Teaching, Learning, Innovation, and Collaboration
Upcoming Sessions
November 17, 2026 1:00 pm
Ally is a new addition to Blackboard which helps us provide our students with content that’s accessible in a variety of ways. In this session we’ll review the alternative formats Ally makes available, then we’ll review Ally’s accessibility score and how you can take steps …
November 20, 2026 1:00 pm
Artificial intelligence is transforming how we teach, learn, and work. It also prompts critical questions about judgment, trust, and our core human values. This session invites faculty of all experience levels to explore the intersection of innovation and discernment. Through concrete examples, we will examine …
November 24, 2026 1:00 pm
In this session we’ll review the tools that control how students access assessments in Blackboard. We’ll review settings like item availability, due dates, remote proctoring (via LockDown Browser), posting grades, feedback options, and student accommodations, with an eye toward how all these pieces can be …
YuJa’s Lumia Media Library is an excellent tool for sharing video with students and peers through Blackboard. In this session we’ll not only look at how to embed video into Blackboard through YuJa, we will also explore how to create shared-access folders which let you …
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Recent Technology Updates
Blackboard’s November update, released for November 6, brings improvements to rubrics, group management, and feedback in Ultra courses. Some features …
October brought improvements to rubric management, grading, assignment submissions, and AI activities in Blackboard Ultra, and Ally improvements to PDF …
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Teaching Guides
What generative AI means for teaching, learning and course design.
How faculty build students’ sense of belonging, in person or online.
Putting growth-mindset research to work in your courses.
Step by step, from learning objectives to evaluating and revising a course.
Universal Design for Learning principles and making course materials accessible.
Latest Articles
By: Michael L. Verdusco, CETL Director The CETL website has a new homepage and menu organized around what you need to do. Whether you want to register for a session, get help …
My Hub: Your registrations, attendance, meeting polls and appointments in one place. You will sign in with your Detroit Mercy account if you have not already.
Mastery of teaching is a lifelong pursuit, and the goal of the Center is to assist faculty in their pursuit of academic excellence and pedagogical acumen.
The CETL Suite is on the third floor of the McNichols Library, Teaching & Learning Center. Send programming suggestions to cetl@udmercy.edu, contact L. Michael Verdusco, Director, or call the CETL Main Office at 313-578-0580.