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Job Scam Phishing Alert: COLLEGE CENTRAL JOB

Phishing Scams Continue!

Recently, UMBC’s Division of Information Technology (DoIT) received a report of a new phishing campaign. The actors compromised Professor Kang's account and sent out a job phishing scam....

Posted: April 17, 2022, 9:04 PM

Five Tips to Protect your UMBC Account Over the past weeks,

Avoid Identity Theft - especially of your own Identity

Over the past weeks, we have seen an increase in compromised accounts. So, here at UMBC’s Division of Information Technology (DoIT), we thought it was imperative to share some tips on safeguarding...

Posted: April 17, 2022, 8:45 PM

HPCF Downtime Complete

To all HPCF users, Our work bringing the two HPCF cluster environments up-to-date has concluded. Please begin normal use of the clusters. Please let us know if you have any questions or...

Posted: April 13, 2022, 12:14 AM

Gain insights on student engagement during Collab session

Also discover student views of Collab recordings

While teaching a synchronous session using web conferencing tools, instructors juggle content, conversation, and context. Engaging participants and maintaining a high level of interaction is an...

Posted: April 11, 2022, 3:30 PM

UMBC Scans Akindi's 9 Millionth Bubble Sheet

DoIT began the transition to Akindi bubble sheets in FA2021

At the end of Spring 2021, DoIT announced a pilot of Akindi, a tool that serves as a Scantron alternative that allows instructors to print and score bubble sheets from any local printer/scanner....

Posted: April 7, 2022, 8:19 AM