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Blackboard Offline 12-6 a.m., Sat., 1/27

Core File System Infrastructure Must Be Upgraded

To upgrade Blackboard’s core file system that cannot wait until Spring Break or Summer, Blackboard engineers will service UMBC’s cloud system on Saturday, January 27, from 12:01 a.m. to...

Posted: January 23, 2018, 11:59 AM

13 Steps to Get Your Blackboard Course Ready

Checklist to optimize your course before the semester starts

Prepare your Blackboard course shell for the new semester with our baker’s dozen checklist. 1. Review new tools & features in Blackboard. Our Blackboard site is upgrade twice a year so check...

Posted: January 16, 2018, 2:26 PM

UMBC Blackboard Update: WT2018

UMBC Blackboard Update is provided by the Division of Information Technology for students, faculty and staff. If you have questions or need help, please consult the Blackboard Help tab inside...

Posted: December 18, 2017, 2:33 PM

Blackboard Upgrade Scheduled for Early January 2018

Fresh look for mobile devices, accessible to screen readers

Blackboard will be updated on Friday, January 5, 2018 beginning at 5 PM EST as part of DoIT’s biannual Blackboard update. No downtime is expected: Blackboard should remain online and available,...

Posted: December 18, 2017, 1:04 PM

DoIT Publishes Most Active Fall 2017 Blackboard Courses

UMBC faculty and staff may recall that DoIT used to publish a list of most active Blackboard courses for every term. However, we discontinued this after Spring 2013, when we completed our...

Posted: December 18, 2017, 11:33 AM

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

WT/SP2018 Courses Created in Blackboard on December 6, 2017

Blackboard course shells for WT2018 and SP2018 were created on December 6, 2017. About Course Creation Bb shells for WT/SP2018 are available for all courses (designated as lecture, lab, field...

Posted: December 18, 2017, 9:23 AM

SU2017 Courses Restored to Main Blackboard Site

Final step in cloud transition

All SU2017 courses, which operated in a separate environment during the full Blackboard transition to the cloud, were successfully restored to the UMBC's main Blackboard site in mid-FA2017, per...

Posted: November 21, 2017, 1:26 PM

Bb Inline Grading Tool Upgrade Planned During Winter Term

Document & annotations to be migrated to New Box View

During the grading and evaluation process, Blackboard’s inline grading tool allows instructors, teaching assistants, and graders to embed feedback, such as comments, highlights, and even drawings,...

Posted: November 10, 2017, 3:58 PM

UMBC Blackboard Update: FA2017