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Blackboard FA2020 Course Development Shells Available

In response to some faculty requests, DoIT’s Instructional Technology team will create Fall 2020 Course Development shells for all courses listed in the Schedule of Classes by close of business on...

Posted: May 29, 2020, 7:07 AM

DoIT Offers Monthly PIVOT Webinars During Summer

Focus will be on FA20 Preparations

Based on higher than expected turnout for last week’s prototype of the Planning Instructional Technology for Online Teaching (PIVOT) Live webinars, DoIT is offering a monthly repeat of the five...

Posted: May 12, 2020, 2:59 PM

New Bb Annotate refreshes inline grading tool for SU2020

Expanded functionality includes shapes, drawing, highlight

UPDATE: Bb Annotate has been staged back for deployment — US East Cost is slated for June 3rd. Available for summer courses, Blackboard’s new inline grading tool, allows instructors, teaching...

Posted: May 11, 2020, 12:33 PM

Panopto Downtime and Important Updates

Mandatory Client Upgrades and Decreased IE11 Support

Panopto Cloud Downtime On Saturday, June 27, Panopto Cloud customers will be upgraded to the latest cloud release. This upgrade will require downtime. The vendor will announce the exact time and...

Posted: May 11, 2020, 12:05 PM

VoiceThread Offers Training on Creating Engaging Courses

From Basic to Blackboard Use Cases - Learn from the Vendor!

VoiceThread is a learning tool for enhancing student engagement and online presence. With VoiceThread, instructors and/or students can create, share, and comment on images, Microsoft PowerPoint...

Posted: May 7, 2020, 11:37 AM

Blackboard Offers Webinar Series on Remote Instruction

Fine Tune Your Skills from Basic to Advanced Levels

Blackboard has announced a webinar series to help faculty transition to remote instruction. Click here to sign up for the options described below. Who are these webinars for? This webinar series...

Posted: May 7, 2020, 11:14 AM

Training on Respondus LockDown Browser & Respondus Monitor

Learn to Deliver Online Assessments using these tools

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: April 30, 2020, 12:06 PM

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