August 2017 | Instructor & Course Designer Newsletter

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Instructor & Course Designer Newsletter

August, 2017

LET’S CELEBRATE YOUR SUCCESS!

Honoring our 2017 Catalyst Award winners

The annual Catalyst Awards recognize and honor innovation and excellence in the Blackboard global community of practice. This year, 32 winners from across eight categories were honored during BbWorld’s general session awards presentation and at a celebration reception.

#BbWorld17

WEBINARS

BbWorld 2017 LIVE - for Higher Ed Faculty & Instructional Designers

On-demand recorded sessions | Watch at your convenience

Not able to attend our BbWorld LIVE streaming video sessions? No worries! We recorded them for you. Topics included teaching & learning in unprecedented times, making your online content more interactive, using humor to engage students online, and much more!

Register to view

Higher Ed Blackboard Innovative Teaching Series (BITS)
August 17 - November 9 | Two webinars per month

Welcome back to our fall BITS webinar series! Three of our MVPs will kick of the series on 8/17 with "10 Tips to use Learn tools and features to engage students." See you there!

Register here

Best of BbWorld 2017 Webinar Series
August 16 - November 15 | Two webinars per month

Eight live encore presentations from New Orleans that you don’t want to miss! Invite your peers to enjoy together.

Register here

Exemplary Course Program Cohort
September 19 - October 10 | One webinar per week

Using the Blackboard Exemplary Course Program (ECP) Rubric as a guide, this 4-part virtual cohort program will provide tips, tricks, and best practices from Exemplary Course winners and course design experts. Seating limited, so don’t delay!

Register here

TIPS, TRICKS AND UPDATES

Blackboard Instructor App Now Available!

This new mobile app gives you a simple and intuitive way to manage courses, interact with students, and preview content. It’s currently available on the Apple App and Google Play stores. To learn more about Blackboard Instructor, visit the new Blackboard Instructor help page.

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Improve your Learn course quality and delivery
Maximize your online teaching and learning skills! Sign up for our most popular training for creating courses and assessing students in Blackboard Learn and Collaborate. Note: Training must be purchased by 9/15/2017. Course must be taken by 12/31/2017.

Get 20% off with the code BbWorld2017

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Arkansas State University keeps faculty and students in sync on campus
Blackboard and Dropbox enable seamless access to course content for over 16,000 Arkansas State students, faculty, and researchers across ten campuses.

Read the case study

OPPORTUNITIES TO NETWORK

Join these online Blackboard Communities to connect, share, and learn with your peers

BLACKBOARD NEWS

[edscoop] Blackboard announces new mobile app for instructors
By Emily Tate, Education Staff Reporter, Scoop News Group

Blackboard has introduced a new mobile app designed specially for teachers, professors, and educators.
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[Campus Technology] Students More Likely to Read Alerts that Deliver Good News and Comparisons with Peers
By Dian Schaffhauser, Senior Contributing Editor, Campus Technology

Students love to hear good news about how well they're doing in their courses, according to a recent research project.
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Blackboard Learn and Copia Class partnership

Helping you bring the traditional syllabus to life. With the Blackboard and Copia integration, you have access to a powerful platform to deliver customizable and collaborative content, easily exercise choice, maximize your time, and increase student engagement.
Learn more

Announcing our NEW partner pages on Blackboard.com

Connect with nearly 200 partners offering innovative education solutions that integrate seamlessly with Blackboard Learn. Visit Blackboard.com/partnership and Blackboard.com/partnersolutions to learn more about how our Premier and Signature partners can help you enhance your Blackboard Learn experience.

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