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Blackboard Ultra Course Builder Bootcamp

Blackboard Ultra Course Builder Bootcamp

Date/Time:
July 29, 2025, 9:00 AM
Location:
McN Library TLC - R324
In this three-day intensive workshop series, we’ll cover all the basic principles of building and running an Ultra-style Blackboard course site. If you register for this series, CETL will reach out via email in July to ask for a course you intend to convert or build, then teach using an Ultra-style course site in Fall 2025. We will use this to set you up with development space for working on your Ultra-style course. CETL expects that, by attending the morning workshops and taking advantage of the afternoon development sessions, most classic-to-Ultra conversions could be completed and ready for teaching by the end of the bootcamp.   

Schedule 

Morning sessions will consist of designer-led instruction. Afternoon sessions will be focused on building or converting your course with the support of the instructional design team so it is ready to launch the start of the Fall term. 

Tuesday 7/29 

9AM – Ultra Course Site Organization and Basic Principles  10AM – Ultra Content tools – Adding Documents, Links, Files, and Video  11AM – Communicate with Your Students Using Messages and Announcements  12 – Lunch on your own  1PM-3PM – Supported Course Development, Individual Q&A 

Wednesday 7/30 

9AM – Ultra Testing  10AM – Ultra Assignments  11AM – Creating Rubrics  12 – Lunch on Your Own  1PM-3PM – Supported Course Development, Individual Q&A 

Thursday 7/31 

9AM – Ultra Gradebook setup  10AM – Running an Ultra Course – Grading, Accommodations, and Analytics  11AM – General Ultra Q&A  12 – Lunch on Your Own  1PM-3PM – Supported Course Development, Individual Q&A   

Blackboard Ultra Mentoring Program  

Blackboard Ultra Course Builder Bootcamp attendees will have first-in-line opportunity to join the CETL Blackboard Ultra Mentoring Program (BUMP).   BUMP participants will be paired with a CETL designer who will be enrolled in their ultra-style course site to help monitor any technical issues. The designer will serve as the mentee’s first point-of-contact for questions and technical issues. They’ll provide hands-on support and in-depth consultation during the course creation (or conversion) process. Once the course has kicked off, the mentor will check in regularly via email to see how the course is progressing, if there are any concerns, and if there’s any additional support that they can provide.   We are limited to 12 BUMP mentorships for Fall 2025.  

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Session E3: Find your Fulbright Fit: Expanded Opportunities for Community-Engaged Learning Abroad

When

Tuesday, August 20, 2024    
3:30 PM - 4:45 PM

Bookings

Bookings closed

Where

CF 213
4001 W. McNichols Road, Detroit

Event Type

Presenters: Lara Wasner, Stokes Baker, Shardé Chapman, Gail Presbey, Sarida Scott

Session Description: Fulbright programs carry a certain prestige valued in academic circles. These high-impact overseas study and research opportunities directly related to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Today’s Fulbright awards are more inclusive, engaging, and accessible than ever, offering faculty, administrators, and even students the opportunity to conduct overseas research, collaborate on professional projects, and impact their world through community-engaged learning abroad. This session introduces attendees to many Fulbright awards offered annually. Search the database with us, conduct a country and discipline search, explore the benefits of conducting overseas research, and hear from colleagues about how these programs have shaped scholarship in dynamic ways. This session will provide an overview of Fulbright and Fulbright Hays opportunities open to university faculty, administrators, students, and young professionals. These include summer seminars abroad and semester-longer term research and/or teaching opportunities. We will share tips on conducting program searches, preparing solid applications that meet deadlines, and engage reviewers. Recent Fulbright and Fulbright Hays awardees will share recent experiences, insights, and how these international collaborative opportunities enhanced teaching and learning in meaningful ways.

Bookings

Registrations are closed for this event.