Within the framework of the periodical development meetings for academic staff members of the College of Public Health and Health Informatics, and making use of the available resources of Umm Al-Qura University, the development and training unit at the college, in collaboration with the Deanship of E-Learning and Distance Education, organized a specialized workshop on Monday, 1 Safar 1441 A.H., corresponding to 30 September 2018 A.C., to train academic staff members on using the e-learning system (Blackboard).

This workshop is a part of a series of workshops offered at the College of Public Health and Health Informatics by the Deanship of E-Learning and Distance Education with the aim of promoting the skills of the academic staff members at the college concerning the available e-learning systems at Umm Al-Qura University. This will contribute in increasing the quality of the educational process by using technology in a way compatible with the Saudi vision 2030.

This workshop was offered by Eng. Ashraf Abdu, with the help of Eng. Wa'il Badawi and in the presence of the vice deans, heads of departments, and a group of academic staff members at the college.

The workshop included a detailed explanation about the Blackboard system, and presented its advantages directly on the system. The presenters also indicated the contents of the coming workshops, and asked the attendants about their training needs pertaining to the system to be dealt with in future workshops.