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  • Wiki and FTP downtime on 5/24/2013

    On Friday May 24 th  starting at  10am  the campus wiki ( wiki.umbc.edu ) and FTP ( ftp.umbc.edu ) servers will be taken down for maintenance.  This...
    Posted: May 17, 2013 9:59 AM

  • LDAP, Kerberos and webadmin downtime on 5/23/2013

    On Thursday May 23 rd  starting at  1pm  LDAP master, Kerberos and Webadmin will be taken down for system maintenance.  During this time account creations and...
    Posted: May 17, 2013 9:56 AM

  • UMBC Blackboard Update: SU2013

    UMBC Blackboard Update is provided by the Division of Information Technology for students, faculty and staff using Blackboard at UMBC. If you have questions or need help, please consult the...
    Posted: April 30, 2013 4:31 PM

  • New Blackboard Analytics Reports Now Live in All Bb Courses

    See How Your Bb Activity Compares with Peers
    As announced late last Fall, all Blackboard courses now contain the following reports powered by Bb Analytics for Learn (BA4L):FOR STUDENTS -- Available in "Tools" MenuActivity Compared to Others...
    Posted: April 30, 2013 3:57 PM

  • Blackboard Down for Maintenance 10 pm 4/26 to 1 am 4/27

    The UMBC Blackboard server will be down from 10 pm Friday 4/26 to 1 am Saturday 4/27.  This down time is during the regularly scheduled maintenance window and is necessary for DoIT staff to...
    Posted: April 23, 2013 9:53 AM

  • SU2013 Bb Course Shells Created on 4/14

    Bb course shells for SU2013 were created on April 14, 2013 on the Bb production server at http://blackboard.umbc.edu.  Enrollments for SU2013 courses will continue to be updated daily. Bb shells...
    Posted: April 15, 2013 10:59 AM

  • SU2013 Blackboard Drop-in Sessions

    Do you have questions about Blackboard? Stop in!
    DoIT is offering Blackboard Drop-in Sessions to assist and help faculty prepare for summer courses. Face to Face Sessions: The following F2F...
    Posted: April 10, 2013 3:33 PM

  • Box.com Has Arrived At UMBC!

    A new, flexible, high-capacity storage solution for UMBC.
    We are living in a world where people work from multiple devices — phone, laptop, and computer – and need access to their files anywhere and anytime. UMBC’s active directory (AD) system serves the...
    Posted: April 10, 2013 3:13 PM

  • Known Issue: Bb Slowness on 4/4 Due to App Server Failure

    DoIT received reports from several campus users of slowness in the UMBC Blackboard (Bb) production system on Thursday evening, April 4. Upon investigation DoIT staff found that one of three Bb...
    Posted: April 5, 2013 9:11 AM

  • May 1: FA2013 Lab & Lecture Hall Software Requests Deadline

    Need that certain something installed?
    In order to load all lab and lecture hall PCs with our standard set of software (known as an "image"), all requests for additions or changes for Fall 2013 must be received by Wednesday, May 1. For...
    Posted: April 5, 2013 9:07 AM