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DoIT Technology Support Center To Be Closed May 26th 12-2PM

DoIT's Technology Support Center will be closed from 12PM-2PM, Thursday, May 26th to allow our staff to attend our departmental staff meeting. If you need assistance during this time, we...

Posted: May 3, 2016, 9:31 AM

Reminder: Alternate Delivery Program Proposals Due May 13th

Hybrid/Online Course Redesign for Summer and Winter Courses

Faculty interested in effective hybrid or fully online course delivery are invited to submit a proposal for this innovative faculty support program. The Alternate Delivery Program...

Posted: May 2, 2016, 4:17 PM

Campus Central Login System Outage from 9:30-10:45pm

On Tuesday April 26th, from 9:30-10:45 PM, the campus experienced a service outage on our centralized login system for myUMBC. During this time services that use UMBC's single sign on, including...

Posted: April 26, 2016, 11:30 PM

How a DoIT Student Employee Helped Bring TechFest to UMBC

An idea to bring the campus together through technology

On Wednesday, March 9th DoIT’s Instructional Technology team sponsored a brand new event, known as TechFest. Located across three different rooms in the University Center and featuring over 10...

Posted: April 26, 2016, 10:33 AM

SU2016 Courses Created in Blackboard on 4/24/2016

Blackboard course shells for SU2016 were created on April 24, 2016. Bb shells are available for all courses (designated as lecture, lab, field or discussion) listed in the UMBC Schedule of...

Posted: April 25, 2016, 7:59 AM

2016-04-22 RT Performance Issue

Please be aware that RT is having a performance issue related to the creation of tickets. System folks are researching and an update will be provided as soon as we have one. Thank you Joe Kirby

Posted: April 22, 2016, 3:09 PM

Critical Vulnerability in Adobe Flash Affects Most Machines

A few days ago a critical vulnerability was announced within Adobe Flash Player that allows a machine to become infected with ransomware through a web browser. Ransomware is a type of malicious...

Posted: April 14, 2016, 9:29 AM

And the Winner Is...

Workshop Topic for April

You voted and the winner for the workshop that will be held in April is... Grading & The Blackboard Grade Center Please complete this Doodle polland vote for the date(s) and time(s)...

Posted: April 11, 2016, 8:24 AM

Alternate Delivery Program: Designing Courses with Quality

Three Skill Tracks Now Available

The Alternate Delivery Program (ADP) provides financial, technical, and pedagogical support to faculty who agree to redesign an existing face-to-face (F2F) course for online or hybrid (part...

Posted: April 4, 2016, 12:50 PM

Vote for the Workshop Held in April!

What workshop would you like to attend in April?

Please select up to THREE topics you would like to see featured as our April workshop. The choices are: 1. Assessing Your Learners in Blackboard 2. Blackboard Collaborate 3....

Posted: March 30, 2016, 10:49 AM