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What's New- Expanding PIVOT with Proactive Course Design Peer Reviews What’s new in Ultra for WT2022: Point-based rubrics, course banners, gradebook filters
- Creating Consistency in Course Sections with Ultra Templates
- Tips for Choosing Instructional Technologies for a Course
- Panopto Downtime on Jan 8 & Explorer Retirement
- VoiceThread Assignments for Media Projects and Peer Critique
- WT2021 Courses Created in Blackboard on 11.29.2021
- Coming Soon: Equitable & Inclusive Course for Faculty
- Webinar: What’s New in Ultra for Teaching & Learning for WT/SP2022 (1.11.22)
- Ultra Essentials Content & Engagement (1.13.22)
- Ultra Essentials Assessment & Grading (1.14.22)
- SP2022 USM Open Educational Resources Workshop Series
- Other Instructional Technology workshops for WT/SP2022
- What Faculty Should Know About Learning Analytics (10.14.21 event recording)
- National Distance Learning Week 2021 Series: Teaching & Learning in a Hybrid World
- Course Prep Checklists