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Over the past year, we’ve made tremendous progress reducing the number of PDFs on UND websites. We started with approximately 8,000 PDFs and are now down to 3,179, or a 60% total reduction. While that’s a significant accomplishment, there is still work to do. Of the 3,000+ PDFs remaining on the website, 91% still need […]

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 […]

In this edition of Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship (TLAS) Corner, Drs. Adrienne Salentiny and Richard Van Eck present an article entitled “Faculty development needs assessment points the way to the future.” As part of our ongoing strategic planning, we conducted our annual faculty development needs assessment to inform plans for the coming year. Thank you to […]

UND’s Teaching Transformation and Development Academy (TTaDA) is offering one-day training sessions for UND.edu website editors, including for those who need to update/edit the School of Medicine & Health Sciences website. The new curriculum for this OmniUpdate (OU) platform includes OU basics and design migration/wave transition tips. Sessions are great for new editors or anyone needing a […]

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 […]