November Scholar Training

Now that Ultra courses have been rolled out to everyone, Academic Technologies is offering training on additional aspects of Ultra, as well as some other tools connected to Scholar.  You'll be able to learn how to make your course more accessible, proctor tests, use AI to generate components of your course, and work with multiple courses using Qwickly Course Tools. We'll also have a review of the Gradebook for those of you who are getting ready for final grades. These training sessions will be offered online, and you must SIGN UP HERE to attend.  Links to the course will be sent out to everyone who signs up the day before the course.

Our training schedule is below:

Proctoring Tests with Respondus

The Respondus Lockdown Browser and Respondus Monitor are a pair of linked tools that, together, create a complete online proctoring experience. In this training, we will go over the basics of each tool, and provide a basic demonstration of how to enable and use these tools to create, secure, and review online exams.

Wednesday, November 6, 2:00pm

AI Design Assistant

Blackboard has provided several tools to allow you to take advantage of AI to make developing Scholar courses easier. You can generate course modules, add images to your course, create assignments and discussions, and generate test questions. You’re always in control, and can modify these items at any time. This course will give you what you need to use the AI tools in your course.

Thursday, November 7, 11:00am

Qwickly Attendance

Qwickly Attendance allows faculty to take attendance in their classes either manually or by having students "check in" on a computer or mobile device.  Grades for attendance can then be added to a Grade Center column. This session will cover setting up Attendance in your course, adding Gradebook columns, and the student view.

Wednesday, November 13, 2:00pm

Discussions and Journals

Scholar includes several tools which allow you and your students to continue the conversation online after class is over.  You can use Scholar’s communication tools to get your students talking about the topic for class, or as an opportunity for students to individually reflect on course topics. This session will give you the information that you need to set up, manage and grade activities using Scholar’s communication tools

Thursday, November 14, 11:00am

Ultra Gradebook

The Grade Center/Gradebook module in Scholar can save you a lot of time and effort.  It automatically incorporates test or assignment grades issued through Scholar, performs all calculations, and immediately communicates that information to students. This session will show faculty members how to  set up columns in their grade center/gradebook, incorporate existing assignments, and use calculated columns for unit of final grades.

Wednesday, November 20, 2:00pm

Accessibility Tools in Scholar

Creating accessible materials helps students with disabilities be full participants in your course, and can make things better even for students without disabilities. The Ally tools built in to Scholar can help you determine how accessible your content is. This session will show you how to use those tools, and how to fix the most common accessibility issues.

Thursday, November 21, 11:00am