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The Office of Information Technology and the P.R.O.F. Center offer several technology and pedagogy training sessions. Simply log in with your TAMIU credentials to self-enroll for any of the upcoming sessions.

For questions on technology or on-demand trainings, contact the eLearning team at (956) 326-2792 or at elearning@tamiu.edu.

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955410/28/2025 12:00:00 PMTurnitin Assignment: Plagiarism CheckerWebinar30FacultyEmpower students to do their best, original writing by checking for originality and similarity with this comprehensive plagiarism checker. Participants will learn how to create a Turnitin assignment on Blackboard. This will include setting up the assignment, selecting the appropriate settings by navigating Turnitin's interface, interpreting similarity reports, and providing feedback to students on their work.
955510/29/2025 4:30:00 PMBb Ultra: Assessing Student LearningCWT 11230FacultyExplore the power of Ultra courses in Blackboard with this engaging, hands-on session where you'll learn how to assess student learning effectively, create assignments and tests within Ultra courses, and navigate grading workflows for various assignment types. By the end of this workshop, you'll have valuable skills to enhance your teaching experience.
955610/30/2025 12:00:00 PMTop Hat in Action: Smarter Engagement with AI-Assisted QuestionsWebinar30FacultyEnhance student engagement with Top Hat’s interactive tools! This session will cover how to set up your educator account, integrate Top Hat with Blackboard, and create dynamic content with formative assessments. Plus, explore the AI-powered question generation feature, designed to help you quickly develop high-quality questions to support student learning.
955710/31/2025 10:00:00 AMBb Ultra: Communication with StudentsCWT 11230FacultyThis workshop provides a comprehensive, high-level overview of the Learn Ultra features used to most effectively communicate with your students, create opportunities for communication, facilitate community-building, and help students manage their time effectively.
955811/3/2025 4:30:00 PMAI in Blackboard: Automate, Engage, and InnovateWebinar30FacultyWant to streamline course development while maintaining full creative control? Blackboard’s AI Design Assistant simplifies the process by generating learning modules, assessments, rubrics, and even role-playing activities. This session will show you how AI can automate routine tasks, freeing up more time for student interaction and deeper learning experiences.
955911/4/2025 12:00:00 PMDo you hear Echo? How Lecture Capture can enhance course delivery at TAMIU!CWT 11230FacultyJoin us in this exciting session as we showcase TAMIU’s lecture capture technology, Echo 360. With Echo, you can automatically record your lecture, capture your powerpoint, voice and video!
956111/5/2025 4:30:00 PMVoicethread Conversations in the CloudCWT 11230FacultyJoin us in this session to discover a new way of hosting interactive discussions online, through a cloud application called VoiceThread. VoiceThread provides your students an opportunity to comment on presentations/discussions using 1 of 5 powerful commenting options: microphone, webcam, text, phone, and audio-file upload.
956211/6/2025 2:00:00 PMVoiceThread Student PresentationsWebinar29StudentsIn this workshop, TAMIU students will learn about the process for uploading, recording and submitting a presentation inside VoiceThread.
956611/7/2025 10:00:00 AMMake Your Course Content AccessibleWebinar30FacultyThis session provides practical strategies to make digital course content accessible, creating an equitable learning environment for all students. Guided by Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles, this training emphasizes compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, and the latest web accessibility regulations. Participants will also explore using Blackboard Ally to enhance content accessibility through its step-by-step instructions.
956311/10/2025 4:30:00 PMChatGPT & Perplexity: AI Essentials for EducatorsWebinar30FacultyExplore the fundamentals of generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Perplexity, along with essential prompt engineering techniques. This session will cover how faculty can effectively use AI for brainstorming, content generation, research support, and refining student interactions. Gain hands-on experience in crafting effective prompts to get the most out of these tools in an educational setting.
956411/11/2025 11:00:00 AMBb Ultra: Assessing Student LearningWebinar30FacultyExplore the power of Ultra courses in Blackboard with this engaging, hands-on session where you'll learn how to assess student learning effectively, create assignments and tests within Ultra courses, and navigate grading workflows for various assignment types. By the end of this workshop, you'll have valuable skills to enhance your teaching experience.
956011/12/2025 4:30:00 PMDo you hear Echo? How Lecture Capture can enhance course delivery at TAMIU!CWT 11230FacultyJoin us in this exciting session as we showcase TAMIU’s lecture capture technology, Echo 360. With Echo, you can automatically record your lecture, capture your powerpoint, voice and video!
957011/13/2025 2:00:00 PMBb Ultra: Gradebook ManagementWebinar30FacultyUse the Gradebook to record students' grades, and monitor students' progress. In addition, this dynamic and interactive tool helps you understand student progress and make informed decisions on how to improve educational performance.
956811/14/2025 10:00:00 AMMake Your Course Content AccessibleCWT 11230FacultyThis session provides practical strategies to make digital course content accessible, creating an equitable learning environment for all students. Guided by Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles, this training emphasizes compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, and the latest web accessibility regulations. Participants will also explore using Blackboard Ally to enhance content accessibility through its step-by-step instructions.
956911/17/2025 2:30:00 PMMake Your Course Content AccessibleCWT 11230FacultyThis session provides practical strategies to make digital course content accessible, creating an equitable learning environment for all students. Guided by Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles, this training emphasizes compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, and the latest web accessibility regulations. Participants will also explore using Blackboard Ally to enhance content accessibility through its step-by-step instructions.
956711/18/2025 11:00:00 AMMake Your Course Content AccessibleWebinar30FacultyThis session provides practical strategies to make digital course content accessible, creating an equitable learning environment for all students. Guided by Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles, this training emphasizes compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, and the latest web accessibility regulations. Participants will also explore using Blackboard Ally to enhance content accessibility through its step-by-step instructions.
957611/19/2025 4:30:00 PMVideo Assignments 101: Upload, Embed, SubmitWebinar29StudentsSubmitting video assignments doesn’t have to be complicated! In this session, you’ll learn how to upload videos to EchoVideo and seamlessly share them in Blackboard through embedding or linking. Join us to discover the best way to showcase your work and submit your assignments with confidence!
958011/20/2025 1:00:00 PMTurnitin Assignment: Plagiarism CheckerWebinar30FacultyEmpower students to do their best, original writing by checking for originality and similarity with this comprehensive plagiarism checker. Participants will learn how to create a Turnitin assignment on Blackboard. This will include setting up the assignment, selecting the appropriate settings by navigating Turnitin's interface, interpreting similarity reports, and providing feedback to students on their work.
958111/21/2025 2:00:00 PMCreate Engaging Course Content with CourseArcWebinar30FacultyJoin this session to learn more about CourseArc, a web-based content authoring and management tool available to TAMIU instructors to help you easily create engaging, interactive, and accessible online courses or course content. CourseArc content seamlessly integrates with Blackboard Learn and can be used alongside content you already have in Blackboard for online, hybrid, and traditional courses.
956511/24/2025 2:30:00 PMBb Ultra: Assessing Student LearningCWT 11230FacultyExplore the power of Ultra courses in Blackboard with this engaging, hands-on session where you'll learn how to assess student learning effectively, create assignments and tests within Ultra courses, and navigate grading workflows for various assignment types. By the end of this workshop, you'll have valuable skills to enhance your teaching experience.
957811/25/2025 12:00:00 PMAcademic integrity, testing strategies and securityWebinar30FacultyThis session will introduce a number of testing strategies available in Blackboard to reduce instances of academic dishonesty (Turnitin). Participants will spend some time exploring TurnItIn's commenting and grading tools that will make the feedback process faster and more consistent. Finally, you will also be exposed to three different proctoring solutions and their unique features and will hear from faculty own experiences with each solution.
957912/1/2025 11:00:00 AMAcademic integrity, testing strategies and securityWebinar30FacultyThis session will introduce a number of testing strategies available in Blackboard to reduce instances of academic dishonesty (Turnitin). Participants will spend some time exploring TurnItIn's commenting and grading tools that will make the feedback process faster and more consistent. Finally, you will also be exposed to three different proctoring solutions and their unique features and will hear from faculty own experiences with each solution.
958212/2/2025 12:00:00 PMBb Ultra: Assessing Student LearningCWT 11230FacultyExplore the power of Ultra courses in Blackboard with this engaging, hands-on session where you'll learn how to assess student learning effectively, create assignments and tests within Ultra courses, and navigate grading workflows for various assignment types. By the end of this workshop, you'll have valuable skills to enhance your teaching experience.
957112/3/2025 4:30:00 PMBb Ultra: Gradebook ManagementCWT 11230FacultyUse the Gradebook to record students' grades, and monitor students' progress. In addition, this dynamic and interactive tool helps you understand student progress and make informed decisions on how to improve educational performance.
957212/4/2025 11:00:00 AMBb Ultra: Gradebook ManagementWebinar30FacultyUse the Gradebook to record students' grades, and monitor students' progress. In addition, this dynamic and interactive tool helps you understand student progress and make informed decisions on how to improve educational performance.
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