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The Office of Information Technology and the P.R.O.F. Center offer several technology and pedagogy training sessions. Simply login with your TAMIU credentials in order to see a more detailed schedule and description of the training sessions that are being offered right now.

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

On-Demand Trainings

Contact the eLearning team if you would like to learn more or register for an on-demand training.

Applying the Quality Matters Rubric (APPQMR)
Designing Your Online Course (DYOC)
Improving Your Online Course (IYOC)
Teaching Online: An Introduction to Online Delivery (TOL)
Bridge to Quality: A QM Online Course Design Guide

Blackboard Features (Tests, Assignments, Grade Center, Discussions, Announcements, Attendance)

Quality Matters YouTube Videos Blackboard Videos VoiceThread Workshops
Echo360 Workshops VoiceThread Workshops Association of Collge and University Educators

Upcoming Trainings



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ISNDateTitleLocationSeats AvailableOpen ForDescription
94094/28/2025 11:00:00 AMAI for Teaching, Collaboration & Student EngagementCowart 11227FacStaffLeverage AI to enhance teaching strategies, collaborative work, and student engagement. This session introduces MagicSchool.ai for instructional planning and question generation, MURAL AI for collaborative whiteboarding and AI-driven insights, and TopHat AI for fostering social engagement around course content. Learn how these tools can support active learning, creativity, and critical thinking in your courses.
94384/29/2025 10:00:00 AMBb Ultra: Gradebook ManagementWebinar29FacultyUse 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.
94104/30/2025 3:30:00 PMCreating Interactive Media with EchoVideoWebinar29FacultyNot sure if your students are watching your videos or if your videos are helping your students' comprehension of the course material? Participate in this intermediate EchoVideo workshop to learn how to add polling questions in your videos on the EchoVideo system, practice embedding interactive media in a Blackboard course, and identify where to find your students' responses to the video. Prerequisites for this workshop: Completion of a Blackboard 101 workshop (navigating and basic item/assignment creation) and EchoVideo Introduction workshop (creating/uploading videos to EchoVideo).
94114/30/2025 3:30:00 PMAI in Blackboard: Automate, Engage, and InnovateCowart 11227FacultyWant 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.
94415/1/2025 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.
94125/2/2025 3:30:00 PMSupercharging Research and Comprehension with AICowart 11228FacStaffStreamline your research workflow with AI tools designed to extract, summarize, and analyze content. This session will explore ChatPDF, Google's NotebookLM, and Perplexity AI, demonstrating how they can assist in digesting large volumes of information, generating summaries, and uncovering new insights. Discover how these tools can enhance comprehension and support faculty and students in academic research.
93995/2/2025 3:30:00 PMVoicethread Conversations in the CloudWebinar28FacultyJoin 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.
94395/5/2025 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.
94425/6/2025 10:00:00 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.
94405/7/2025 10:00:00 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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