What’s New

Introducing the New Alternate Delivery Program

Three Skill Tracks Now Available

The Alternate Delivery Program (ADP) provides financial, technical, and pedagogical support to faculty who agree to redesign an existing face-to-face (F2F) course for online or hybrid (part...

Posted: November 23, 2015, 2:08 PM

WT/SP2016 Courses Created in Blackboard on 11/20/2015

Blackboard course shells for WT2016 and SP2016 were created on November 20, 2015. Bb shells are available for all courses (designated as lecture, lab, field or discussion) listed in the UMBC...

Posted: November 23, 2015, 8:19 AM

DoIT Announces VoiceThread CFP

Test drive interactive tools for online discussions

If you want to move beyond the traditional text-based discussion board, DoIT is looking for faculty volunteers to pilot VoiceThread (VT), a cloud-based application that takes an audio/visual...

Posted: October 30, 2015, 2:31 PM

Celebrate National Distance Learning Week

November 9-13, 2015

In celebration of National Distance Learning Week, November 9-13, 2015, we invite faculty, teaching assistants, and students to join us for these free webinars from the Online Learning Consortium,...

Posted: October 29, 2015, 2:26 PM

Blackboard Downtime Scheduled Sat. Morning, Oct 3rd, 2-5 AM

Essential system updates & routine maintenance expected

Blackboard engineers will perform essential system updates and routine maintenance on Saturday morning, October 3, 2015 from 2 AM - 5 AM. Blackboard will be offline during this period.  This...

Posted: September 21, 2015, 11:30 AM

FA2015 UMBC Blackboard Update

UMBC Blackboard Update is provided by the Division of Information Technology for students, faculty and staff. If you have questions or need help, please consult the Blackboard Help tab inside...

Posted: August 25, 2015, 2:38 PM

Faculty Can Make Blackboard Courses Available in 2-Clicks

Streamline Course Availability & Announcement Postings

Qwickly is new tool deployed to faculty in Blackboard during the summer. It was designed to dramatically simplify the workflow of common tasks frequently performed by faculty. One great example is...

Posted: August 20, 2015, 1:16 PM

Blackboard Downtime Scheduled Sat. Morning, July 18 2-5 AM

Essential system updates & routine maintenance expected

Blackboard engineers will perform essential system updates and routine maintenance on Saturday morning, July 18, 2015 from 2 AM - 5 AM. Blackboard will be offline during this period.  This...

Posted: July 13, 2015, 10:53 AM

Blackboard Downtime Scheduled Saturday May 23, 2 AM - 5 AM

Minor system updates & routine maintenance expected

Blackboard engineers will perform minor system updates and routine maintenance on Saturday morning, May 23, 2015 from 2 AM - 5 AM. Blackboard will be offline during this period. If our Blackboard...

Posted: May 5, 2015, 11:07 AM

Blackboard Datacenter Maintenance Scheduled Mar 13, 2-6 AM

Brief Impact to Service Sessions Expected

Date: Friday, March 13th, 2015 Time: 02:00 am to 06:00 am EDT On Friday morning, March 13th, 2015, between the hours of 02:00 am to 06:00 am EST, the Blackboard Managed Hosting Engineers will...

Posted: March 6, 2015, 8:16 AM