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Revisit this customer-led conversation highlighting how institutions recognized through Fix Your Content Day (FYCD) and the Catalyst Awards are advancing accessibility on campus in practical, meaningful ways.

Leading the Way in Accessibility FYCD & Catalyst Winner Stories

New Year, New UI: Blackboard’s Refreshed Course Experience Delivers Results

<h1>Innovative Educator Series - The One Where Learning Feels Like a Game</h1><p>This session explores how gamification can be used to promote engagement, problem-solving, and deeper learning through purposeful course design. Using examples such as escape-room-style activities in Blackboard, presenters will share practical approaches that make learning interactive without losing academic focus.</p><h1><strong>Speaker 1</strong></h1><p>Applying escape room principles to create engaging content</p><p>Peter Boorman, Learning Designer, University of Southampton. </p><p>In this session Peter will demonstrate how he incorporated escape rooms principles and elements of gamification to create an ‘escape room’ module in Blackboard Ultra. The module is designed for staff to become familiar with Blackboard Ultra in a unique and fun way. Acting as a student, staff must navigate through different areas to find information, discover clues and solve puzzles. This presentation is designed to generate ideas for how you could apply escape room principles to your own course and use Blackboard Ultra features to create engaging content.</p><h1>Speaker 2</h1><p>Teaching with Game-Inspired Design in Blackboard Learn</p><p>Dr. Araz Yusubov, Assistant Professor, Computer and Information Sciences, ADA University.</p><p>This session introduces Blackboard instructors to straightforward gamification techniques that enhance student motivation and participation. Drawing on real classroom experience, it presents three core design strategies — structuring your course as a “learning journey” with clear milestones, integrating meaningful rewards and friendly competition, and building in second-chance opportunities that support persistence.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>

Innovative Educator Series - The One Where Learning Feels Like a Game

<h2><strong>About the webinar series</strong></h2><p>Each 45-minute session spotlights key <a href="https://www.anthology.com/products/teaching-and-learning/learning-effectiveness/blackboard" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Blackboard LMS </a>tools and features designed to help you save time and increase your impact, guided by our experts and customers. In less than an hour, you’ll discover how to solve real challenges—from boosting operational efficiency to creating engaging learning environments—while helping your institution meet today’s requirements and deliver better outcomes for both learners and staff. </p><h2><strong>March Session</strong></h2><h2>Digital Efficiency: Maximizing the Blackboard LMS Experience with Adopt </h2><p>Faculty inboxes are overflowing. Training sessions are forgotten. Email announcements go unread.</p><p>What if support didn’t live outside your LMS but inside it?</p><p>Join us for this session of the Power Up Webinar Series as we explore how Blackboard LMS: Adopt acts as the missing support layer. Designed specifically for Blackboard LMS and powered by Pendo, Adopt helps institutions increase adoption, reduce support queries, and guide faculty and students in real time at the point of need.  </p>

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