Faculty Training
The Center for Online Learning & Teaching Technology will be offering various training on Quality Matters, Blackboard Learn and other supported tools. These sessions are open to all UTRGV faculty interested in learning more about Blackboard Learn and how they can apply it to their courses and beneficial for faculty who are currently teaching or will be teaching fully online or hybrid courses in the near future.
The training that we offered are listed below, please check our training website for specific dates and times. If you need to request a special training session for a group of faculty or staff, please submit a Faculty Help Request .
Applying the Quality Matters Rubric Workshop
Goes over how to Apply the Quality Matters Rubric. This rubric introduces participants to best practices, instructional design, and research-based design principles of an online/hybrid course to ensure quality assurance. This workshop is required if you are planning to teach online.
| Date | Time | Location | Register |
| May 10th | 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Edinburg Campus | Sign Up! |
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| May 14th - 28th | N/A | Online | Sign Up! |
| June 4th - 18th | N/A | Online | Sign Up! |
| June 7th | 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Brownsville | Sign Up! |
| July 2nd | 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Edinburg Campus | Sign Up! |
| July 9th - 23rd | N/A | Online | Sign Up! |
| August 2nd | 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Brownsville | Sign Up! |
| August 6th - 20th | N/A | Online | Sign Up! |
Blackboard Ally
This new integration will allow faculty to check the accessibility of files uploaded to Blackboard. This tool will also provide guidance to improve the accessibility of your files and generate alternative accessible formats for students.
There are currently no scheduled upcoming trainings. Please contact the COLTT office for assistance.
Blackboard Basics
This training is designed to help faculty members develop the basic knowledge and skills necessary to use Blackboard Learn. This is Part 1 of 2 and covers the basics of Blackboard navigation, creating, editing, and deleting items, folders, etc.
| Date | Time | Brownsville Campus | Edinburg Campus |
| May 2 | 11:20 AM - 12:50 PM | Online | Online |
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| May 15 | 11:20 AM - 12:50 PM | BCASA 617 | EEDUC 2.202 |
| May 30 | 11:20 AM - 12:50 PM | Online | Online |
| June 27 | 11:20 AM - 12:50 PM | Online | Online |
Blackboard Intermediate
This training will add on to the skills learned in the Blackboard Basics training and help faculty members dive deeper into Blackboard Learn. This series will cover Discussion Board, Rubrics, Assignments, Gradebook, and Needs Grading.
| Date | Time | Brownsville Campus | Edinburg Campus |
| May 3 | 11:20 AM - 12:50 PM | Online | Online |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22 | 11:20 AM - 12:50 PM | BCASA 617 | EEDUC 2.202 |
| May 31 | 11:20 AM - 12:50 PM | Online | Online |
| June 28 | 11:20 AM - 12:50 PM | Online | Online |
Blackboard Advanced - Grade Center
This training will cover the various features from the Blackboard Grade Center. From creating a regular and/or calculated column to assigning letter grades.
There are currently no scheduled upcoming trainings. Please contact the COLTT office for assistance.
Blackboard Advanced - Rubrics
Are your students capable of better quality work than their current submissions? Are you searching for a way to end the rough-is-my-final-draft pandemic? Are you ready to maximize the impact of your rubrics?
Join us as we explore the anatomy of a scaffolded rubric to transform one of your own! To get the most out of this session, be sure to bring a rubric you plan on using in an upcoming module or term. It would be ideal to bring a range of samples from previous submissions if they are available.
There are currently no scheduled upcoming trainings. Please contact the COLTT office for assistance.
Blackboard Collaborate Ultra
The purpose of this training is to aid faculty in the use of Bb Collaborate Ultra for synchronous class delivery. Faculty will become acquainted with its tools and features. In addition, this training will cover best practices and techniques in the implementation of Bb Collaborate Ultra into the classroom. Bb Collaborate Ultra is a real-time video conferencing tool that lets you add files, share applications, and use a virtual whiteboard to interact with participants. Bb Collaborate Ultra is an integrated tool within Blackboard Learn and is available to all courses. Bb Collaborate Ultra now opens right in your browser, so students and yourself do not have to install any software to join a session.
There are currently no scheduled upcoming trainings. Please contact the COLTT office for assistance.
Panopto Basics
The Basic Training Webinar is designed for new users and beginners who would like to learn how to use the Panopto software. This webinar will cover creating, managing, and editing sessions as well as navigating the Panopto interface.
| Date | Time | Brownsville Campus | Edinburg Campus |
| May 2 | 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Online | Online |
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| May 23 | 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Online | Online |
| May 29 | 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Online | Online |
| June 13 | 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Online | Online |
| June 27 | 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Online | Online |
| July 1 | 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Online | Online |
| July 15 | 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Online | Online |
| July 29 | 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Online | Online |
Panopto Advanced
Learn more about modifying videos, adding components, and splicing.
| Date | Time | Brownsville Campus | Edinburg Campus |
| May 30 | 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Online | Online |
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Respondus Test Generator and Lockdown Browser/Monitor
Creating quizzes and exams is often a time-consuming task, but Respondus takes much of the difficulty out of it. With Respondus, instructors can import test questions from a word document, and the program will convert the document to a format that is ready to upload to Blackboard- no more copying and pasting.
There are currently no scheduled upcoming trainings. Please contact the COLTT office for assistance.
SoftChalk Cloud
Create, customize and personalize content by mashing up your own materials with rich media, interactive exercises, quizzes, and text.
The combination of personalized content, embedded assessment, interactivity, and immediate student feedback increases student engagement and improves learning outcomes.
There are currently no scheduled upcoming trainings. Please contact the COLTT office for assistance.
Tegrity
This training is meant to aid faculty in recording lessons, lectures, and skills for traditional, hybrid and online courses. It will cover the basic features of Tegrity, providing the opportunity to learn how to create a recording, edit a recording and make the recording available to students in Blackboard Learn.
There are currently no scheduled upcoming trainings Please contact the COLTT office for assistance.
Turning Technologies
This training will cover the setup of Turning Point, how faculty use the receiver, how to create a polling presentation in PowerPoint and how to integrate or create sessions.
There are currently no scheduled upcoming trainings. Please contact the COLTT office for assistance.