In our October 2025 edition of Online Campus News You Can Use, we advise you of important tool updates, tasks, and upcoming events to help faculty deliver high quality online instruction.

 

 

The following new features and fixes will be available with our update to version 3902.1 by October 4, 2025

To ensure closed-captioning compliance, MATC will audit student-facing instructional videos in Fall 2025 Blackboard courses after October 20, 2025. Faculty will receive at least one week's notice if their course section is selected. Non-compliant videos must be captioned or removed. Consult the Closed Captioning Compliance FAQ for more information.

Blackboard Ultra & Technology Webinars
Need quick training for Blackboard or have questions about online instructional quality? Join our 1-hour workshops and drop-in sessions! Get tips from experts and hands-on practice with the tools you need.

 

Designed to empower educators aiming to elevate their proficiency in the 21st Century Classroom Level 2, our free 1-credit professional development courses delve into the utilization of Blackboard Ultra and effective strategies for delivering exceptional online instruction.

Each 45-minute session spotlights key Blackboard 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. 

 

Get ready for an inspiring day of learning, collaboration, and innovation at the Anthology Digital Teaching Symposium 2025. Join us virtually on November 13, 2025, for this free, one-day event that brings together higher education faculty and teaching professionals from around the world to explore the latest insights and strategies shaping the future of digital teaching and learning.

For one on one consultation regarding the use of Blackboard to design and deliver courses that meet MATC's 2st Century Classroom Standards, contact your faculty coach in the Center for Teaching Excellence or schedule an appointment with Online Learning's Faculty Liaisons. For high-level troubleshooting of errors or activity that requires investigation, Contact the Online Learning. A Blackboard administrator will be in contact with you.

 

For self-directed or just-in-time training on Blackboard Ultra or other educational technologies, see these resources:

 

Share our self-paced Online Readiness module and live orientation webinar schedule with your students to help them learn about the tools, tasks, and strategies to start their studies strong. If you share the Online Readiness module as a link in your course, use this specific URL: https://www.go2orientation.com/learn/course/matc-online-readiness?client=matc. This will take the student to an MATC login page where the student will log in with their MATC network account!

Online Learning

Milwaukee Area Technical College

onlinelearning@matc.edu