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Blackboard Weekly Maintenance Schedule Reminder

This is just a friendly reminder to the UMBC campus community of the Blackboard weekly maintenance schedule window from Friday 10 pm to Saturday 1 am. Although this maintenance window is not...

Posted: August 23, 2011, 1:35 PM

UPDATE: FYI: Bb Courses Older Than FA2005 Will Be...

Full Title: UPDATE: FYI: Bb Courses Older Than FA2005 Will Be Deleted 8/25UPDATE: DoIT has pushed back the date to remove Bb courses older than FA2005 by one day, to Friday, August, 26 at 3 pm....

Posted: August 21, 2011, 12:33 PM

FA2011 Blackboard Drop-in Sessions

DoIT is offering drop in Blackboard Drop-in sessions to assist and help faculty prepare for the fall semester The following one hour drop in sessions will be held in Engineering 025. DoIT staff...

Posted: August 1, 2011, 2:15 PM

FA2011 Bb Course Shells Created on 7/11

Bb course shells for FA 2011 were created on July 11, and will continue to be updated daily. Bb shells were created for all courses (designated as lecture, lab, or discussion) listed in the UMBC...

Posted: July 18, 2011, 11:12 AM

End of LO Building Block in Bb (Blogs/ Wikis/ Journals)

As of SU2011 DoIT is discontinuing the use of the Learning Objects (LO) building block in Blackboard, including the 3rd party Campus Pack blogs, wikis and journals. Blackboard includes similar...

Posted: April 29, 2011, 2:27 PM