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As the Spring 2022 semester commenced, Mohsin Raza Khan, the E-Learning Supervisor, hosted an e-learning practitioner certification course available to all faculty members. Recognizing the significance of instructional design training and an enriched learning environment for students, the course was in alignment with the educational vision of all colleges of the university.

"The primary goal of the two-week practitioner course was to assure an alignment between assessments and learning outcomes," said Khan. "We had fifty-eight faculty members enroll in the course, with nearly half successfully completing it within the allocated time. I would like to extend my gratitude to Ali Alaosi, the E-Learning Deanship Training Manager, for his invaluable assistance in ensuring the smooth delivery of the course."

The course was structured around primary objectives aimed at augmenting student learning, engagement, interaction, and the quality of education. These objectives formed the core foundation of the program, enabling participants to:

• Design content items to facilitate a range of learning activities for enhancing student learning.
• Implement authentic assessments to evaluate student knowledge through a variety of meaningful approaches.
• Utilize Blackboard's communication tools to encourage interactions between the student and the instructor, the student and the course content, as well as among peers.
• Effectively employ Blackboard Collaborate™ tools to amplify student engagement by providing avenues to share and create knowledge.