{"id":131575,"date":"2026-06-29T08:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T12:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/?p=131575"},"modified":"2026-06-24T15:12:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T19:12:52","slug":"new-free-training-for-faculty-blackboard-first-term-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/new-free-training-for-faculty-blackboard-first-term-success\/","title":{"rendered":"New, Free Training for Faculty: Blackboard First Term Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Teaching in Blackboard Ultra for the first time\u2014or looking to streamline your workflow? The <em>Blackboard First Term Success<\/em>\u00a0course helps you build and manage your course, engage students, track progress, and complete grading with confidence.<\/p>\n<p>This free, self-paced course provides practical, step-by-step guidance you can apply immediately.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What to expect:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Format:<\/strong>\u00a0Self-paced, asynchronous<\/li>\n<li><strong>Time:<\/strong>\u00a0~5 hours<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cost:<\/strong>\u00a0Free &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bbprofessionaldevelopment.blackboard.com\/webapps\/consulting-central\/app\/launch\/TDMv2?locale=en_US&amp;route=offerings\/5cb1f780-8bde-4102-96f1-008ee93966ff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/bbprofessionaldevelopment.blackboard.com\/webapps\/consulting-central\/app\/launch\/TDMv2?locale%3Den_US%26route%3Dofferings\/5cb1f780-8bde-4102-96f1-008ee93966ff&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1782413622815000&amp;usg=AOvVaw01AKE1BPS3wxaamAxEgCj-\">Go to Blackboard Professional Development<\/a>\u00a0to enroll&#8211;click &#8220;Go to Dashboard&#8221; and then Sign Up.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Whether you\u2019re new to Ultra or simply refining your approach, this course offers practical strategies to save time and enhance your students\u2019 experiences.<\/p>\n<p>OWU Sponsoring Organization\/Office: Information Services<br \/>\nContact: David Soliday at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:helpdesk@owu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">helpdesk@owu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teaching in Blackboard Ultra for the first time\u2014or looking to streamline your workflow? The Blackboard First Term Success\u00a0course helps you build and manage your course, engage students, track progress, and complete grading with confidence. This free, self-paced course provides practical, step-by-step guidance you can apply immediately. What to expect: Format:\u00a0Self-paced, asynchronous Time:\u00a0~5 hours Cost:\u00a0Free &#8211;\u00a0Go [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2057,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-facultystaff-news-events"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2057"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131575"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131576,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131575\/revisions\/131576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}