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  • Before Trying the Ultra Preview: We invite faculty to preview your courses in Ultra by clicking “Try the Ultra Course View!” prompt. This will temporarily convert your course. You will then have the option to either click “Back to Original Course” or “Use the Ultra Course. If you click “Use the Ultra Course, it is not possible to return to Learn Original 
  • Reminder: The deadlines for Course Development are:
    • Courses offered during the Spring term: August 15th
    • Courses offered during the Summer term: January 15th
    • Courses offered during the Fall term: May 15th
  • Join us for the Design Center’s daily “big picture” introduction to Ultra from 12-12:30 every Monday through Friday.
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  • Would your Department be interested in holding an Ultra Design Lab for faculty training? Let us know!
  • Looking to get QM certified? See upcoming workshops.
  • How are you using AI in your classroom? Take our survey and let us know! 
  • Want to start exploring Ultra or building content for spring? Request an Ultra Course Shell
  • Do you have a suggestion to improve Ultra? Anthology wants to hear your voice! Share your idea and vote for other proposed changes on the Anthology Idea Exchange
  • Need information on Course Archiving
  • Developing a new Online Program? Use the Distance Course Development Application. For more information, visit our Course Development page.
  • Looking for support? Join the Distance Education Support Community Team to get direct access to designers, instructional documents, meetings, and virtual workshops.
  • Want to add online proctoring options to preserve test integrity? Refer to our Proctoring page for more details on how to add the lock-down browser and online monitoring services in Blackboard.

Newsletter Features

In the Know: Designing Tests for Academic Integrity

Time limits, question view, and feedback settings in Ultra Tests can support academic integrity. We show you how to customize these to your testing needs. 

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Faculty Spotlight

Dr. Chris Sochor is an assistant Professor in Leadership Studies in the College of Education and Professional Development, who formerly served as an Instructional Designer at Marshall for 16 years. Read more about his unique insights into why it’s important to intentionally focus on belonging in higher education…

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Best Practices Series: Assessing for Critical Thinking

What actually constitutes critical thinking? How can we assess it? We share best practices for designing and assessing assignments that promote critical thinking

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Blackboard News

The Exemplary Course Program (ECP) recognizes instructors whose courses demonstrate best practices in four major areas: course design, interaction and collaboration, assessment, and learner support. Winners are selected by peers in the education community including course developers, instructional designers, teachers, and professors using the Exemplary Course Program Rubric. Submissions will be accepted via the new portal May 10th.

 

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Refer to the Blackboard Services Status page for the most up-to-date information on the availability of Blackboard systems.

NOTICE: Our Blackboard Learn is running on Amazon’s Web Services (cloud) with a weekly maintenance window at 3:00 AM on Tuesdays. Services may be intermittently unavailable in Blackboard at this time.

NOTICE: Marshall IT schedules a weekly maintenance window on Sundays from 7 AM to 1 PM Eastern time. Services may be intermittent during this time each week. Pre-planned IT upgrades and outages will take place during Labor Day weekend.

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