The Blackboard Innovative Teaching Series (BITS) is a training initiative which offering a serial of training webinars. BITS is free to Blackboard users and is easy to participate. The program consists of weekly faculty training webinars that are taught by faculty from different schools and supported by Blackboard experts.

Here are some of the sample topics:

• From the Beginning: Setting up Your Blackboard Learn Course, February 4th at 11am ET
• Meet the Grade Center, February 11th at 1pm ET
• The Rewards of Rubrics, February 18th at 2pm ET
• Getting Started with Publisher Content, February 25th at 1pm ET
• Maximizing Student Engagement Through My Blackboard, March 7th at 1pm ET
• Creating Tests, Pools, and Surveys, April 8th at 11am ET

For more information and register for the events: http://www.blackboard.com/Platforms/Learn/Resources/Webinars.aspx

Carrie Halpin
Department of Distance Learning & Instructional Technology