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Open time with Online Learning Services staff for instructors to ask questions and get support on ultra courses. Hosted on Zoom:

Open time with Online Learning Services staff for instructors to ask questions and get support on ultra courses. Hosted on Zoom: 

This newly-designed workshop is for Syracuse University instructors to use their syllabus to create a Blackboard ultra course from the ground up. In part one instructors will focus on updating their course structure to take advantage of ultra’s navigation. Instructors will create new Blackboard documents and copy items from their prior courses. The optional second part of the workshop will center on gradebook setup and assessment settings. The workshop is a “hands-on” opportunity to work with OLS staff as they guide participants through the process of re-designing for ultra.

This is a virtual training that will meet on Zoom with a limited number of seats available in each session.  

This 1-week, asynchronous training course is designed for instructors who want to transition to Ultra in a collaborative, guided working environment. Instructors can sign up in cohorts of 10-15 to be enrolled in a training course delivered through Blackboard Ultra itself. Each cohort will be assigned a facilitator from the OLS team who will actively monitor the online course, participate in Blackboard discussions, answer questions, and make individualized suggestions based on instructional needs and goals.

Each session will begin with a live, 1-hour Zoom workshop. Participants will then will have a week to work through the Blackboard training modules on their own time, interacting with colleagues and the course facilitator through Blackboard discussions and messages if they choose. Near the end of the week, there will be another live Zoom Q&A session with the facilitator. After the end of the week, OLS staff will no longer be actively monitoring the Blackboard training course, but instructors will retain access to the course training materials for reference and review.

In day-long workshops, faculty will receive training and guidance from OLS staff as they work side-by-side with other faculty to create and convert course content for delivery in ultra courses. Along the way, they will learn about new features available in ultra and about other supported technologies that can enhance their teaching such as Kaltura, PlayPosit, Poll Everywhere, and Qwickly. Selected participants will receive priority assistance from OLS, development spaces in the Blackboard system to work on their ultra content, and a monetary award of $500 for completing all of the workshop sessions.

In day-long workshops, faculty will receive training and guidance from OLS staff as they work side-by-side with other faculty to create and convert course content for delivery in ultra courses. Along the way, they will learn about new features available in ultra and about other supported technologies that can enhance their teaching such as Kaltura, PlayPosit, Poll Everywhere, and Qwickly. Selected participants will receive priority assistance from OLS, development spaces in the Blackboard system to work on their ultra content, and a monetary award of $500 for completing all of the workshop sessions.