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Winter Technology Training Available for UMBC Faculty

Attend virtually or in-person

With the winter semester quickly approaching, we are excited to announce that the Instructional Technology team will offer several training workshops for UMBC faculty during the winter months....

Posted: December 3, 2014, 7:32 PM

WT/SP 2015 Courses Created on Bb Hosting Site on 12/2/14

Bb course shells for WT2015 and SP2015 were created on December 2, 2014 on the new Blackboard managed hosting site. Bb shells are available for all courses (designated as lecture, lab, field or...

Posted: December 3, 2014, 12:07 PM

Bb Achievements to Support Competency Based Learning

Use badges to motivate & reward students via gamification

As announced earlier this semester, Winter and Spring 2015 courses will be hosted by Blackboard directly instead of by DoIT. As part of this change, we will also upgrade to the Spring 2014 version...

Posted: November 4, 2014, 1:01 PM

New Features Coming to Blackboard in Winter 2015

Software upgrade is part of migration to managed hosting

As announced earlier this week, Winter and Spring 2015 courses will be hosted by Blackboard directly instead of by DoIT. As part of this change, we will also be upgrading to the Spring 2014...

Posted: October 3, 2014, 5:58 AM

DoIT Changes Model of Blackboard Support

As part of an effort to improve service on Blackboard, the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) is changing how the Blackboard system operates at UMBC. Starting in Winter 2015, UMBC will move...

Posted: October 1, 2014, 11:10 AM