Get your Fall courses ready! Join The Center for Instructional Technology Thursday, August 14 and Friday, August 15 for two days of workshops and technical and pedagogical assistance to get you ready for the semester. Enjoy workshops, help sessions, and refreshments as you prepare for the semester. Register for Fall 2025 Teaching with Tech Prep Days Sessions

Fall 2025 Teaching with Tech Prep Days Schedule

Thursday, August 14
Thursday highlights include an introduction to CIT and our supported technologies, 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Blackboard Ultra, and a special edition of CIT’s popular Blackboard Ultra Café event in which Blackboard experts offer guidance in interactive workshops and an open workspace. Online offerings will examine Ultra beyond the basics, including a look at the recently-enabled Blackboard AI Design Assistant.

Sessions in Gordon Palmer Hall (GP)

• 9am – 9:30am: Meet CIT and 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Ultra (A232 GP)
• 9:30am – 11am: Ultra Café Morning Café
  • Part 1: Interactive Workshop – Blackboard Ultra Basics (A232 GP)
  • Part 2: Open Workspace (A204 GP)
• 1pm – 3pm: Ultra Café Afternoon Café
  • Part 1: Interactive Workshop – Transitioning Original Courses to Ultra Courses (A232 GP)
  • Part 2: Open Workspace (A204 GP)

Online sessions

• 9:30am – 10am: Meet CIT and 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Ultra
• 10am – 11am: Blackboard Ultra: Creating Dynamic Content
• 1pm – 2pm: Blackboard Ultra AI Design Assistant
• 2pm – 3pm: Blackboard Ultra: Grading & Managing the Gradebook

Friday, August 15
Friday reprises the Meet CIT and 10 Things sessions, followed by Ultra sessions led by a variety of CIT instructors. See the newly-enabled Blackboard AI Design Assistant in action, learn how to create dynamic content, explore grading and managing the gradebook, and get course building support in open workspaces and virtual office hours.

Sessions in Gordon Palmer Hall

• 9am – 9:30am: Meet CIT and 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Ultra (A232 GP)
• 9am – 11am: Open Workspace (A204 GP)
• 9:30am – 11am: Blackboard Ultra AI Design Assistant (A232 GP)
• 1pm – 3pm: Open Workspace (A204 GP)
• 1pm – 2pm: Blackboard Ultra: Creating Dynamic Content (A232)
• 2 pm – 3pm: Blackboard Ultra: Grading and Managing the Gradebook (A232)

Online sessions

• 9am – 9:30am: Meet CIT and 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Ultra
• 9:30am – 11am: Virtual Office Hours