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Sondheim Rooms 101 & 409 to be Renovated Over Summer 2017

Partnership between DoIT, Provost, & Facilities Management

Beginning at the end of May 2017, Sondheim rooms 101 & 409 will undergo major renovations and be converted into active learning classrooms modeled after the upcoming Interdisciplinary Life...

Posted: May 26, 2017, 3:41 PM

System Patching on 6/2/2017 starting at 5pm

As part of our ongoing commitment to security, the Unix Infrastructure group will be conducting its quarterly system patching on Friday, June 2nd from 5pm to 10pm.  While many systems will be...

Posted: May 25, 2017, 12:00 PM

Student Bb Activity Shining Light on Effective Course Design

The 20 Most Active Undergraduate Bb Courses of Spring 2017

As campus technology adoption by students continues to expand, DoIT is able to gather data that might inform effective course design practices, including Blackboard interactions (i.e., clicks on...

Posted: May 23, 2017, 2:58 PM

WannaCry Ransomware

As has been reported in the news in recent days, a piece of ransomware, based on a vulnerability called WannaCry, has been impacting many computer systems around the globe.  We have been...

Posted: May 17, 2017, 10:57 AM

LDAP-Master and Webadmin downtime on 5/25/2017

On Thursday, May 25th 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.  Account...

Posted: May 15, 2017, 3:16 PM

Population Term Summary report

Are you interesed in the population you manage ?

New report : Population Term Summary Navigation : Home > At A Glance This report is intended to provide a visual display of the demographics and academic data related to the populations...

Posted: May 15, 2017, 10:51 AM

DocuSign Update 5/9/2017 - Malicious Email Campaign

I wanted to make sure everyone is aware of this Malicious Email Campaign as one of our campus community received this today but fortunately contacted me immediately and shared the email. Thank you...

Posted: May 10, 2017, 4:11 PM

Graduating AV Students Look Back on Their Time at DoIT

Meet Steven Nguyen, Ally Yang, & Adam Jawarish

DoIT’s Audio Visual (AV) Services provides the UMBC campus with a wide variety of media resource support for instruction and administration. Typical duties include lending laptops to instructors,...

Posted: May 10, 2017, 1:01 PM