This month's update to Ultra provides new and updates indicators for core functionality in Ultra courses including discussions, grading, and reports.
Two improvements to Ultra focus on the AI Course Design Assistant and the Blackboard mobile app:
Additional improvements in December include:
Faculty should see the latest updates in their Ultra courses around December 5-6, 2024. The next update to our Ultra test environment will take place on December 10, 2024; release notes are posted to the What's New in Ultra that same week. Faculty who are interested in test driving new features before they are released to production should open an RT ticket to request early access. Please watch the FAQs, including the What's New with Ultra page, and myUMBC for additional information about Ultra.
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University of Maryland, Baltimore County Hosted National “Restorative Communities of Practice” Convening
Baltimore, MD – November 19, 2024 – The Division of Institutional Equity, and partners in Restorative Practices and Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation (TRHT) at The University of Maryland, Baltimore County was proud to announce its participation as one of 21 host institutions for the Restorative Communities of Practice (RCoP) convening, a new national hybrid event organized by the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE) for senior diversity leaders in higher education to reflect on and develop plans for responding strategically to the challenges to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.
This event took place on Friday, November 15, 2024, across 21 host institutions. It brought together more than 200 senior-level diversity officers and academic diversity officers to advance dialogue regarding the current and future state of higher education to prepare all students to be successful while fostering a community of practice among leaders. Leaders from the American Association of Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation (TRHT) Campus Centers were also invited to participate.
Leadership perspectives and ideas gathered during this convening contributed to the ongoing conversation about how higher education can better serve all individuals and communities. They also informed NADOHE’s work and the efforts of its membership, as well as business, community, and nonprofit leaders seeking to advance more inclusive environments.
“As the leading voice for current and aspiring leaders, NADOHE has been at the forefront of efforts that advanced opportunities for students rather than limited them,” said Clyde Wilson Pickett, chair of NADOHE’s Board of Directors. “The RCoP convening allowed participants to share experiences and develop strategies for advancing access, success, and excellence in higher education.”
“As NADOHE members and higher education institutions navigated changing laws and obstacles to success, it was absolutely critical that we understood what they were experiencing and how they were adjusting,” said NADOHE President and CEO Paulette Granberry Russell. “Data gathered will inform the development of a longer-term strategy for better representing the role higher education plays in assuring that all students are able to succeed in their campus communities and beyond.”
For more information, contact Dr. Jasmine A. Lee, Associate Vice President, Community & Culture, email: jaslee@umbc.edu.
The National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE) is the preeminent voice for chief diversity officers. As the leader of the national conversation on diversity, equity, and inclusion, it investigates, influences, and innovates to transform higher education so that inclusive excellence lives at its core.
December 3 is the UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities, honoring the United Nation's commitment for promoting the rights and well-being of persons with disabilities - more than 1 billion people worldwide are in this demographic, the world's largest minority. The day raises awareness of the political, economic, social and cultural aspects of disability that affects people around the world.
The theme for 2024 is: Amplifying the leadership of persons with disabilities for an inclusive and sustainable future. The theme the important role that persons with disabilities play in creating a more inclusive and sustainable world for all. It also emphasizes the importance of the participation of persons with disabilities in decision-making processes that affect their lives. More information about the UN In-Person New York Commemoration event is from 10-11a. The event will be streamed online from 11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. You can watch it live at the following link: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1w/k1wej4fsjh.
Elections this Wednesday at 12pm, Math and Psych 105. Anyone can run for President, Vice President, Treasurer, or Secretary of the College Republicans!
Students who wish to run for one of these officer positions simply have to attend this meeting and declare what they are running for. Impromptu speeches are encouraged.
If Wednesday does not work out, we will rehost the election at the same time, the same location, on Thursday. I will remind people if Thursday turns out to be the new election day.
We do not have a Monday meeting this week, but we will still have our Thursday evening meeting, 7pm at Public Policy 206/208.
This week's movie choices are: