On Aug. 26, faculty are invited to drop in and meet with a learning design specialist—in person or via Teams—for hands-on assistance with Blackboard.

Get your Blackboard pages ready for the new semester! Faculty are invited to drop in and meet with a learning design specialist for hands-on assistance.

Wednesday, August 26

Time: 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Drop-in Location: Howard Hall Faculty Lounge (Room 212)
Microsoft Teams Virtual Option: Available via Teams

If you have questions outside of Blackboard Office Hours:

• Interact with this Fall 2026 Course Prep slideshow for a summary of updates to Blackboard, best practices for sharing course materials, a framework for setting AI expectations, increasing the accessibility of your courses, and more!
• Review the help guides for faculty, organized by topic, in Drake’s Knowledge Base.
• Go directly to the upgraded Blackboard LMS Help Center.
• Click the question mark icon in the lower-right corner of most Blackboard pages to open Blackboard’s related help pages.

— Shannon Hilscher, Drake Online, Learning Design Services