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DoIT's Technology Support Center Now Hiring for 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 Spring. Please see our job description below and visit our job posting on UMBCWorks to apply. The...

Posted: January 6, 2016, 12:50 PM

sites.umbc.edu Scheduled Maintenance 1/10/2016

On Sunday January 10th, 2016 we will be upgrading the software running the sites.umbc.edu environment. Maintenance is scheduled for the whole day and the Admin area of your site may not be...

Posted: December 17, 2015, 8:35 AM

UMBC Blackboard Update: WT2016

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: December 15, 2015, 2:18 PM

RT Scheduled Downtime for Friday 12-18-2015 from 6pm-8pm

RT

DoIT's Enterprise Infrastructure Systems group will be performing quarterly maintenance on 12-18-2015 from 6pm - 8pm which will impact RT (Request Tracker). For more info please review the post...

Posted: December 10, 2015, 8:38 AM

Quarterly Unix Patching Friday December 18th at 6:00pm

As part of our ongoing commitment to security, the Unix Infrastructure group will be conducting its quarterly system patching on Friday December 18th beginning at 6:00pm.  While many of the...

Posted: December 10, 2015, 8:21 AM

5 Things You Should Know About Clickers at UMBC

What is happening with clickers on our campus

February 14, 2020 Update: As of Spring 2020, TurningPoint 8 is supported by UMBC. Turning Technologies no longer supports the software TurningPoint Cloud. All main lecture halls are up-to-date...

Posted: December 8, 2015, 8:14 AM

LDAP-Master and webadmin downtime on 12/17/2015

On Thursday, December 17th starting at 2pm LDAP-Master and Webadmin will be taken down for system maintenance.  During this time account creations and password changes will be unavailable. ...

Posted: November 30, 2015, 11:47 AM

Reminder: VoiceThread Call for Participation SP2016 Pilot

Test drive interactive tools for online discussions

DoIT is looking for faculty volunteers to pilot VoiceThread (VT), a cloud-based application that takes an audio/visual approach to online discussions and presentations. VT also includes a...

Posted: November 24, 2015, 5:45 PM