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Job Scam: “UMBC HAPP Employment”

Fake Job Offer for Health Administration and Policy Program

The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) has received reports of another administrative assistant job scam. Below is an example of this job scam email in which the scammer is claiming to be...

Posted: April 22, 2021, 8:27 PM

“Are you available?” Impersonation Scam

No. Really. Your Supervisor Can Buy Their Own Gift Cards

The scam email below has recently been reported to the Division of Information Technology (DoIT). The example below has the scammer claiming to be UMBC’s Sarah Chard but please note that the...

Posted: April 22, 2021, 8:09 PM

"Job Opening” Administrative Assistant Job Scam

Fake Job Offer for Department of Psychology

The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) has received reports of another administrative assistant job scam. Below is an example of this job scam email in which the scammer is claiming to be...

Posted: April 22, 2021, 8:05 PM

New Update to Respondus Lockdown Browser Released

Students using Macs & Chromebooks must install update

A new update to Respondus Lockdown Browser (RLDB) is available for students to download and install. This update is for Mac users and the Chrome extension.  Students must make sure they are using...

Posted: April 22, 2021, 8:28 AM

Finalize Ultra gradebooks with new drop grades function

Much needed feature finally arrives to Ultra courses in May

An easier way to drop multiple grades from a category in the final grade calculation has been a frequent request from Ultra faculty for the Ultra course gradebook. With the May release, just in...

Posted: April 21, 2021, 10:12 AM