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FA2025 Courses Created in Blackboard on July 16, 2025
Reminder: New Course Creation & Student Enrollment Process
Blackboard course shells for Fall 2025 were created on July 16, 2025. All Fall 2025 courses listed in the UMBC Schedule of Classes (SOC), regardless of designation as lecture, lab, etc, or...
Posted: July 17, 2025, 7:37 AM
Tom Penniston selected for prestigious Fulbright Award to advance learning analytics
Coordinator of Learning Analytics heads to Croatia this fall
Tom Penniston, Ph.D., has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar award to advance learning-analytics projects in Croatia during the 2025–26 academic year. As UMBC DoIT’s Coordinator of Learning...
Posted: July 10, 2025, 2:22 PM
Leveraging UMBC’s High Performance Computing Facility
Improving the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Maps
Cross posted from UMBC News & Magazine: New AI-supported, high-resolution Chesapeake Bay Watershed stream maps reveal additional waterways and will help prioritize restoration projects ...
Posted: July 9, 2025, 2:28 PM
June Gritty Award Winner: Khalil Alston
Division of Information Technology Outstanding Staff Member
Khalil Alston of the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) has been named the recipient of the June Gritty Award for exceptional technical support and outstanding professional service across...
Posted: July 7, 2025, 1:42 PM
Thank you for being part of UMBC (Phishing Edition)
We are glad you are here, but we don't want your password
DoIT is aware of an ongoing phishing campaign targeting faculty and staff. The message arrives in users' inboxes appearing to be a document shared from Google. Within the document there is a link...
Posted: July 4, 2025, 2:43 PM
Cybersecurity Alert: Phishing Emails Continue
Watch fireworks and your inbox
Recently, DoIT has seen an increase in phishing emails claiming that the receiver's UMBC account is being deactivated or offering a part time job. Some of the emails are specifically mentioning...
Posted: July 3, 2025, 5:37 PM
Anthology announces retirement date for Blackboard Original Courses & Organizations
Original content will become read-only after Dec 31, 2026
Anthology, the parent company of Blackboard, has announced that they will retire Original courses and organizations on December 31, 2026. At this point, all Original content in courses and...
Posted: June 30, 2025, 8:26 AM
June HPCF Newsletter
Hi everyone, I’m writing to give everyone an update regarding the UMBC HPCF, particularly the new Retriever Research Storage System (RRStor). The Research Computing team within DoIT works to...
Posted: June 26, 2025, 1:19 PM
Cybersecurity Alert: Increase in Phishing Scams
Account stealers and fake job scams use multiple methods
DoIT has detected several sophisticated email phishing scams attempting to steal user account credentials across campus. These scams have directed users to enter their username and password into...
Posted: June 24, 2025, 6:45 PM
Improve Course Accessibility with Image Captions & MathJax Formulas in July's Ultra Update
Track who's reading your announcements and more
How do you know if students actually read that important course announcement? What if you could make your content more accessible by adding image captions or rendering complex math more clearly...
Posted: June 24, 2025, 1:11 PM
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