Enhance Courses with Blackboard Ultra’s AI Design Assistant

Have you wondered how AI technology could transform your course preparation? What if those tools were available right within your Blackboard course? The AI Course Design Assistant Tools are available for instructors exclusively in Ultra! 

In this 40-minute Quick Start session, discover how you can leverage integrated AI tools to create engaging learning experiences in your Ultra courses. Instructional Technology staff invites faculty to explore the AI Course Design Assistant, designed to inspire and assist faculty in streamlining the course development process. Stay after for Q&A.

• Enhance Courses with Blackboard Ultra’s AI Design Assistant - Panopto Recording [CC enabled]
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Session Objectives

• Explore the seamless workflow to generate course structure and images 
• Select course content and input learning objectives to guide the AI creation process
• Create test questions, question banks, and grading rubrics
• Generate authentic journal, discussion, and assignment prompts
• Choose localized languages for customized output
• Review Anthology’s Trustworthy AI Approach

The AI Course Design Assistant capabilities are opt-in and the instructor is always in control of the content generated. Join this session to review these exciting tools for Ultra courses.

This session will be facilitated by Mariann Hawken, Director of Instructional Technology, and Josh Abrams, Instructional Design Specialist.

To RSVP for this event, please click “Going” below and be sure to add the event to your calendar! Registered participants will receive a calendar invitation prior to the event. 

At least 5 registrations are needed for this session to proceed as scheduled. The session will be recorded if two or more people attend and the link will be distributed to everyone who registered.

JOINING THE SESSION

This webinar will take place in a Google Meet virtual conference room. Enter the webinar up to 15 minutes before the start time. Select the "Join Online Event" button in myUMBC to join the session.

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