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          <div class="html-content"><div>Whether you are brand new to teaching online or looking to make some improvements to what you have started, Blackboard Instructor Webinar Series is a set of free webinars on basic and advanced topics form Blackboard Academy.</div><div><ul><li><a href="https://go.blackboard.com/Instructor-webinar-series#topic1" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Blackboard Learn Basics (Original)</a> - 3/2 @ 2 PM EST</li><li><a href="https://go.blackboard.com/Instructor-webinar-series#topic2" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Blackboard Learn Basics (Ultra)</a> - 3/3 @ 2 PM EST</li><li><a href="https://go.blackboard.com/Instructor-webinar-series#topic3" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Blackboard Collaborate Basics</a> - 3/4 @ 2 PM EST</li><li><a href="https://go.blackboard.com/Instructor-webinar-series#topic4" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Blackboard Collaborate: Beyond the Basics</a> - 3/9 @ 2 PM EST</li><li><a href="https://go.blackboard.com/Instructor-webinar-series#topic5" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Setting up the Gradebook (Original)</a> - 3/10 @ 2 PM EST</li><li><a href="https://go.blackboard.com/Instructor-webinar-series#topic6" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Setting up the Gradebook (Ultra)</a> - 3/11 @ 2 PM EST</li><li><a href="https://go.blackboard.com/Instructor-webinar-series#topic7" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Creating Assignments in Blackboard (Original)</a> - 3/16 @ 2 PM EST</li><li><a href="https://go.blackboard.com/Instructor-webinar-series#topic8" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Creating Tests in Blackboard Learn (Original)</a> - 3/17 @ 2 PM EST</li><li><a href="https://go.blackboard.com/Instructor-webinar-series#topic9" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Grading in Blackboard Learn (Original)</a> - 3/18 @ 2 PM EST</li><li><a href="https://go.blackboard.com/Instructor-webinar-series#topic10" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Improving Student Engagement (Original)</a> - 3/23 @ 2 PM EST</li><li><a href="https://go.blackboard.com/Instructor-webinar-series#topic11" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Guide to Building Mobile Content (Original &amp; Ultra)</a> - 3/24 @ 2 PM EST</li></ul></div><div><span>Have a question about Blackboard or Collaborate? Join a live Office Hours session where Blackboard experts will be on hand to answer questions, demonstrate workflows and provide guidance on teaching remotely.</span></div><div><ul><li><a href="https://go.blackboard.com/Instructor-webinar-series#topic12" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Ask the Experts: Blackboard Learn (Original &amp; Ultra)</a><span> - 3/24 @ 4 PM EST</span></li><li><a href="https://go.blackboard.com/Instructor-webinar-series#topic13" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Ask the Experts: Blackboard Collaborate</a><span> - 3/25 @ 2 PM EST</span></li></ul></div><div><div>A<span>ll webinars will be recorded and emailed to you after the session. Even if you can't attend live, please register so you can receive the recording.</span></div></div></div>
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