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Aligning Your Hybrid & Online Course, Syllabus & Resources

Workshop offered in-person or via webinar

Although many of the things you do in face-to-face classes can be done in online courses, you will find the planning process different. Rather than recreating what you are doing face-to-face, you...

Posted: October 19, 2018, 12:22 PM

Cybersecurity Awareness Month

To The UMBC Community, October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, but in reality, we all need to be vigilant 24/7, 365 days a year. As such, I encourage you to watch this brief (under 2 min) video...

Posted: October 17, 2018, 3:09 PM

Introducing Panopto!

UMBC’s New and Improved Screencasting Platform

In May, DoIT announced the discontinuation of TechSmith Relay at the end of this calendar year. Following an exhaustive product evaluation process, we are happy to announce that UMBC has licensed...

Posted: October 17, 2018, 9:19 AM

Fall is Here: Time to Cast Off Your Excess Paper and Emails

A Glance at How Student Affairs Spruced Up Their Workflow

Before you start working in an office, it might be hard to believe how much of your workday can be spent sending emails. Even after you’ve gained enough experience to be comfortable drafting...

Posted: October 15, 2018, 9:48 AM

Digital Signatures Lead to Innovative Administration

DocuSign an Essential Solution at JCET

The Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology (JCET) is a cooperative  Agreement between UMBC and the Earth Science Division of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) to integrate scientists with...

Posted: October 11, 2018, 10:17 AM

E-Signature Technology Forging Partnerships at UMBC

Experience and Expertise come together on Walker Ave.

Back in 2016, Trisha Wells from Student Affairs left a meeting with Assistant Vice President of Business Systems Joe Kirby to attend a campus budget meeting. She and Kirby had discussed plans to...

Posted: October 8, 2018, 9:52 AM

Is your course ready for Ultra? Try the Ultra Course Preview

Five steps to planning your Ultra roadmap

During the FA2018 semester, UMBC faculty are invited to explore how their current (or “Original”) courses will convert to the Ultra Experience. The Ultra Course Preview conversion tool allows you...

Posted: October 5, 2018, 12:35 PM

Business Process Improvement at the Inner Harbor

UMBC Columbus Center Reaps the Benefits of E-signatures

Any frequent visitor to Baltimore’s Inner Harbor will recognize the striking architecture of the Columbus Center. Located near the Baltimore Aquarium and the Hard Rock Cafe, the Columbus Center is...

Posted: October 4, 2018, 10:17 AM

E-signatures, Digital Workflow Improve UMBC Business Process

Human Resources One of Many Departments Now Using DocuSign

An important, yet often overlooked, business practice is to break down and analyze each step of a given process to look for redundancies, bottlenecks, and particularly inefficient or slow...

Posted: October 2, 2018, 9:53 AM

Rescheduled: Quarterly patching downtime on 9/29/2018

Hello.  Patching of the systems in the announcement below has been pushed to Saturday, 9/29/18.  All other details remain the same.   Original announcement: ---------------------- As part of...

Posted: September 20, 2018, 10:07 AM