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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

Phishing Scam Alert: Fake Blackboard Notifications

Blackboard email notifications do not require you to sign in

A new phishing scam is attempting to fool people into providing personal information by claiming that there is a Blackboard notification waiting for them, and provides a link for logging into...

Posted: October 10, 2013, 2:09 PM

Readel Leads "Quality Matters" Online Workshop, Nov. 6-20

For UMBC Faculty Who Want to Enhance Online/Hybrid Courses

She’s baaack! Karin Readel, UMBC’s former director of instructional technology, will lead a Quality Matters (QM) online workshop from November 6 to 20. UMBC has an institutional membership with...

Posted: October 9, 2013, 11:14 AM