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Known Issue: UMBC Users Cannot Log Into Private iTunes U

Campus users have been unable to gain access

DoIT is reporting a known issue for campus users trying to access the private, UMBC-authenticated version of iTunes U, including links to associated Blackboard course sites. As of September 20,...

Posted: November 8, 2013, 10:10 AM

FY14 IT User Support: Q1 Review (July, Aug, Sept)

Summary & Drill-Down Reports Show RT, FAQ and Phone Trends

To help provide more timely review of key IT user support metrics throughout the year and not just at the end, DoIT has summarized the following first quarter data for FY14: RT (Request...

Posted: October 31, 2013, 1:13 PM

DoIT Runs Pilot Comparing Clickers to Scantron Testing

BIOL142 Participants to Share Experiences at 11/22 Brown Bag

To help evaluate clickers as a possible alternative to scantron “bubble sheet” assessments, DoIT partnered with Dr. Tamara Mendelson in BIOL 142 “Foundations of Biology: Ecology and Evolution” to...

Posted: October 30, 2013, 5:08 PM

Change to some UMBC userpages permissions

As many of you know, UMBC has had a large number of phishing attacks in the past few weeks.  This has resulted in a number of compromised accounts which the attackers are using to setup fake web...

Posted: October 21, 2013, 9:53 AM

GiveCamp Code for Charity Weekend

The Central Maryland Association of .NET Professionals (CMAP) will be holding its third GiveCamp Weekend in the ITE building at UMBC. Doug McCaw, class of '99, and a Sr. Software Engineer at...

Posted: October 15, 2013, 3:46 PM