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Spring Student Course Evaluations Available May 3 - May 16
Access your evaluations online through Blackboard or email
The student course evaluations for Spring 2017 are now available to complete online between May 3 - May 16. Please note, you will not be able to change your answers after you submit, or access the...
Posted: May 3, 2017, 9:30 AM
SU17 Courses Created on Separate Bb Server on April 18
Summer courses using new cloud environment
Blackboard course shells for SU2017 were created on April 18, 2017, on a separate Bb server. Why? In preparation for UMBC’s migration to Blackboard’s new cloud infrastructure, summer courses will...
Posted: April 28, 2017, 3:56 PM
REX Tools for Teaching Available to Instructors
Get a Bird's Eye View of Your Course Across Campus
In recent years, the Office of Institutional Research and Decision Support (IRADS) has installed or built a nifty set of “bird’s eye view” reports about teaching & learning in the campus’...
Posted: March 28, 2017, 2:09 PM
UMBC takes Blackboard to the cloud
Summer migration for improved services & next gen tools
During the Summer 2017 term, UMBC will migrate its learning management system currently hosted by Blackboard to Blackboard’s new cloud infrastructure known as Software as a Service (SaaS)....
Posted: March 8, 2017, 10:45 AM
UMBC Blackboard Course Design Featured in Educause Review
Learning Analytics Research for LMS Course Design
Building on prior learning analytics research at UMBC, DoIT's John Fritz has co-authored "Learning Analytics Research for LMS Course Design: Two Studies" in the current issue of Educause Review...
Posted: March 1, 2017, 2:38 PM
Predicting and Supporting Student Success
Importance of the Blackboard Grade Center
Update from 2/1/18 Blackboard Analytics Symposium: Using Bb Predict and UMBC's FYI alert program together is more accurate than using either service alone....
Posted: February 10, 2017, 4:08 PM
UMBC Blackboard Update: WT2017
UMBC Blackboard Update is provided by the Division of Information Technology for students, faculty and staff. If you have questions or need help, please consult the Blackboard Help tab inside...
Posted: December 13, 2016, 12:43 PM
DEADLINE EXTENDED TechFest 2017: Submit Your Proposal Today!
Share your favorite technologies with the UMBC Community
Last year, the Instructional Technology team held UMBC’s first TechFest. TechFest is designed to bring together UMBC students, faculty, and staff to share their favorite technologies with the...
Posted: December 7, 2016, 12:34 PM
Take Attendance Qwickly with New Tool in Blackboard
Track attendance in gradebook & send students absentee email
A popular request from faculty is a tool to track student attendance. Many instructors who teach large classes use clickers to assign points for student engagement as a proxy for attendance....
Posted: December 5, 2016, 4:02 PM
Blackboard Upgrade Scheduled Dec. 26, 6:30 AM - 6:30 PM
System-wide update planned
Blackboard engineers will perform a system upgrade and maintenance on Monday morning, December 26, 2016, from 6:30 AM to 6:30 PM. Blackboard will be offline during this period. The downtime...
Posted: December 2, 2016, 9:49 AM
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