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UMBC Blackboard Update: SP2012

UMBC Blackboard update is provided by the Division of Information Technology for students, faculty and staff using Blackboard at UMBC. If you have questions or need help, please consult the...

Posted: January 22, 2012, 10:16 PM

Sloan-C Workshops on Online Teaching Open to UMBC Faculty

UMBC is an institutional member of the Sloan-C College Pass program and has approximately 70 free seats to be used towards their workshops. The 2012 workshops include such topics as Getting...

Posted: January 22, 2012, 10:02 PM

Resolved: Slow RT (Request Tracker) Performance

UPDATE DoIT staff have identified an issue with the system storage which has been fixed. Please contact DoIT if you are still experiencing the slowness identified earlier today. DoIT has...

Posted: January 17, 2012, 10:43 AM

SP2012 Bb Courses Auto Created and Enrolled

Following yesterday's announcement of a new "snapshot" data synchronization process between SA and Blackboard, DoIT reports that a Bb course shell has been auto created and enrolled for all Spring...

Posted: December 29, 2011, 9:12 AM

WT2012 Bb Courses Enrolled Daily at 9 a.m., For Now

To resolve reported issues with Winter and Spring 2012 Blackboard courses, DoIT has successfully tested Blackboard's "snapshot" process for automatically creating and enrolling all UMBC Bb courses...

Posted: December 28, 2011, 9:42 AM

DoIT Reports Issues Creating WT & SP 2012 Bb Courses

While the campus Blackboard server was successfully upgraded on Friday, December 23, DoIT has encountered issues with the planned auto-creation of Winter and Spring 2012 Bb course shells. We are...

Posted: December 26, 2011, 8:07 PM

Blackboard Learn 9.1 SP 6 Upgrade Completed

The scheduled upgrade for the Blackboard Learn 9.1 system was completed at approximately 2:30 pm on Friday, Dec. 23, and the system was made available to the campus community at that time. We...

Posted: December 23, 2011, 2:22 PM

UMBC Blackboard Update: WT2012

UMBC Blackboard update is provided by the Division of Information Technology for students, faculty and staff using Blackboard at UMBC. If you have questions or need help, please consult the...

Posted: December 5, 2011, 5:43 AM

Blackboard Collaborate Replacing Wimba

As previously announced in October, DoIT will be installing Blackboard Collaborate 11 during the Bb upgrade window starting on December 22 at 10 pm. Bb Collaborate 11 is the new web-based...

Posted: December 2, 2011, 1:13 PM