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June Technology of the Month

Blackboard Assessments & Test Exceptions

The online assessment tool in Blackboard can be utilized to facilitate meaningful and memorable learning activities for students. These online assessment tools include: surveys, tests, and...

Posted: June 1, 2015, 5:42 PM

Badges, Points, Levels… Oh My! Rewarding & Engaging Students

Instructor adds Blackboard achievements to engineering class

Josh Enszer, a lecturer in the Chemical, Biochemical & Environmental Engineering department, has used homegrown achievements in his courses for the past three years as part of his research...

Posted: May 6, 2015, 12:55 PM

Blackboard Downtime Scheduled Saturday May 23, 2 AM - 5 AM

Minor system updates & routine maintenance expected

Blackboard engineers will perform minor system updates and routine maintenance on Saturday morning, May 23, 2015 from 2 AM - 5 AM. Blackboard will be offline during this period. If our Blackboard...

Posted: May 5, 2015, 11:07 AM

May Technology of the Month

Course Copy in Blackboard

The course copy tool  in Blackboard has been enabled for use by faculty members at UMBC. This tool allows instructors to easily copy over course content without having to create, download, and...

Posted: May 1, 2015, 10:03 AM

SU2015 Courses Created on Blackboard on 4/22/2015

Blackboard course shells for SU2015 were created on April 22, 2015. Bb shells are available for all courses (designated as lecture, lab, field or discussion) listed in the UMBC Schedule of...

Posted: April 23, 2015, 9:13 AM