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TSC Announces Winter Hours Starting 12/19/13

Fall hours at the Technology Support Center (TSC) will end on December 18th. Beginning on December 19th, the TSC will adjust it’s hours to fit with to the Library’s hours. These hours will last...

Posted: December 6, 2013, 1:51 PM

Microsoft XP Support Ends on April 1, 2014

DoIT is offering Departments Options for Upgrades

Microsoft is ending support for Windows XP and will no longer be releasing security updates as of April 1, 2014. Audit regulations require that all machines used for administrative or academic use...

Posted: December 5, 2013, 5:09 PM

Most Campus IT Services Will Be Unavailable 12/30/13

Downtime Will Be 8 a.m. to Noon.

From 8 a.m. to Noon on Monday, December 30th the DoIT staff will be upgrading our OpenAFS file system used to support our Unix environment. The upgrade will involve bringing up new hardware and...

Posted: December 5, 2013, 4:56 PM

Blackboard Drop-in Sessions

Got Questions? We Have Answers!

In anticipation of faculty support needs associated with the coming term and Blackboard upgrades,  DoIT will be offering additional weekly drop-in hours beginning Monday, December 9th. A DoIT...

Posted: December 5, 2013, 3:27 PM

Reminder: Bb Upgrade Jan. 8-10, 2014

WT2014 Courses Now Available at bb-winter.umbc.edu

As previously announced, the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) will upgrade UMBC's production Blackboard system from January 8 to 10, 2014. Due to the disruption caused by the upgrade,...

Posted: December 5, 2013, 1:35 PM