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Quarterly patching downtimes - 2/19 & 2/20

As part of our ongoing commitment to security, the Unix Infrastructure group will be conducting its quarterly system patching on Friday, February 19th and Saturday, February 20th.  While many...

Posted: February 9, 2021, 10:41 AM

(Re)Launching a Learning Analytics Community of Practice

Helping faculty use the emerging field of learning analytics

UMBC’s Learning Analytics Program is a community of scholars interested in using analytical data to advance student achievement and success. We’re relaunching the program after, like so many...

Posted: February 9, 2021, 10:16 AM

Text/SPAM Alert: Maryland Department of Transportation

Fake text messages from MDOT

The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) warns of a text message from “Maryland-MDot Urgent” which addresses “MDot Customers.” This message was NOT from MDOT. This message contains a link...

Posted: February 8, 2021, 11:36 AM

Students favored OERs and would enroll in OER courses again

OERs met most student needs despite concerns with relevancy

In a survey of more than 900 students from fall 2020 who completed courses that utilized no-cost or low-cost Open Educational Resources (OER), UMBC students said they appreciated saving money on...

Posted: February 8, 2021, 10:45 AM

Reboot of taki login nodes

To All Taki Users, We are planning a reboot of only the login nodes (taki-usr1 and taki-usr2) this coming Tuesday at 5pm. A reminder will be sent to all users on these nodes via the terminal...

Posted: February 4, 2021, 12:59 PM