DoIT News

Subscribe to Your IT Newsfeeds

Follow us on myUMBC to receive updates in your inbox! Discover all of the ways to stay connect to topics that interest you below.

      myUMBC: DoIT      

Stay up-to-date on the latest technology status updates, advancements, success stories, and how-to tips

myUMBC: IT Security

Learn about recent cybersecurity attacks and articles about threats, scams, and attacks

    myUMBC: ITNM      

Receive resources and training for instructors, solving pedagogical challenges

    myUMBC: HPCF     

Stay connected to the High Performance Computing Facility (HPCF), an interdisciplinary core facility for scientific computing and research on parallel algorithms at UMBC

    myUMBC: Travel    

Review important communications related to university travel process and USM policies

  myUMBC: DocuSign

Receive time-sensitive updates regarding the DocuSign software

       myUMBC: DA       

Read discussions and resources about the latest accessibility standards, tools, and events

myUMBC: UMBC AI 

Explore the AI advancements across UMBC

DoIT News

Stay connected with campus tech news, security alerts, and new digital tools at UMBC.

View Archived Posts

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

HPCF Downtime on April 12, 2022 - 5pm to 9pm

To all HPCF users, On Tuesday April 12, 2022 both HPCF clusters (ada & taki) as well as the other compute systems that make use of HPCF Research Storage will be down and inaccessible from...

Posted: April 4, 2022, 11:30 AM

Six assessment & grading updates for Ultra courses in April

Review upcoming change & plan a course migration over summer

Beginning in late spring and moving into summer, faculty will see extensive upgrades to Ultra courses, particularly in the areas of assessment and grading. This focus aligns with feedback from...

Posted: April 1, 2022, 9:56 AM

DocuSign timeout for Enterprise forms

I wanted to inform you that we are working on an issue with the connection to DocuSign from UMBC.  At this time the issue is only affecting new form creation for Enterprise forms. Our...

Posted: March 16, 2022, 10:40 AM

How likely is it that a student will graduate in six years?

Early predictions give us more time to help!

The Data Science Team recently released its set of predictions for the 6-year graduation probabilities of the 2020 Freshman cohort. Below is a snapshot of the current cohort's predictions, in...

Posted: March 16, 2022, 9:20 AM