Blackboard Collaborate: Recording Clean-Up

We have discovered that UMass Dartmouth’s Blackboard Collaborate file storage is over its storage limit.  As a consequence, older recordings will be removed starting at the end of October 2023: All Collaborate recordings that have not been accessed in the past 2 years will be permanently removed. All Collaborate recordings that have not been accessed…

Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education

“AI is a technology like none of us have ever seen, and none of us can truly say where it’s going. But we do know this: Technology is never good or bad. It’s what we do with the technology that matters.“ -Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce Hello, faculty! In our newsletter this week we are…

Late Test Grading Issue

Due to a bug in myCourses, some instructors are having difficulty submitting late tests so they can be auto-graded.  If this is happening to you there’s a simple workaround:  Try clicking the “Save and Exit” button instead of the default “Save and Next”: If that doesn’t help, please reach out via https://ithelp.umassd.edu/auth/.