What’s New

Free 3-day Conference on Labs for Online STEM Announced

Attend Innovating STEM Education 2020 online August 19-21

OLC Ideate Labs for Online STEM: Innovating STEM Education 2020   With COVID pandemic, virtual labs are now a requirement rather than a "nice to have".  There are many technologies and...

Posted: August 10, 2020, 5:49 PM

USM OnTrack: New Online Teaching Resources Page Announced

Check out this updated content on the OnTrack website!

The USM OnTrack website has been updated to include new Online Teaching Resources. USM has revamped the emergency remote teaching web resources shared last spring to focus on the pivot to...

Posted: August 10, 2020, 5:43 PM

Content Editor Updates Enhance Announcements, Embedded Media

Ultra journals now included in course copy

The August Blackboard update introduces an enhanced text editor to the Ultra course announcement tool, allowing faculty to add and display more types of content, embed web links and media, and...

Posted: July 28, 2020, 11:43 AM

FA2020 Courses Created in Blackboard on July 27, 2020

Blackboard course shells for FA2020 were created on July 27, 2020. NOTE: In recognition of the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing social distancing practices, UMBC’s fall session will mostly be online...

Posted: July 28, 2020, 11:23 AM

USM OnTrack Update: Labster will be *NO COST* to Students

Take Advantage of this Virtual Resource in your Fall Course!

USM OnTrack is now providing a system-wide site license for all USM institutions for Labster. As a result, it will NOT be necessary to charge students the $45/course fee. The upgraded...

Posted: July 16, 2020, 10:45 AM

New USM Workshop! - Promoting Integrity in Online Courses

Attend this Virtual Session on Best Practices on 7/29!

USM OnTrack would like to invite you to attend a virtual workshop hosted by UMGC on the topic of Academic Integrity in Online Learning.  Got You, Not Gotcha: Promoting Integrity through Best...

Posted: July 16, 2020, 9:09 AM

USM OnTrack: New Quality Matters Workshops Added!

Sign up now for workshops in July and August!

USM OnTrack has added additional Quality Matters workshops in high-demand topics for the coming weeks.  New sessions added as of July 15, 2020 Friday, July 31, 2020 9:00-11:00 Measurable,...

Posted: July 16, 2020, 12:24 AM

USM Sponsoring Access to Labster Virtual Lab Environment

Learn more about Simulations for Lab-Based Courses

USM OnTrack is providing faculty training and inter-institutional coordination of resources to explore the use of virtual reality technologies by Labster for use in lab-based courses. Virtual...

Posted: June 29, 2020, 10:30 AM

USM to Convene Summit on Adaptive Tools for Online Courses

Learn about the ins and outs of adaptive courseware on 7/16!

The USM Kirwan Center for Academic Innovation is hosting a day-long virtual summit to introduce participants to the ins and outs of adaptive courseware. Sessions will include lessons learned from...

Posted: June 23, 2020, 11:14 AM

USM Sponsoring Online Teaching Professional Development

Sign up now for Quality Matters workshops in July!

USM OnTrack has pre-purchased a pool of online teaching professional development workshops from Quality Matters (QM) on beginning to advanced topics, including designing for learner engagement,...

Posted: June 23, 2020, 10:49 AM