Current Sessions

Building on last month’s AI Panel: Student Voices and Faculty Perspectives, this follow-up session invites faculty into an open discussion centered around authentic student reflections on artificial intelligence. Participants will hear excerpts from student voice recordings that highlight how learners are using generative AI, the benefits and challenges they encounter, and their perspectives on how AI is shaping their academic and professional futures.

Rather than a panel, this session will serve as a collaborative forum for faculty to respond to these student experiences, share their own observations, and consider implications for teaching, assessment, and classroom policy. Together, we will reflect on how the “echoes” of student voices can inform meaningful, forward-looking conversations about AI in higher education.

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The switch from Classic to Ultra can be daunting. In this session, we’ll look at some of Ultra’s basic design principles that will help guide you as you create and use your Ultra-style course. We’ll also discuss some best practices for converting your Classic-style courses to Ultra as painlessly as possible. 

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This interactive session introduces faculty to the art and science of crafting effective prompts for artificial intelligence tools. Beginning with simple, direct instructions, participants will explore how to gradually build more complex and structured prompts that produce reliable, nuanced, and context-specific results. The session will also highlight strategies for scaffolding, ethical considerations, and the importance of data security when working with AI.

The session will emphasize strategies for:

• A framework for moving from basic one-line prompts to structured, reusable ones.
• Scaffolding techniques such as role assignment, context-setting, and examples.
• Approaches for refining prompts into templates for clarity, precision, and pedagogical usefulness.
• Awareness of how to responsibly and securely integrate AI into teaching and learning.

Optional after session:
Faculty are invited to remain after the presentation to get started on ideas for their own pedagogical needs, such as activities, case studies, and assessments.

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The switch from Classic to Ultra can be daunting. In this session, we’ll look at some of Ultra’s basic design principles that will help guide you as you create and use your Ultra-style course. We’ll also discuss some best practices for converting your Classic-style courses to Ultra as painlessly as possible. 

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The switch from Classic to Ultra can be daunting. In this session, we’ll look at some of Ultra’s basic design principles that will help guide you as you create and use your Ultra-style course. We’ll also discuss some best practices for converting your Classic-style courses to Ultra as painlessly as possible. 

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The switch from Classic to Ultra can be daunting. In this session, we’ll look at some of Ultra’s basic design principles that will help guide you as you create and use your Ultra-style course. We’ll also discuss some best practices for converting your Classic-style courses to Ultra as painlessly as possible. 

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Students have come to rely on Blackboard’s gradebook to help them stay on top of their performance in a course. Having an accurate total, whether you use a weighted percentage or basic points, is a key element of helping your students track their progress. In this session, we’ll look at how to set up the total in your gradebook, and how to quickly review and set categories on all your gradebook items. 

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Students have come to rely on Blackboard’s gradebook to help them stay on top of their performance in a course. Having an accurate total, whether you use a weighted percentage or basic points, is a key element of helping your students track their progress. In this session, we’ll look at how to set up the total in your gradebook, and how to quickly review and set categories on all your gradebook items. 

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This session explores how artificial intelligence can be thoughtfully integrated into teaching and learning practices. Faculty will consider how AI influences classroom policies, course design, and instructional strategies. From drafting syllabi to developing study guides, AI can serve as a collaborative tool to enhance efficiency, creativity, and student engagement. Participants will also discuss the ethical implications of AI in higher education and strategies for maintaining academic integrity.

The session will emphasize strategies for:

• Setting clear AI-related classroom policies.
• Using AI to support lesson planning, scaffolding, and lecture design.
• Creating teaching materials such as study guides, alternate/varying examples, and practice activities.
• Leveraging AI to develop interactive and student-centered learning experiences during class sessions.
• Exploring approaches for measuring learning outcomes in AI-supported contexts.

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Students have come to rely on Blackboard’s gradebook to help them stay on top of their performance in a course. Having an accurate total, whether you use a weighted percentage or basic points, is a key element of helping your students track their progress. In this session, we’ll look at how to set up the total in your gradebook, and how to quickly review and set categories on all your gradebook items. 

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Students have come to rely on Blackboard’s gradebook to help them stay on top of their performance in a course. Having an accurate total, whether you use a weighted percentage or basic points, is a key element of helping your students track their progress. In this session, we’ll look at how to set up the total in your gradebook, and how to quickly review and set categories on all your gradebook items. 

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In Ultra-style courses, Tests and Assignments have nearly the same set of settings. While there are similarities to assessment settings in Classic-style courses, there are also some significant differences. In this workshop, we’ll go through Ultra’s assessment settings panel, looking at what settings are available, how to apply them, and how different combinations of settings can impact the student experience and your assessments’ integrity. 

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In Ultra-style courses, Tests and Assignments have nearly the same set of settings. While there are similarities to assessment settings in Classic-style courses, there are also some significant differences. In this workshop, we’ll go through Ultra’s assessment settings panel, looking at what settings are available, how to apply them, and how different combinations of settings can impact the student experience and your assessments’ integrity. 

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In Ultra-style courses, Tests and Assignments have nearly the same set of settings. While there are similarities to assessment settings in Classic-style courses, there are also some significant differences. In this workshop, we’ll go through Ultra’s assessment settings panel, looking at what settings are available, how to apply them, and how different combinations of settings can impact the student experience and your assessments’ integrity. 

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This session focuses on how AI can support faculty in designing authentic, ethical, and effective assessments. Participants will explore strategies for using AI to create project-based and scenario-driven assessments, generate question and feedback templates, and design rubrics for clarity and consistency. Themes of academic integrity issues, including reducing misconduct opportunities, developing fair policies, and shifting toward authentic assessment practices that encourage deep learning, will be threaded throughout the session.

The session will emphasize strategies for:

• Crafting authentic assessments such as projects and scenario-based tasks.
• Developing question templates, feedback frameworks, and rubrics with AI support.
• Using AI responsibly to streamline assessment design while maintaining rigor.
• Recognizing ethical challenges and addressing academic integrity concerns in an AI-enabled learning environment.

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