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Job Offer Scam

Personal Assistant Job Offer is a Fraudulent Check Scam

We have received complaints about people receiving fraudulent job offer emails from con-artists.  In some of the job offers, the con-artist offers to pay $200 weekly for running errands,...

Posted: February 13, 2017, 8:57 AM

Predicting and Supporting Student Success

Importance of the Blackboard Grade Center

Update from 2/1/18 Blackboard Analytics Symposium: Using Bb Predict and UMBC's FYI alert program together is more accurate than using either service alone....

Posted: February 10, 2017, 4:08 PM

Come Fly With Me: Goabroad Makes it Easy to Study Abroad

Study Abroad Office and DoIT Launch New Tool for Students

16 years ago, the Study Abroad Office (SAO) had a simple software tool called FileMaker Pro to track study abroad requests. However, many of the ‘features’ the tool could not adequately match the...

Posted: February 10, 2017, 6:54 AM

USM Announces MOST Initiative High-impact OER Mini-Grants

Project expands Maryland Open-Source Textbook initiative

The William E. Kirwan Center for Academic Innovation is pleased to announce the High-impact OER Mini-Grant Program, a new funding program designed to strategically support Maryland public...

Posted: February 9, 2017, 9:40 AM

Disruptions to Peoplesoft Student Administration System

Earlier today some users on campus experienced slowness or inability to access certain aspects of the Peoplesoft Student Administration System. We have worked to stabilize the system have...

Posted: January 30, 2017, 4:17 PM

There's Been a Change in Schedule: A New Tool for Students

How collaboration brought the Schedule Planner to UMBC

It was several years ago that UMBC students decided that the best tool for them to utilize would be a 'schedule builder'. They created a custom program that would look at the list of classes being...

Posted: January 24, 2017, 12:19 PM

Using the UMBC Schedule Planner Tool

Interactive tool helps you build the best schedule

The Schedule Planner offered by UMBC is a dynamic tool that can generate multiple possible schedules, and then send them to checkout in PeopleSoft. You can access it by navigating to myUMBC,...

Posted: January 23, 2017, 3:16 PM

Kudos to Jeremy Gude for Receiving Employee of the Quarter

A master in database performance tuning & web services

DoIT would like to recognize our own Jeremy Gude for receiving the Employee of the Quarter (EOQ) award. The EOQ program recognizes the outstanding qualities and contributions of employees towards...

Posted: January 17, 2017, 12:26 PM

How Student Disability Services Ditched Their Paper System

With help from DoIT, a new cloud solution was implemented

Student Disability Services (SDS) had a major problem. Their paper system they relied on for years was not keeping up with the increased demand they saw at their office. Rather than look for help...

Posted: January 17, 2017, 11:52 AM

Technology Support Center To Be Closed Jan. 27, 12-2:30 PM

DoIT's Technology Support Center will be closed from 12PM-2:30PM, Friday, January 27th to allow our staff to attend our departmental staff meeting. If you need assistance during this time, we...

Posted: January 10, 2017, 11:20 AM