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Add Alt Text to Images Inside Your PDFs Using Ally’s Latest Update
Describe PDF images without leaving Blackboard
A student using a screen reader opens your lecture notes and reaches the diagram that ties the week together. The screen reader says one word: “diagram.jpg.” Until now, fixing that meant finding...
Posted: October 15, 2026, 10:00 AM
UMBC Faculty & Staff Co-author Article on AI in Teaching & Learning
Case study explores using AI to nudge student practice
Yesterday, the Online Learning Consortium published its June 2026 issue of the Online Learning Journal, featuring a special focus on Higher Education in an AI-Transformed World. The issue includes...
Posted: June 2, 2026, 1:36 PM
"AI, Unscripted" Podcast Series Spotlights Maryland Faculty Tackling AI in Teaching
Co-sponsored by USM Kirwan Center, CUSF, MarylandOnline
The "AI, Unscripted" podcast limited series guides faculty from curiosity to confidence in using artificial intelligence for teaching and learning. This seven-episode limited series from the...
Posted: August 25, 2025, 1:05 PM
Meet AVA: Blackboard’s AI-Powered Virtual Assistant for Faculty
AVA supports feedback and frequently asked student questions
This fall, UMBC faculty will have the opportunity to test Blackboard’s new AI Virtual Assistant (AVA), a suite of tools designed to support common teaching tasks. AVA Feedback Assistant will...
Posted: August 12, 2025, 12:29 PM
Using Google Doc "Versions" to Detect Student Originality vs. AI Abuse
Note: The following tip was shared as part of a 2/18/25 Faculty Development Center workshop, "Encouraging Academic Integrity in the Era of AI." Please feel free to adapt and make it your own....
Posted: May 14, 2025, 2:25 PM
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