Monthly Webinar Series POWER UP

Highlighting powerful tech tools and insights to help you level up your impact

About the webinar series

Unlock new and modern ways to teach, engage, and thrive with powerful Blackboard®️ capabilities.

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. 


We’ll add new webinars as the series progresses! 

February Session

AI-Powered Teaching with AVA in Blackboard

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 

View regional schedules

Europe, Middle East, and Africa

Thursday, February 12, 2026 - 11:00 a.m. GMT

Speakers:   

Josephine Kinsley 
Senior Manager, Solutions Engineer 
Blackboard

Richard Gibbons 
Principal Product Manager 
Blackboard 

 

North America

Thursday, February 26, 2026  - 2:00 p.m. ET 

Speaker:

Alex Fiscus  

Digital Learning Platform Administrator  

University of South Carolina  

and Adjunct for Tri-County Technical College   

 

Eddie Randall  

Senior Solutions Engineer 

Blackboard

Asia-Pacific

Tuesday, February 24, 2026  - 10:00 a.m. SGT / 12:00 p.m. AEST.

Speakers:

Nick Benwell  
Sr. Customer Success Manager, Asia 
Blackboard 

Michael Garner  
Sr. Customer Success Manager, Australia 
Blackboard 

  

 

Latin America and the Caribbean

Tuesday, February 24, 2026  - 10:00 a.m. ET / 9:00 a.m. GMT-5

Speakers: 

Yudy Espinosa 
Gerente Principal de Producto 
Blackboard
 
Marcela Cabezas
Coordinadora de Educación Virtual
Universidad Mayor

What’s coming up - November Sessions: Bring Learning to Life with Video Studio

Join this webinar to discover how Video Studio empowers instructors to create, manage, and share impactful video content directly within their courses. From recording camera, audio, and screen to uploading existing content, Video Studio simplifies the entire process—while enhancing accessibility with automated captioning.

What you’ll gain: 

Best practices for creating engaging and accessible video content 
Insights into using 360° video and VR integration to enrich learning experiences 
Guidance on managing video content without storage limitations 

Whether you’re looking to boost engagement, support diverse learning styles, or seamlessly integrate multimedia into your courses, this session will give you the tools and strategies to make it happen. 

Who is this webinar for? 

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

Speaker details to come 

Thursday, November 13 - 2:00 p.m. ET

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Tuesday, November 25 - 10:00 a.m. ET GMT-5

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Wednesday, November 26 - 1:00 p.m. SGT / 3:00 p.m. AEST 


 

 

 

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Thursday, November 27 - 11:00 GMT

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