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Faculty to Pilot Blackboard’s Ultra Experience in SP2018

Learn more about the redesigned next generation Blackboard

Four faculty will redesign and teach courses using Blackboard’s Ultra Experience, the next generation of Blackboard’s learning management system during the SP2018 semester. As part of a unique...

Posted: December 18, 2017, 10:12 AM

VPN Upgrade Wednesday January 11th at 10:00pm

We will be upgrading our VPN software this Wednesday evening from 10:00pm to 11:00pm.  This change is fairly significant because the VPN will no longer rely on java to launch the client, which...

Posted: January 10, 2017, 10:02 AM

Windows 10 Free Upgrade for Personal Machines Ends July 29th

Upgrade for free otherwise pay $120 license for home version

DoIT would like the UMBC community to know that Microsoft's deadline for a free upgrade to Windows 10 is ending on July 29th, 2016. If you are running Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 and do not take...

Posted: May 11, 2016, 1:27 PM

New Bb Upgrade Planned for WT2016

Benefits include improved Java-free Collaborate

To continue our managed hosting from Blackboard and access new functionality, UMBC’s Blackboard server will need to be upgraded in late December after the fall semester ends. Apart from ensuring...

Posted: August 25, 2015, 12:29 PM

Campus Webmail to be Upgraded on May 28

Not applicable to google mail users.

On Wednesday, May 28 at 7am, DoIT will be performing an upgrade of the campus webmail environment on our dedicated Cyrus mail server. The current webmail environment is extremely out of date on...

Posted: April 25, 2014, 1:50 PM

RT System Upgrade June 13

The UMBC Request Tracker system upgrade from version 3.8.7 to version 4.0.5 will occur on Wednesday, June 13, 2012. This will necessitate a system downtime from 5:30am until 7:30am to perform the...

Posted: June 4, 2012, 11:28 AM