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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

DoIT's Technology Support Center Hiring for Winter & Spring

Are you looking for an on campus job? Come work for us!

The DoIT Technology Support Center is looking to hire additional consultants to work during the Winter and Spring. Please see our job description below and visit our job posting on UMBCWorks to...

Posted: November 30, 2016, 8:06 AM

Connectivity between UMBC and Comcast restored

After working on the issue throughout the day yesterday and today, the network team was able to get service restored between UMBC and Comcast late this afternoon around 5:00pm. All of the campus...

Posted: November 21, 2016, 9:35 PM

Connectivity problems between Comcast and UMBC

Throughout the day Sunday November 20th there have been intermittent connectivity problems for users with Comcast Xfinity network services when trying to reach Services within UMBC such as myUMBC...

Posted: November 21, 2016, 12:16 AM

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

New Report

Course Enrollment Capacity Comparison to Prior Year

A new REX guided report has been developed to compare enrollment capacity for a term to the same term in the prior year.  Some of the questions you can answer  ... How do our seat counts for...

Posted: November 2, 2016, 2:55 PM

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

New Critical Linux Vulnerability Effects Most Systems

A new vulnerability dubbed DirtyCow should be patched asap

I'm not going to pretend I understand the naming for this bug, but this new vulnerability is very serious, one of the most serious in years, and should be addressed immediately.  This exploit,...

Posted: October 27, 2016, 12:48 PM

Deadline for Spring Semester Software Requests is Oct 31st

Submit your new software requests now!

Please be aware that software installation requests for DoITs Spring semester lab images are due on October 31st. Any software requests submitted after this deadline will not be installed in DoIT...

Posted: October 26, 2016, 2:19 PM