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Several months ago, the University of North Dakota announced the UND “Strive for 85” accessibility initiative. This initiative aims to create a more inclusive and accessible learning environment by ensuring that learning and support materials are accessible to every student. This applies to all materials that instructors provide to students, but primarily affects everyone who […]

The University of North Dakota has transitioned to Blackboard Ultra for all courses as of Fall 2025. All organizations must also move to Blackboard Ultra prior to the end of the year. For those who have used previous versions of Blackboard, there are some significant changes that may result in things not working the way […]

From 11:50 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (CST) on Wednesday, Nov., 2, Andrea Guthridge (Instructional Designer at the UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences), along with Jennifer Reichart, will present at the seventh Educause Digital Teaching Symposium. The pair’s talk, entitled “Fostering Empathy in eLearning: Leveraging ADDIE for a Blackboard Learn Ultra Migration” will focus […]

How do you know if your Blackboard course materials are accessible? How do you fix them if they’re not? There are tools available in Blackboard and Microsoft Office to help with these tasks, and Education Resources has invited UND’s Teaching Transformation & Development Academy (TTaDA) to show us how to use “universal design” in a […]