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Enhanced whiteboard tools coming to Collaborate in August

Draw freehand customize text & retain session annotations

A whiteboard is an important pedagogical tool to support handwritten expression and annotation, especially in a virtual classroom. Over the last year, Blackboard has been redesigning the...

Posted: August 2, 2021, 10:30 AM

taki Downtime August 3, 5p-9p

To all taki users, On Tuesday August 3, 2021 the taki cluster environment will be down and inaccessible from 5pm - 9pm EDT. This downtime is to apply some patches whose installation may be...

Posted: July 29, 2021, 9:53 AM

DoIT's Technology Support Center Hiring for the Fall

Are you looking for a part-time job? Come work for us!

The DoIT Technology Support Center is looking to hire additional consultants to work during the fall semester and beyond. Please see our job description below and visit our job posting on...

Posted: July 29, 2021, 8:41 AM

RT 5.0 Upgrade Coming 8-7-2021

Request Tracker (RT) will be upgraded from RT 4.4 to RT 5.0. This upgrade will require downtime on Saturday, August 7, 2021 between 8:00 am and Noon. This  Google Presentation will provide...

Posted: July 28, 2021, 5:58 PM

DocuSign webforms back online

Please be aware that the Enterprise DocuSign webforms are now back online. If you have any questions or concerns please submit a ticket to umbc.edu/go/1067  Thank you for your patience in...

Posted: July 27, 2021, 10:57 AM