays in the session for more than 8 hours at a time. The system therefore will assume extended connection to a session is unintended and disconnect the user from the room. However, attendees can rejoin the session, if they need to access it again.

As always, if you have any questions about teaching, learning, and technology at UMBC, please consider the following options:
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In any online learning experience, it's important for students to be able to engage socially and collaboratively. Interactions with peers and instructors can lead to greater student success. Collaborate introduces two new features to its chat functionality to support increased engagement: chat mentions and formatted messaging.

With the December update, attendees can tag someone in a Collaborate chat when they mention them. Anyone tagged is notified so they don't miss it. Moderators are identified with a MOD label so they are easy to find. Collaborate also features a new text editor in the chat panel. This text editor is simple and features only bold, italics, and underline. One way to use this new formatting option is to highlight a chat announcement in bold to make a message more noticeable in a busy conversation.

Collaborate features new chat mentions and text editor

Currently, Collaborate can support regular sessions of 250 attendees or supersized sessions up to 500 attendees. In preparation for WT/SP2021, faculty and community leaders can leverage Collaborate to support large scale sessions up to 1,000 attendees. There are limitations to supersized sessions, however:

Learn more about configuring Collaborate to support a supersized session.

As always, if you have any questions about teaching, learning, and technology at UMBC, please consider the following options:
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Blackboard has announced a webinar series to help faculty transition to remote teaching. Click here to sign up for the options described below or access this link: https://go.blackboard.com/Instructor-webinar-series.

Who are these webinars for?

This webinar series is designed for Instructors who are just getting started with teaching using Blackboard Learn and Blackboard Collaborate, as well as those who have started to transition to deliver instruction remotely and are looking to make some improvements.


About the webinar series

Many of you had to quickly transition to remote teaching in response to growing concerns on the spread of the coronavirus. The journey to teaching remotely is a process, and we want to ensure you have the tools you need to be successful for both you and your students.

Whether you are brand new to teaching online or looking to make some improvements to what you have started, we designed a set of webinars from basic topics to advanced. We added more topics to help you as you prepare for your next semester.

Getting Started with Blackboard Learn Original Course Experience - Do I have Learn Original?

This webinar is designed to provide you easy step-by-step instructions on how to upload course content, create discussion boards for students to communicate, and provide an overview on the types of online assessments available in Blackboard Learn’s ORIGINAL course experience.

Getting Started with Blackboard Learn Ultra Course Experience - Do I have Learn Ultra?

This webinar is designed to provide you easy step-by-step instructions on how to upload course content, create discussion boards for students to communicate, and provide an overview on the types of online assessments available in Blackboard Learn’s ULTRA course experience.

Getting Started with  Blackboard Collaborate

Moving from in-classroom instruction to the virtual classroom does not have to be difficult or stressful. Blackboard Collaborate Ultra is a web-based communication tool that allows you to continue to engage with your students in real time or even to record sessions for students to watch at a later time. In this 30-minute session, we will review the Collaborate interface and tools that support engaging teaching online.

Getting Started with Bb Annotate: Inline Assignment Grading in Blackboard Learn

Blackboard Learn’s inline assignment grading functionality, currently delivered through a technology called New Box View, will be replaced over the next few months with a new tool called Bb Annotate. Created in partnership with clients around the globe, Bb Annotate will offer a more robust feature set to provide customizable feedback to learners, including a sidebar summary view, freehand drawing tools, various color selections, and much more. Join this webinar to see a demonstration of the new tool and get your questions answered by Blackboard experts.

OFFICE HOURS: Ask the Experts About Blackboard Learn and Collaborate

Have a question on how to do something in Blackboard Learn or Blackboard Collaborate? Join this live Office Hours session where Blackboard experts will be on hand to answer questions, demonstrate workflows and provide guidance on teaching remotely.

Intermediate/Advanced Topics

Assessment & Assignments in Blackboard Learn (Original Course Experience)

This intermediate session will provide a deeper dive into setting up assessments, utilizing different types of assessments and creating gradable assignments within a Blackboard Learn Original experience course. 

Guide to Building Mobile Content (Original & Ultra Course Experiences)

Many students prefer to consume course content on their mobile phone. This webinar is designed to provide you with basic fundamentals for preparing online course content for mobile delivery. Additionally, we will review Blackboard mobile apps and provide you with a helpful worksheet on mobile content development. 

Improving Student Engagement (Original Course Experience)

In the new world of social distancing and limited interaction with others, instructors and students may be missing some accustomed modes of interpersonal communication in courses.  Join a team of Blackboard experts who understand first-hand the demands of a fully online teaching environment—we are eager to help you discover how utilizing tools within Blackboard Learn can encourage meaningful engagement among students and between your students and you!  Effectively use discussion boards, engage students with interactive lectures and quizzes and challenge them to collaborate together in teams and then present their work back to the larger class.  Blackboard’s team of academic professionals have plenty of ideas to share with you and are eager to support you as you consider different ways to promote communication, get your students involved, and to keep them engaged in online classes. 

Setting up the Gradebook  (Original Course Experience)

As you prepare (or continue) to deliver instruction remotely this summer, empower yourself to do so with maximum efficiency by understanding Blackboard Learn’s powerful Grade Center. The Grade Center is more than just a location to record students' grades--it is an interactive tool that allows faculty to filter, sort, and access data , calculate grades, and monitor student progress. Join this session to learn the basics of efficiently managing your students’ work and grades. 

Grading Workflows for Discussions, Assessment  & Assignments  (Original Course Experience)

Let’s face it – grading is possibly one of the least ‘fun’ parts of teaching.  However, now that you’ve created assessments, assignments, and quizzes in Blackboard Learn, the grading process can be easier than ever.  In Blackboard, instructors can provide feedback, post grades, and check the originality of student work with ease.  Discover how much easier it can be to grade papers when you can annotate right within the online course.  You can even provide audio feedback to the student, helping them understand areas of the paper that may need some attention.  Want to set up a quiz to be automatically graded?  You can do that too!  Join us in this informative session on how to use Blackboard’s course tools to make your online teaching experience more efficient, more engaged and less time consuming!


Collaborate Ultra - Beyond the Basics

This webinar will help you move beyond the basics of Blackboard Collaborate and provide an overview of specific use cases and features that will facilitate synchronous interaction with your students. Some features include using breakout rooms, sharing content through your camera, polling, and other features that will help you engage your learners and empower student success.


Click here to register for any of the sessions.


Session Dates

Getting Started with Blackboard Learn Original Course Experience - Do I have Learn Original?

  • Thursday, September 10 1:00–1:30 pm ET
  • Monday, September 14 9:00–9:30 am ET

Getting Started with Blackboard Learn Ultra Course Experience - Do I have Learn Ultra?

  • Thursday, September 10 2:00–2:30 pm ET
  • Monday, September 14 10:00–10:30 am ET

Getting Started with Blackboard Collaborate

  • Thursday, September 10 3:00–3:30 pm ET
  • Monday, September 14 11:00–11:30 am ET
  • Wednesday, October 14 11:00–11:30 am ET

Getting Started with Bb Annotate: Inline Assignment Grading in Blackboard Learn

  • Wednesday, September 16 10:00–11:00 am ET
  • Thursday, October 15 1:00–2:00 pm ET

OFFICE HOURS: Ask the Experts about Blackboard Learn & Collaborate

  • Thursday, August 27 11:00 am–12:00 pm ET
  • Wednesday, September 23 11:00 am–12:00 pm ET
  • Wednesday, October 21 3:00–4:00 pm ET

Assessment & Assignments in Blackboard Learn (Original Course Experience)

  • Wednesday, September 16 1:00–1:45pm ET
  • Wednesday, October 21 2:00–2:45pm ET

Guide to Building Mobile Content (Original & Ultra Course Experiences)

  • Wednesday, August 26 2:00–2:45pm ET
  • Thursday, September 17 3:00–3:45pm ET
  • Tuesday, October 6 10:00–10:45am ET

Improving Student Engagement (Original Course Experience)

  • Wednesday, September 23 2:00–2:45pm ET
  • Thursday, October 22 1:00–1:45pm ET

Setting up the Gradebook (Original Course Experience)

  • Thursday, August 20 2:00–2:45pm ET
  • Wednesday, September 9 1:00–1:45pm ET
  • Tuesday, October 27 10:00–10:45am ET

Grading Workflows for Discussions, Assessment & Assignments (Original Course Experience)

  • Thursday, September 17 1:00–1:45pm ET
  • Wednesday, October 7 11:00–11:45am ET

Collaborate Ultra - Beyond the Basics

  • Thursday, August 27 2:00–2:45pm ET
  • Tuesday, September 8 9:00–9:45am ET
  • Wednesday, October 7 1:00–1:45pm ET

Click here to register for any of these sessions or access the following link: https://go.blackboard.com/Instructor-webinar-series.


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Blackboard has announced a webinar series to help faculty transition to remote instruction. Click here to sign up for the options described below.

Who are these webinars for?

This webinar series is designed for Instructors who are just getting started with teaching using Blackboard Learn and Blackboard Collaborate, as well as those who have started to transition to deliver instruction remotely and are looking to make some improvements.


About the webinar series

Many of you had to quickly transition to remote teaching in response to growing concerns on the spread of the coronavirus. The journey to teaching remotely is a process, and we want to ensure you have the tools you need to be successful for both you and your students.

Whether you are brand new to teaching online or looking to make some improvements to what you have started, we designed a set of webinars from basic topics to advanced. We added more topics to help you as you prepare for your next semester.

Getting Started with Blackboard Learn Original Course Experience - Do I have Learn Original?

This webinar is designed to provide you easy step-by-step instructions on how to upload course content, create discussion boards for students to communicate, and provide an overview on the types of online assessments available in Blackboard Learn’s ORIGINAL course experience.

Getting Started with Blackboard Learn Ultra Course Experience - Do I have Learn Ultra?

This webinar is designed to provide you easy step-by-step instructions on how to upload course content, create discussion boards for students to communicate, and provide an overview on the types of online assessments available in Blackboard Learn’s ULTRA course experience.

Getting Started with  Blackboard Collaborate

Moving from in-classroom instruction to the virtual classroom does not have to be difficult or stressful. Blackboard Collaborate Ultra is a web-based communication tool that allows you to continue to engage with your students in real time or even to record sessions for students to watch at a later time. In this 30-minute session, we will review the Collaborate interface and tools that support engaging teaching online.

Getting Started with Bb Annotate: Inline Assignment Grading in Blackboard Learn

Blackboard Learn’s inline assignment grading functionality, currently delivered through a technology called New Box View, will be replaced over the next few months with a new tool called Bb Annotate. Created in partnership with clients around the globe, Bb Annotate will offer a more robust feature set to provide customizable feedback to learners, including a sidebar summary view, freehand drawing tools, various color selections, and much more. Join this webinar to see a demonstration of the new tool and get your questions answered by Blackboard experts.

OFFICE HOURS: Ask the Experts About Blackboard Learn and Collaborate

Have a question on how to do something in Blackboard Learn or Blackboard Collaborate? Join this live Office Hours session where Blackboard experts will be on hand to answer questions, demonstrate workflows and provide guidance on teaching remotely.

Intermediate/Advanced Topics

Assessment & Assignments in Blackboard Learn (Original Course Experience)

This intermediate session will provide a deeper dive into setting up assessments, utilizing different types of assessments and creating gradable assignments within a Blackboard Learn Original experience course. 

Guide to Building Mobile Content (Original & Ultra Course Experiences)

Many students prefer to consume course content on their mobile phone. This webinar is designed to provide you with basic fundamentals for preparing online course content for mobile delivery. Additionally, we will review Blackboard mobile apps and provide you with a helpful worksheet on mobile content development. 

Improving Student Engagement (Original Course Experience)

In the new world of social distancing and limited interaction with others, instructors and students may be missing some accustomed modes of interpersonal communication in courses.  Join a team of Blackboard experts who understand first-hand the demands of a fully online teaching environment—we are eager to help you discover how utilizing tools within Blackboard Learn can encourage meaningful engagement among students and between your students and you!  Effectively use discussion boards, engage students with interactive lectures and quizzes and challenge them to collaborate together in teams and then present their work back to the larger class.  Blackboard’s team of academic professionals have plenty of ideas to share with you and are eager to support you as you consider different ways to promote communication, get your students involved, and to keep them engaged in online classes. 

Setting up the Gradebook  (Original Course Experience)

As you prepare (or continue) to deliver instruction remotely this summer, empower yourself to do so with maximum efficiency by understanding Blackboard Learn’s powerful Grade Center. The Grade Center is more than just a location to record students' grades--it is an interactive tool that allows faculty to filter, sort, and access data , calculate grades, and monitor student progress. Join this session to learn the basics of efficiently managing your students’ work and grades. 

Grading Workflows for Discussions, Assessment & Assignments  (Original Course Experience)

Let’s face it – grading is possibly one of the least ‘fun’ parts of teaching.  However, now that you’ve created assessments, assignments, and quizzes in Blackboard Learn, the grading process can be easier than ever.  In Blackboard, instructors can provide feedback, post grades, and check the originality of student work with ease.  Discover how much easier it can be to grade papers when you can annotate right within the online course.  You can even provide audio feedback to the student, helping them understand areas of the paper that may need some attention.  Want to set up a quiz to be automatically graded?  You can do that too!  Join us in this informative session on how to use Blackboard’s course tools to make your online teaching experience more efficient, more engaged and less time consuming!


Click here to register for any of the sessions.


Session Dates

Getting Started with Blackboard Learn Original Course Experience - Do I have Learn Original?

·       Monday, May 4 | 9:00–9:30 am ET

·       Monday, May 11 | 1:00–1:30 pm ET

Getting Started with Blackboard Learn Ultra Course Experience - Do I have Learn Ultra?

·       Monday, May 4 | 10:00–10:30 am ET

·       Monday, May 11 | 2:00–2:30 pm ET

Getting Started with Blackboard Collaborate

·       Monday, May 4 | 11:00–11:30 am ET

·       Monday, May 11 | 3:00–3:30 pm ET

Getting Started with Bb Annotate: Inline Assignment Grading in Blackboard Learn

·       Tuesday, May 12 | 2:00–3:00 pm ET

·       Wednesday, May 13 | 9:00-10:00 pm ET / Thursday, May 14 | 11:00 am–12:00 pm AEST

·       Thursday, May 14 | 9:00–10:00 am ET

OFFICE HOURS: Ask the Experts about Blackboard Learn & Collaborate

·       Thursday, May 14 | 11:00 am–12:00 pm ET

·       Thursday, May 28 | 11:00 am–12:00 pm ET

Assessment & Assignments in Blackboard Learn (Original Course Experience)

·       Tuesday, May 5 | 9:00–9:45 am ET

·       Tuesday, May 19 | 2:00–2:45 pm ET

Guide to Building Mobile Content (Original & Ultra Course Experiences)

·       Wednesday, May 6 | 9:00am - 9:45am ET

·       Wednesday, May 20 | 2:00pm - 2:45pm ET

Improving Student Engagement (Original Course Experience)

·       Friday, May 8 | 9:00am - 9:45am ET

·       Thursday, May 21 | 3:00pm - 3:45pm ET

Setting up the Gradebook (Original Course Experience)

·       Thursday, May 7 | 9:00am - 9:45am ET

·       Thursday, May 21 | 2:00pm - 2:45pm ET

Grading Workflows for Discussions, Assessment & Assignments (Original Course Experience)

·       Wednesday, May 13 | 9:00am - 9:45am ET

·       Wednesday, May 27 | 2:00pm - 2:45pm ET


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Keeping your classroom on topic and safe from trolling shouldn't be something you have to worry about when teaching. Unfortunately, misbehavior can and does happen. These tips should help you keep your class on track and safe from disruption when using Collaborate or Webex for live, remote instruction. (Many of these tips are applicable to business meetings.)

  • Avoid sharing your guest link via email or social media. The guest link allows anyone to access a meeting so if a stranger clicks the link, that person can also join. 

    • Collaborate: Tell students to use the Course Room link or specific session that's available in the Blackboard course unless you have no other means to get the link to them. Do not share the guest link. The Collaborate link is associated with your student usernames for tracking attendance while the guest link lets students enter any name and share the link with other people. Do not share the guest link with students!

    • Webex: Limit the use of your personal meeting room for class or large meetings by generating a new session link per meeting through the Google Calendar integration. A passcode is automatically added for extra security. This link cannot be shared since it is uniquely coded to each invited person.

  • If you do have a disruptive participant in the session, you can remove that person.

  • Take note of the default settings participants have to share their screen. Unlike Zoom, both Collaborate and Webex do not allow participants to share by default.

    • Collaborate: Only moderators and presenters can share their screens. Participants must be promoted to presenter to share their screen with the room.

    • Webex: Default settings in Webex prevent attendees from sharing their screen unless the host allows. To allow an attendee to share their screen, right click on the attendee and select Make Presenter.

  • Chat, voice, and webcam functionality IS available by default to participants. Collaborate and Webex handle these settings differently.

    • Collaborate: You can disable these functions by default through the Session Settings before or during a live meeting. Ask students to raise their hands in the session if they want to speak and then promote them to presenter. Once they are finished, you can demote them back to participants.

    • Webex: You can control the permissions your attendees have when scheduling the meeting via the web. Under Attendee Privileges, default settings allow attendees to view participants, request remote control, and participate in private chats with presenters, hosts, and other participants. Once in the meeting, the host has the power to mute other participants or disable individual video feeds.

  • Turn off private chat. 

    • Collaborate: This setting must be disabled in Collaborate BEFORE the live session. Turning it off prevents someone from messaging another participant during the live session.

    • Webex: By default, chat is enabled. When scheduling the meeting via the web, you can disable chat through Advanced Options. The meeting options allow you to disable public chat while attendee privileges allow you to turn off private chat.

  • Don’t use Zoom: It’s not licensed or supported by UMBC.

Additionally, you and your class may want to observe some general tips for presenting and attending in a live session:

  • Establish expectations early. Review any netiquette guidelines with your students.

  • Remind students to check their microphone buttons in the session. When participants do not need to talk, they should turn their microphones OFF.

  • Be patient during a live session, especially if your class is large. A co-moderator is essential to manage large numbers. Tell students to raise their hands if they have a question or use chat. Some instructors have students use private chat to ask a moderator a question directly.

  • Remind students that their peers and/or instructor are also working from home and they may have children in the same space. Let your audience know if content will be sensitive, especially if you think minors may be in the background. 

  • Anyone who is asked to share video should check the background area to avoid inappropriate content within view.

  • Be aware of ambient noise (televisions, barking dogs, flushing toilets, doorbells). If someone is speaking, make sure people in the space around know not to interrupt.

As always, if you have any questions, please consider the following options:

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https://fdc.umbc.edu/resources/keep-on-teaching/Following guidance from the University System of Maryland in the rapidly developing public health response to COVID-19, UMBC will transition to fully online instruction when classes resume after Spring Break. Per the announcement on March 10, we expect online instruction to continue for at least two weeks. As UMBC faculty shift to remote instruction using virtual tools, Blackboard has designed a series of free 30-minute webinars to help get started. Multiple dates & times are offered.

Teaching Remotely (Blackboard Learn Basics)

In response to growing concerns on the spread of the coronavirus, and institutions moving to fully online teaching, this webinar is designed to provide you easy step-by-step instructions on how to upload course content, create discussion boards for students to communicate, and provide an overview on the types of online assessments available in Blackboard Learn. 

  • Tuesday, March 17:  9-9:30 AM, 11-11:30 AM, 8-8:30 PM 
  • Wednesday, March 18:  9-9:30 AM, 11-11:30 AM, 8-8:30 PM
  • Tuesday, March 24:  9-9:30 AM, 11-11:30 AM, 9-9:30 PM  
  • Thursday, March 26:  9-9:30 AM, 11-11:30 AM, 8-8:30 PM  

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Getting Started with Teaching a Virtual Class

Moving from in-classroom instruction to the online classroom does not have to be difficult or stressful. Blackboard Collaborate Ultra is a communication tool that will allow you to continue to engage with your students in a synchronous manner, or record sessions for students to watch at a later time. In this 30-minute session, we will review the Collaborate interface and tools available to use while teaching online. 

  • Tuesday, March 17: 8-8:30 AM , 10-10:30 AM,  9-9:30 PM  
  • Wednesday, March 18:  8-8:30 AM , 10-10:30 AM  9-9:30 PM  
  • Tuesday, March 24:  8-8:30 AM, 10-10:30 AM, 10-10:30 PM  
  • Thursday, March 26:  8-8:30 AM , 10-10:30 AM  9-9:30 PM  

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Guide to Building Mobile Content

In this urgent response to moving from in-person instruction to online instruction, instructors should prepare for students to access course information on the go. In this 30-minute session, we provide you with basic fundamentals for preparing online course content for mobile delivery. Additionally, we will review Blackboard mobile apps and provide you with a helpful worksheet on mobile content development. 

  • Thursday, March 19: 9-9:30 AM, 11-11:30 AM  
  • Thursday, March 26: 9-9:30 AM, 11-11:30 AM  

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As always, if you have any questions, please consider the following resources:

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The end of semester is a busy time of year for everyone, especially faculty. Instructional Technology will host three 90-minute sprint sessions on Wednesday, December 11, 2019 for faculty to walk-in and request a customized consult on any number of topics including:
  • Preparing for Ultra: Plan your course roadmap to optimize your transition to the new course interface.
  • Tuning up your Blackboard gradebook: Create columns, drop scores, check calculations, verify weighted totals, etc.
  • Delivering & configuring virtual tests: Create online tests and promote academic integrity in online testing using Bb and Respondus Lockdown Browser. 
  • Conquering your end of semester “to do” list:: Export your gradebook, archive your course, plan for the next term, etc.
  • Checking your course materials for accessibility: Use Ally to check your accessibility meters and review alternative formats. 
  • Recording & sharing videos with Panopto: Flip your classroom & prepare lectures.
  • Planning for snow days: Schedule, deliver & record virtual classes with Collaborate.
Or take our survey: Let us know about your topics and questions.

The December 11 sprint will across three timeslots:

Sprint 1 - 10 AM - 11:30 AM
Sprint 2 - 12 PM - 1:30 PM Meet UMBC’s comfort pup, Chip!
Sprint 3 - 2 PM - 3:30 PM

We encourage faculty to stop by at any time during a sprint -- for any amount of time -- come for 15 minutes or an hour. Whatever fits your schedule. Bring your laptop or portable device and your questions!

Light refreshments will be provided throughout the day. 

Attend any sprint to enter a drawing for a Kindle Fire. The first 10 people to bring a friend to a sprint will get an Ultra t-shirt.
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In the August update to Ultra courses, faculty can create question pools to help build assessments quickly and better support academic integrity. Instructors can add questions to from all existing tests, assignments and question banks in their courses, and those question pools will distribute different sets of questions to students.

Additionally, Ultra courses will now support a much needed feature in assessments: Hiding answers on a test while it is in progress. Faculty will be able to check a setting to show or hide the correct answers on a test. At this time, instructors must disable the setting after all students complete the test if they want students to later see the correct answers.

Organizations and communities may now adopt Ultra after the August update. Please consult the Instructional Technology office to determine whether converting or redesigning is best for your organization.

Course shells for FA2019 were created on July 28, 2019. Both Ally and the Ultra Course Preview tool are enabled in all courses, allowing faculty to review course materials for accessibility and to explore and adopt Ultra during the phased roll-out of Ultra.

The next Blackboard Learn update will be posted to our test site around August 13th and pushed to production around September 5th. Faculty who are interested in test driving new features before they are released to production should open an RT ticket to request early access. 

As always, if you have any questions, please consider the following options:

Review your course content with Ally

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This month’s update to Blackboard will provide access to UMBC’s Google Drive. Faculty, staff, and students will be able to view their Google cloud storage from their Ultra courses, user profile, and the Tools page. In later versions of this new integration, users will be able to create and collaborate on Google documents -- all within the context of an Ultra course.


Additionally, Collaborate moderators will be able to share files with one or more breakout groups when that service is updated later in July. Files uploaded to a Collaborate session can be renamed within the live session and files shared in breakout rooms can be transferred back into the persistent content for the main Collab session.

Course shells for FA2019 will be created at the end of July. Both Ally and the Ultra Course Preview tool will be enabled in all courses, allowing faculty to review course materials for accessibility and to explore and adopt Ultra during the phased roll-out of Ultra.

The next Blackboard Learn update will be posted to our test site around July 16th and pushed to production around August 8th. Faculty who are interested in test driving new features before they are released to production should open an RT ticket to request early access. 

As always, if you have any questions, please consider the following options:

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The June update to Blackboard brings delegated grading to Ultra courses. Renamed “parallel marking” in Ultra, this feature is designed to minimize bias when paired with anonymous grading. Parallel marking is a valuable tool for high stakes assessments, allowing faculty to evaluate student submissions with two graders and reconcile the results for a final grade.

A new enhancement to the Courses page provides users with an option to view courses in list or grid mode. Stock images randomly display for each course card when grid mode is active. The banner image can be replaced by faculty who would prefer to personalize the course visual. While image does not yet appear in the Ultra course itself, it is an early step toward course personalization.

Other enhancements coming to Ultra on June 7 include:

  • The Organizations page will provide better tools to access content including list and grid view, favorites, and filters. Leaders will be able to upload banner images to organization cards to personalize the community experience.

  • During the SP2019 semester, the calendar tool was updated to allow sharing content with external services. In June, users can import external calendars, such as Google, to their Blackboard calendar.

As a separately hosted service, Collaborate will be updated about one week earlier. The June release will feature a session inactivity reminder. If attendees in a session are not active after a time, the session ends. This includes activity such as using audio, raising a hand, sharing content, and so on. Inactive attendees in the session see and hear a reminder that the session is open and will close in a minute before they are removed. Additionally, moderators will be able to share files with one or more breakout groups.

The next Blackboard Learn update will be posted to our test site around June 11th and pushed to production around July 11th. Faculty who are interested in test driving new features before they are released to production should open an RT ticket to request early access.

As always, if you have any questions, please consider the following options:

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