Instructional Development | CITS

AI Revisited
We ARE the Jetsons. Dear Faculty, AI, ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, Chat Bots, and more! There is no doubt that each day we hear a word, read a headline, or have a conversation about Artificial Intelligence. The reality is that the TV show we grew up watching, The...

Formative Assessment…Ted Lasso Style.
"Every day is a chance to be better than we were the day before.” - Ted Lasso Dear Faculty, As you approach the mid-semester point, we would like to share with you two ideas that at first seem unrelated but have a lot in common: Ted Lasso and formative assessment. ...

Communication
"This is the next generation. These are the people I’m going to depend on to lead us,” she said. “I see it as one part being my duty. They don’t have the skills that I think they need. I have 16 weeks with them and I can try to do what I can. It’s not that I have to...

Promoting Student Well-being in Learning Environments
"We can all help to create an environment where students can flourish, where their well-being and learning is important." —Shaina Rowell Hello Faculty, Welcome back to campus! We hope the start of your semester is going well for you and your students. How lucky are we...
Blackboard Updates: Building Blocks, LTI tools, Publisher tools, and Kaltura!
Whew – there’s been a lot of Blackboard changes this summer! Please take a moment to review these important updates: Blackboard Building block tools updated to LTI tools Blackboard has retired building block (B2) tool integrations and moved to a newer and more secure...
Change the Course Image in myCourses
Is the course image Blackboard generated for your course title irrelevant? Would you like to select something more related or representative of your course topic? The recent Blackboard Base Navigation update added a default stock image to courses displayed in grid...