Fall 2025 Teaching with Tech Days
Join CIT Thursday, August 14 and Friday, August 15 for two days of workshops and technical and pedagogical assistance to get you ready for the semester. Attend sessions, drop by to say hello, and receive one-on-one help.
Fall 2025 Teaching with Tech Schedule
Thursday, August 14
Thursday highlights include an introduction to CIT and our supported technologies, 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Blackboard Ultra, and a special edition of CIT’s Ultra Café. The Ultra Café includes sessions where Blackboard experts offer guidance in interactive workshops and an open workspace. Online offerings will examine Ultra beyond the basics, including a look at the recently-enabled Blackboard AI Design Assistant.
In-person Sessions, Gordon Palmer Hall
- 9am – 9:30am: Meet CIT and 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Ultra (A232 GP)
- 9:30am – 11am: Morning Café
- Part 1: Interactive Workshop – Blackboard Ultra Basics (A232 GP)
- Part 2: Open Workspace (A204 GP)
- 1pm – 3pm: Afternoon Café
- Part 1: Interactive Workshop – Transitioning Original Courses to Ultra Courses (A232 GP)
- Part 2: Open Workspace (A204 GP)
Online sessions
Friday, August 15
Friday reprises the Meet CIT and 10 Things sessions, followed by Ultra sessions led by a variety of CIT instructors. See the newly-enabled Blackboard AI Design Assistant in action, learn how to create dynamic content, explore grading and managing the gradebook, and get course building support in open workspaces and virtual office hours.
In-Person Sessions, Gordon Palmer Hall
- 9am – 9:30am: Meet CIT and 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Ultra (A232 GP)
- 9am – 11am: Open Workspace (A204 GP)
- 9:30am – 11am: Blackboard Ultra AI Design Assistant (A232 GP)
- 1pm – 3pm: Open Workspace (A204 GP)
- 1pm – 2pm: Blackboard Ultra: Creating Dynamic Content (A232)
- 2 pm – 3pm: Blackboard Ultra: Grading and Managing the Gradebook (A232)
Online sessions
- 9am – 9:30am: Join Meet CIT and 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Ultra via Teams
- 9:30am – 11am: Join Virtual Office Hours via Teams
About
The Center for Instructional Technology hosts Teaching with Tech events (formerly Faculty Prep Days) that offer workshops and one-on-one technical and pedagogical assistance to get you ready for the semester. These preparatory events are usually scheduled over a couple of days to allow faculty and instructors various opportunities to attend sessions, drop by to say hello, and receive one-on-one help.
Past Teaching with Tech Events
2025 Spring Faculty Prep Days
2024 Fall Faculty Prep Days
2023 Fall Faculty Prep Days