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Level Up Your Course: Join Us for Blackboard Week (August 10th–14th)

Daily webinars to optimize your Fall courses

As we gear up for the FA2026 semester, Instructional Technology is hosting Blackboard Week from August 10th to August 14th. Whether you are completely new to Blackboard or a seasoned pro looking...

Posted: July 28, 2026, 10:00 AM

REMINDER: 20260728 Downtime has begun.

To all users, This is a reminder that we are beginning our scheduled downtime for chip, which is planned from 8AM to 5PM ET. This is to apply critical security patches, and to perform some...

Posted: July 28, 2026, 8:32 AM

REMINDER: chip Downtime Scheduled for July 28th

To all chip users, This is a reminder that on Tuesday July 28th, the chip cluster will be inaccessible from 0800ET - 1800ET for storage optimization and module system updates. Please refer to...

Posted: July 21, 2026, 3:50 PM

10 Ways to Make Your Slide Decks Accessible

Same principles apply to PowerPoint, Google Slides, or Canva

Slide decks get built fast. A lecture the night before, a workshop the morning of -- we’ve all done it. Accessibility is often the first thing to slip when you're racing a deadline. But a few...

Posted: July 21, 2026, 10:30 AM

A human figure with outstretched arms inside a circle of two curved arrows, suggesting movement. Below the figure are two words: digital accessibility.

Blackboard Launches New Gradebook on August 7

Same grades, less clicking.

After a year-long redesign with faculty feedback sessions – including on-site at UMBC – Blackboard will launch a new gradebook starting August 7, 2026. The redesigned gradebook grid view will...

Posted: July 20, 2026, 10:00 AM

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