Project Management Office (PMO)

DoIT’s Project Management Office (PMO) was established to coordinate, oversee, and provide stewardship of IT-related portfolio and project management. The objective of the PMO is to:

Provide Project Management services and oversight for select IT projects.
Set the standard, provide the tools, and be the resident advocate and model for good Project Management practices.
Align project activity with UMBC’s strategic plan.
Provide project updates and reports to DoIT and campus leaders.
Assist with discovery and project intake via the Idea Form

The DoIT PMO uses Smartsheet to track projects and portfolio management. Read more about DoIT’s Project Definitions and Proposal Process here.

Have an idea for a project? Submit the Idea Form

Smartsheet Access:

To access Smartsheet, please go to umbc.edu/go/smartsheet.

Read UMBC’s Smartsheet FAQs here.

Project Reports:
Available with UMBC login

DoIT Project Report – AY 2024-2025

DoIT Project Report – FY25 Q1 & Q2

DoIT Project Report – FY24 Q3 & Q4

DoIT Project Report – FY24 Q1 & Q2

Recent Project Updates

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Restrict File Types in Assignment Submissions in Blackboard's September Update

Preview Outcomes mastery also available in gradebook

A student submits their essay as a Pages file. Another turns in a .zip when you asked for a single PDF. By the time you notice, you're chasing down a resubmission instead of grading. September's...

Posted: September 17, 2026, 3:00 PM

13 Tips to Get Your Blackboard Course Ready

Checklist to optimize your course before the semester starts

The week before the semester starts can feel like a sprint: A full inbox, a syllabus that still needs one more edit, and a course shell that isn’t quite ready for students yet. Before the scramble...

Posted: August 12, 2026, 10:00 AM

Blackboard's August Update Redesigns Grading, Navigation, and Group Tools

A quick rundown of what's new for faculty & students

Blackboard's August update is one of the bigger releases we've seen in a while, touching grading, navigation, assessments, and course workflows all at once. Here's what's changing, organized by...

Posted: August 7, 2026, 3:31 PM

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

July Update Brings Rubric Evaluation Report to Ultra Courses

Discussion descriptions, AI conversation timers, course favs

This month's Ultra update provides a new report that gives instructors class-wide rubric data at a glance, and a dedicated field that separates discussion context from prompt. Paired with clearer...

Posted: July 2, 2026, 10:29 AM

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