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RESOLVED - Blackboard Offline on April 28

UMBC is monitoring the issue & working with Bb support

At approximately 8:12 am, DoIT staff became aware of a potential outage with our instance Blackboard Learn. System admins immediately investigated the reports and opened a ticket with Blackboard...

Posted: April 28, 2020, 8:54 AM

DoIT Offers PIVOT Webinars for Online Teaching

Initial focus will be prep for summer sessions

As UMBC prepares to offer all SU2020 courses in an online format, DoIT’s Instructional Technology team is pleased to introduce Planning Instructional Variety for Online Teaching (PIVOT), a new...

Posted: April 27, 2020, 11:06 AM

SU2020 Courses Created in Blackboard on April 21, 2020

Blackboard course shells for SU2020 were created on April 21, 2020. NOTE: In recognition of the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing social distancing practices, UMBC’s summer session will be offered...

Posted: April 22, 2020, 3:22 PM

Learn how to use VoiceThread with these free workshops!

Add media-rich, asynchronous engagement in your courses

VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate slides and leave comments in several ways – text, voice, audio file, or...

Posted: April 8, 2020, 2:14 PM

MOST Commons: A Resource to Support Remote Teaching

OER online webinar

Dear Colleague, I thought you might be interested in this webinar sponsored by MarylandOnline which will take place next Tuesday, March 31st. Please see the description and registration...

Posted: March 30, 2020, 3:42 PM

Learn how to use VoiceThread with these free workshops!

Add media-rich, asynchronous engagement in your courses

VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate slides and leave comments in several ways – text, voice, audio file, or...

Posted: March 30, 2020, 12:47 PM

Bb Webinars: Accelerate a Transition to Remote Instruction

Free 30-minute webinars on Blackboard, Collaborate

https://fdc.umbc.edu/resources/keep-on-teaching/Following guidance from the University System of Maryland in the rapidly developing public health response to COVID-19, UMBC will transition to...

Posted: March 14, 2020, 6:35 AM

Where to find Open Educational Resources

A listing of OER repositories and online libraries

Are you looking for OER content for your courses? Whether you are looking for OER textbooks, open course modules, or other OER materials, feel free to search the following online OER repositories....

Posted: March 11, 2020, 3:22 PM

Daily Training: LockDown Browser & Respondus Monitor

Training for Online Assessment Tools Provided by the Vendor

Instructor Training: LockDown Browser and Respondus MonitorLockDown Browser is a custom browser that prevents digital cheating during an online exam. Respondus Monitor is a companion application...

Posted: March 10, 2020, 1:22 PM

GO Kit Series: Assess Student Learning for Course Continuity

Minimize impact of campus closures with a Go Online Kit

This article is a part of Instructional Technology's Planning Your Go Online (GO) Kit series. Explore communication, active learning, and assessment strategies in an online environment to keep...

Posted: March 9, 2020, 8:58 AM