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4 Faculty, 2 Staff Named 2024-25 LA Fellows

$2k professional development awards renewable annually

To continue our commitment to fostering and sharing effective data-informed teaching and learning practices, the Provost's Office has provided funding through the Learning Analytics Fellowship...

Posted: November 14, 2024, 10:22 AM

Quality Matters Impact (QMI) Program - Call to Participate

Faculty can apply by Dec. 6 for Spring/Fall 2025 Cohorts

As an extension of the award-winning PIVOT program, the Quality Matters Impact (QMI) program is an initiative to formally recognize courses that meet Quality Matters standards and demonstrate...

Posted: November 5, 2024, 4:46 PM

Introducing Qwickly Attendance Plus: Now piloting an upgraded version with exciting features for attendance tracking

Detailed reports, new check-in options in Blackboard

Instructional Technology is pleased to announce the pilot of Qwickly Attendance Plus in Blackboard Ultra courses. Featuring mobile check-in and advanced reporting, Qwickly Attendance provides...

Posted: November 5, 2024, 1:09 PM

Technology Tested and Updated in Classrooms

AV Services Operations staff evaluate, update, and repair AV

Thank you to our full-time and student staff for getting AV systems ready for the fall semester! Much of our campus community slows down a bit over the summer session while students are working,...

Posted: November 5, 2024, 11:47 AM

Roleplay with AI Conversations and print tests with question pools in November update

Increased support for course management & formatting

This month's update to Ultra increases support for assessment, accessibility, learner engagement, and course management. Instructors can now choose roleplaying as an option for AI Conversations,...

Posted: November 4, 2024, 9:03 AM

Cybersecurity Awareness: Install Updates

Keep your system up-to-date by installing updates

Update the Operating System (OS) Install operating system updates on all of your devices as soon as possible. Attackers won’t wait so neither should you! Update Anti-Virus (AV) Keep your...

Posted: October 31, 2024, 8:47 AM

Congratulations to our May 2024 Graduating Students

Join us in celebrating our amazing student workers

Congratulations to our Graduating students in the Division of Information Technology Class of Spring 2024 We're so happy for you! Celebrate your accomplishments and keep on shining!...

Posted: October 30, 2024, 11:08 AM

RESOLVED - Blackboard Service Disruption - Course Content Access

Access to Blackboard course content may be impacted

Update @ 6:37 PM: After a rolling restart was performed, course menus appear to be consistently stable and content is available. Users also report the error messages are no longer appearing. At...

Posted: October 29, 2024, 11:27 AM

National IT Survey Highlights Teaching and Learning Trends

Please complete the survey if you’re selected this year

Since 2006, EDUCAUSE, the professional association for IT in higher education, has conducted an annual survey of students about their technology usage and preferences and, beginning in 2014, a...

Posted: October 28, 2024, 11:19 AM

Cybersecurity Awareness Month: UMBC Security Team Uncovers Hacking Attempts Targeting Alumni Accounts

This past summer, the UMBC Security Student Team made a significant discovery regarding compromised accounts, predominantly affecting alumni. In a series of alarming events, fraudulent Google...

Posted: October 28, 2024, 9:43 AM