What’s New

Take Attendance Qwickly with New Tool in Blackboard

Track attendance in gradebook & send students absentee email

A popular request from faculty is a tool to track student attendance. Many instructors who teach large classes use clickers to assign points for student engagement as a proxy for attendance....

Posted: December 5, 2016, 4:02 PM

Blackboard Upgrade Scheduled Dec. 26, 6:30 AM - 6:30 PM

System-wide update planned

Blackboard engineers will perform a system upgrade and maintenance on Monday morning, December 26, 2016, from 6:30 AM to 6:30 PM. Blackboard will be offline during this period. The downtime...

Posted: December 2, 2016, 9:49 AM

Beat the Next Snow Day with the Skill Builder Boot Camp

Everything you need to know about Blackboard in 2 days!

Concerned about Mother Nature's icy influence this winter? New to UMBC or teaching with Blackboard? Need to refresh your skills? Interested in an existing technology or resource? The Skill...

Posted: December 1, 2016, 1:05 PM

WT/SP2017 Courses Created in Blackboard on 11/29/2016

Blackboard course shells for WT/SP2017 were created on November 29, 2016. Bb shells are available for all courses (designated as lecture, lab, field or discussion) listed in the UMBC Schedule of...

Posted: December 1, 2016, 12:55 PM

Nearly All UMBC Students Own Laptops AND Smart Phones

Findings Mirror 2016 National Study of Students and IT

For 10 of the past 11 years, UMBC has participated in the annual “Undergraduates and IT” study conducted by the Educause Center for Applied Research (ECAR). According to the 2016 ECAR findings,...

Posted: November 30, 2016, 1:46 PM

Clicker Orders due to Bookstore by Thursday, November 24!

Get your orders in for the Spring 2017 semester

Faculty who plan to use clickers for instruction during the ​​Spring 2016 semester will need to have device order(s) submitted to the Bookstore no later than Thursday, November 24. This deadline...

Posted: November 14, 2016, 1:48 PM

We're Hiring a Clicker Intern!

Apply to become the New Turning Technologies Intern

We are opening up a search to hire a UMBC student as a Turning Technologies Intern starting in Spring 2017. The responsibilities of this intern include:  Support successful usage of Turning...

Posted: November 14, 2016, 10:48 AM

Alternate Delivery Program Call for Participation Released

Hybrid/Online Course Redesign for Summer 2017

Faculty interested in developing an effective hybrid or fully online course are invited to submit a proposal for this innovative faculty support program. The Alternate Delivery Program (ADP)...

Posted: October 27, 2016, 1:58 PM

Alternate Delivery Program Call to Participate Coming Soon!

Hybrid/Online Course Redesign for SU/WT 2017

We are seeking a new Course Designer cohort for the recently revamped Alternate Delivery Program (ADP) for full and part-time summer & winter faculty. The Call for Participation will be...

Posted: October 11, 2016, 12:25 PM

Blackboard Courses Scheduled for Retirement from Server

AY12-13 & AY13-14 Courses to be Retired

During the summer of 2016, Blackboard archived our complete site, which saved individually backed-up copies of every course and organization through SP2016. As previously announced, courses from...

Posted: October 7, 2016, 12:23 PM