Faculty/Staff Development Calendar

These virtual help sessions are for faculty and staff who need assistance with technology used at QCC, such as Blackboard, Starfish, Turnitin, The "Q", Collaborate and Zoom.

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This one-hour workshop is intended for faculty and staff who have taken other workshops in our Blackboard Ultra series and are ready to convert a course or organization from original to Ultra for the Spring 2024 semester. During this workshop, attendees will learn how to request the Ultra course view for future courses; how to copy content, assignments, rubrics, and test banks into their Ultra course; and how to edit course materials in Ultra.

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This 90-minute workshop is intended for faculty who have attended the Blackboard Ultra Essentials and Blackboard Ultra Assignments workshops and who want to delve deeper into using the gradebook in an Ultra course. During this workshop, attendees will learn about various views in the Ultra gradebook and gradebook settings, how to create rubrics and categories, how to set up calculations for the overall grade, how to monitor students’ performance using analytics, and how to use new features in Ultra that allow students to practice self-determination by keeping track of their own progress.     

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This 90-minute workshop is intended for faculty, staff, and administrators who want to learn more about the Ultra course view, including where to find features and tools; how layers work when navigating an Ultra course; how to organize course content using learning modules and folders; how to add content, announcements, and a Zoom link; and how to use course messages.  

Click HERE to sign up!

These virtual help sessions are for faculty and staff who need assistance with technology used at QCC, such as Blackboard, Starfish, Turnitin, The "Q", Collaborate and Zoom.

Click HERE to Sign Up!

This one-hour workshop is intended for faculty and staff who have taken other workshops in our Blackboard Ultra series and are ready to convert a course or organization from original to Ultra for the Spring 2024 semester. During this workshop, attendees will learn how to request the Ultra course view for future courses; how to copy content, assignments, rubrics, and test banks into their Ultra course; and how to edit course materials in Ultra.

Click HERE to sign up!

This 90-minute workshop is intended for faculty have attended the Blackboard Ultra Essentials workshop and who want to learn how to add various types of assessments, such as discussions, assignments, tests, Hypothesis assignments, and Turnitin assignments to a Blackboard Ultra course. 

Click HERE to sign up!

This one-hour workshop is intended for faculty and staff who have taken other workshops in our Blackboard Ultra series and are ready to convert a course or organization from original to Ultra for the Spring 2024 semester. During this workshop, attendees will learn how to request the Ultra course view for future courses; how to copy content, assignments, rubrics, and test banks into their Ultra course; and how to edit course materials in Ultra.

Click HERE to sign up!

These virtual help sessions are for faculty and staff who need assistance with technology used at QCC, such as Blackboard, Starfish, Turnitin, The "Q", Collaborate and Zoom.

Click HERE to Sign Up!

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These virtual help sessions are for faculty and staff who need assistance with technology used at QCC, such as Blackboard, Starfish, Turnitin, The "Q", Collaborate and Zoom.

Click HERE to Sign Up!

Hosted by Blackboard 

This workshop is intended for those who are ready for the next level of Ultra learning because they have attended previous Ultra trainings, reviewed materials in the Blackboard Ultra Faculty and Staff Self-Paced Training course, and/or are using Ultra and are comfortable with the basic tools and features. 

By the end of the module, participants should be able to: 

Identify opportunities for personalized and collaborative learning. 

Understand the administrative and instructional uses of groups. 

Engage students in active learning through customized learning paths and group activities. 

Differentiate learning based on the use of release conditions for coursework 

Assign and assess collaborative efforts. 

Sample Topics 

Overview of collaborative opportunities 

Create various group types for both instructional and administrative purposes 

Create and assess group assignments and discussions 

This workshop is intended for those who are ready for the next level of Ultra learning because they have attended previous Ultra trainings, reviewed materials in the Blackboard Ultra Faculty and Staff Self-Paced Training course, and/or are using Ultra and are comfortable with the basic tools and features. Topics covered during this workshop include cloud documents (including how embedded documents work); rubrics for non-Bb assignments; AI features and tools, such as auto-generated learning modules, test bank questions, images, rubrics and various types of assignments; and new features in Hypothesis and Kaltura, such as Annoto.  

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This 90-minute workshop is intended for faculty have attended the Blackboard Ultra Essentials workshop and who want to learn how to add various types of assessments, such as discussions, assignments, tests, Hypothesis assignments, and Turnitin assignments to a Blackboard Ultra course. 

Click HERE to sign up!

During this two-day intensive Ultra course view training, you’ll learn how to organize course content, use various features and tools, add different types of content and assignments/assessments, use the gradebook and progress tracking, and copy course materials into an Ultra course. The first two hours of each session will focus on how to use Ultra, and the last hour will be guided hands-on application of what you learned.

Please note: this is a two-day training, so when you register for this workshop, you are registering for both days, May 22nd and 23rd.   

Click HERE to sign up!

During this two-day intensive Ultra course view training, you’ll learn how to organize course content, use various features and tools, add different types of content and assignments/assessments, use the gradebook and progress tracking, and copy course materials into an Ultra course. The first two hours of each session will focus on how to use Ultra, and the last hour will be guided hands-on application of what you learned.

Please note: this is a two-day training, so when you register for this workshop, you are registering for both days, May 22nd and 23rd.   

Click HERE to sign up!

These virtual help sessions are for faculty and staff who need assistance with technology used at QCC, such as Blackboard, Starfish, Turnitin, The "Q", Collaborate and Zoom.

Click HERE to Sign Up!

This 90-minute workshop is intended for faculty, staff, and administrators who want to learn more about the Ultra course view, including where to find features and tools; how layers work when navigating an Ultra course; how to organize course content using learning modules and folders; how to add content, announcements, and a Zoom link; and how to use course messages.  

Click HERE to sign up!

These virtual help sessions are for faculty and staff who need assistance with technology used at QCC, such as Blackboard, Starfish, Turnitin, The "Q", Collaborate and Zoom.

Click HERE to Sign Up!

Click HERE for the Agenda and to Register!

This 90-minute workshop is intended for faculty who have attended the Blackboard Ultra Essentials and Blackboard Ultra Assignments workshops and who want to delve deeper into using the gradebook in an Ultra course. During this workshop, attendees will learn about various views in the Ultra gradebook and gradebook settings, how to create rubrics and categories, how to set up calculations for the overall grade, how to monitor students’ performance using analytics, and how to use new features in Ultra that allow students to practice self-determination by keeping track of their own progress.     

Click HERE to sign up!