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DoIT's Technology Support Center Hiring for the Spring

Are you looking for an on campus job? Come work for us!

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

Posted: December 19, 2018, 8:51 AM

Submit Your TechFest ’19 Proposal Today!

Come share your favorite technologies and best practices.

The Instructional Technology Team will celebrate its 4th Annual TechFest on March 1, 2019 and is looking for presenters!  TechFest is designed to bring together UMBC students, faculty, and staff...

Posted: December 17, 2018, 3:52 PM

Quarterly patching downtime on 12/20/18 and 1/5/19

As part of our ongoing commitment to security, the Unix Infrastructure group will be conducting its quarterly system patching on Thursday, December 20th and Saturday, January 5th.  While many of...

Posted: December 13, 2018, 4:28 PM

LDAP-Master and Webadmin downtime on 12/20 at 2pm

On Thursday, December 20th starting at 2pm LDAP-Master and Webadmin will be taken down for system maintenance.  During this time account creations and password changes will be unavailable. ...

Posted: December 13, 2018, 4:24 PM

UMBC Blackboard Use Differs from Most Schools

Findings based on Bb's "course archetypes" research

Earlier this year, Blackboard released a “course archetype” system administrator’s tool that allows institutions to see how the company’s Learning Management System (LMS) software is being used...

Posted: December 11, 2018, 11:23 PM

A student at a computer in the Albin O. Kuhn Library, perhaps working on the Blackboard course.