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Call for Proposals: USM Gamification Symposium

Explore how games boost engagement & enhance learning

Do you have a story you’d like to share about gamifying a course? Would you like to immerse others in some aspect of game playing? Have you tried gamifying a course and want to share what didn’t...

Posted: July 29, 2016, 1:52 PM

FA2016 Courses Created in Blackboard on 7/27/2016

Blackboard course shells for FA2016 were created on July 27, 2016. Bb shells are available for all courses (designated as lecture, lab, field or discussion) listed in the UMBC Schedule of Classes...

Posted: July 28, 2016, 1:40 PM

Humanities Scholars explore Baltimore micro-cultures

During the fall semester of 2015, students in seminar HUM 120 "Documenting Culture in Baltimore" explored three businesses along Baltimore's Paca Street. In this course, first-year Humanities...

Posted: July 17, 2016, 10:21 AM

MCS Production Fellows document Refugee Youth Project

In the spring of 2016, students from MCS 484 "MCS Production Fellows" worked with the Refugee Youth Project to create three videos highlighting their work.  RYP provides after-school, summer...

Posted: July 16, 2016, 12:25 PM

"Mill Stories" documentary wins Telly Award

The film, "Mill Stories: Remembering Sparrows Point Steel Mill," co-produced by the UMBC New Media Studio and Maryland Traditions, has been named a Bronze winner by the 37th Annual Telly...

Posted: July 13, 2016, 10:04 AM

Blackboard Offers Free Virtual Conference July 12-14

Follow BbWorld via live streaming sessions & recordings

Once a year Blackboard hosts the BbWorld conference over several days for faculty, students, administrators, instructional technology specialists, training professionals, developers, and system...

Posted: July 8, 2016, 9:25 AM

Save the Date: 9/29 USM Gamification Symposium

Explore how games boost engagement & enhance learning

Join instructional designers, faculty, and academic leaders from across the University System of Maryland in exploring how games and gamification can reinvigorate courses, boost student...

Posted: July 6, 2016, 9:47 AM

Blackboard Course Archive In Progress

AY12-13 & AY13-14 Courses to be Retired from Server

Throughout summer 2016, Blackboard will archive the following terms from our Blackboard server: Fall 2012 Winter 2013 Spring 2013 Summer 2014 Fall 2013 Winter 2014 Spring 2014 Summer 2014...

Posted: June 10, 2016, 10:50 AM

Clicker License Codes to be Emailed to UMBC Students

License codes will be sent out to students starting May 23

As the campus begins the migration to TurningPoint Cloud this summer, students who purchased and registered their clickers on Blackboard prior to March 1, 2016  will receive Turning Account...

Posted: May 20, 2016, 12:28 PM

Online Learning Consortium Offers Free Faculty Training

Expand Your Online Knowledge During Summer 2016

Through a University System of Maryland partnership with the Online Learning Consortium (OLC), DoIT is pleased to offer an exceptional online training opportunity to UMBC full-time and part-time...

Posted: May 11, 2016, 10:09 AM