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New Faculty Annual Report Pilot Begins With 9 Departments

To:Digital Measures Pilot Departments and Deans From:Jack Suess, Michael Dillon, Arnold Foelster Date: February 26, 2013 Re:Update on Digital Measures Implementation Digital Measures is a...

Posted: February 28, 2013, 1:44 PM

Known Issue: Dropped Students Still Available in Bb Classes

Some students not made unavailable after dropping class

DoIT staff would like to report a known issue involving student availability in Bb courses.  Over the past several weeks DoIT has received reports from students who have officially dropped a...

Posted: February 25, 2013, 5:31 PM

Bb Collaborate Down for Maintenance 10 pm 3/2 - 4 am 3/3

Blackboard Collaborate has published the following notice about their server maintenance scheduled for Saturday, March 2 at 10 pm.  UMBC faculty and students should note that both sessions and...

Posted: February 25, 2013, 5:11 PM

Scantron Test Scoring: Top 10 Best Practices

This is a reminder to the campus that DoIT offers Scantron Test Scanning and Scoring for grading of multiple choice exams or surveys. Jim Keys has put together this “Top 10 Best Practices” list...

Posted: February 21, 2013, 12:43 PM

Student Faculty Ratios by Term – New Report

This report provides ratios of both plans and full-time equivalent (FTE) students per instructional faculty, presented by college and organization. Ratios are presented per full-time, total,...

Posted: February 21, 2013, 11:35 AM