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3 Tips for Making Your Synchronous Meetings Accessible
Accessible meetings benefit every participant involved.
Let’s enhance meeting productivity for all attendees! Whether you are hosting a departmental meeting, conducting a 1:1 check-in, or moderating a large-scale event, the organization and execution...
Posted: June 30, 2026, 12:00 PM
5 Tips for Posting Accessible Images & Stories to Social Media
Build social media habits that include everyone.
Social media is one of the most powerful tools departments use to share news, celebrate achievements, and build community. It’s also one of the most consistently inaccessible corners of...
Posted: June 23, 2026, 3:27 PM
7 Accessible Practices for Creating and Sending Email
Accessibility starts before you hit send.
Email is one of the most universal communication tools we have at UMBC, and one of the most commonly overlooked places where accessibility breaks down. Whether you’re sending a department update,...
Posted: June 16, 2026, 12:30 PM
5 Tips for Creating Clear and Accessible Links
“Click here” doesn’t tell anyone where they’re going.
Links are everywhere -- in syllabi, announcements, email, assignments, websites, and Blackboard pages. They’re one of the most useful tools for connecting students to resources and one of the most...
Posted: June 9, 2026, 1:20 PM
Apply for 2022 Lumen Circles OER Fellowship
Participate in a OER faculty learning community- no cost!
See information below about Lumen Circles OER Fellowship: Apply now for a Spring 2022 Lumen Circles Fellowship focused on Effective Teaching Using OER Be part of an OER-focused virtual...
Posted: December 16, 2021, 2:46 PM
55 People Attend 2nd Annual TechFest
More registrations and an increase in workshops
On April 10, DoIT hosted its 2nd annual TechFest, a campus event that brings together faculty, staff, and students to share technology tools through workshops. This year’s event had a bigger...
Posted: May 9, 2017, 8:52 AM
New Box Experience Now Available For UMBC Users
Box now has sidebar navigation, improved search, and more
Box, an online file sharing system that allows you to access your files from multiple devices and collaborate with others, recently released an update to its web interface. Some of the new changes...
Posted: May 2, 2017, 8:11 AM
Computer Replacement Initiative Deadline is March 29
Faculty & staff can fill out the DoIT web form
The Computer Replacement Initiative (CRI) is a UMBC campus-wide initiative designed to replace faculty and staff laptops and desktops. For the 2017-2018 academic year, within Academic Affairs, the...
Posted: March 9, 2017, 4:24 PM
TechFest 2017: New Presenters, More Vendors, and Giveaways
This year’s event is on April 10 at the University Center
In 2016, DoIT hosted a brand new type of event known as TechFest, designed to bring UMBC students, faculty, and staff together to share different ways technology can both support and improve the...
Posted: March 8, 2017, 11:38 AM
DoIT and VART Partner on Lynda.com License
Online tutorials to help free up faculty prep and class time
To help free up faculty time currently given to in-class software training or even home grown and self-curated online video demos, DoIT and Visual Arts (VART) have partnered to share a one-year,...
Posted: August 4, 2016, 11:50 AM
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