Monthly Webinar Series - Power Up

About the series

Each 45-minute Power UP 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.

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February’s Webinar

FEBRUARY SESSION

AI-Powered Teaching with AVA in Blackboard

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Join us to explore AI-Powered Virtual Assistant (AVA), a Premium capability in Blackboard designed to enhance efficiency and equity in teaching and learning.

AVA simplifies critical, time-consuming tasks, helping instructors save time while improving communication with learners. AVA was built on Blackboard’s market-leading AI framework that has already powered 5.9 million tasks across 800+ institutions globally, with 96% of instructors reporting time savings.

In this session, we’ll dive into AVA’s core features, including AVA Assisted Feedback for rubric-based summaries and tone refinement, AVA Responses for instant student inquiries, and AVA Playground for safe AI experimentation. You’ll also learn how our Trustworthy AI Approach ensures humans remain in control with full visibility into how AI is applied.

What you’ll gain

Maximize efficiency: Learn to automate feedback summaries using rubrics and refine critiques for better clarity and tone.
Instant support: Discover how to deliver 24/7 automated responses to common learner inquiries based directly on course content.
Safe innovation: Access a secure "Playground" to experiment with AI models and build institutional AI literacy.

Don't miss this opportunity to see how Blackboard's innovative AI tools can turn your course design dreams into reality. Register today to secure your spot and start transforming your AI-powered classroom.

Who is this webinar for?

Higher education professionals, including instructors, instructional designers, academic leaders, IT/website managers, deans, and directors of online learning