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Notification by DoIT Student Worker Was a Mistake

To The UMBC Campus Community, Recently a DoIT student employee contacted members of the campus that they may have a number of files on their computers containing personally identifiable...

Posted: September 10, 2015, 7:18 PM

Fall 2015 Begin Term Census data is now available in REX

IRADS has released the official data for Fall 2015.  It should now appear as a Term option in the Census Data reports in REX.  As a reminder, in REX official Day 10 numbers are labeled with a...

Posted: September 10, 2015, 12:22 PM

Network and Wireless Outages Today (September 9th)

Earlier today around 1:00pm there was a unplanned outage to the wireless networks across campus. Full service was restored a few minutes later.  Later in the day, around 4:50pm there was an...

Posted: September 9, 2015, 5:34 PM

Admitted Students by Plan (Ugrad) report updated in REX

The Admitted Students by Plan (Ugrad) report in REX has been modified to allow for selection by Reporting Plan instead of Plan.  Rather than selecting each track/degree code for each plan, you...

Posted: September 3, 2015, 10:26 AM

Intermittent Delays Connecting to TurningPoint Server

Issue Has Been Resloved

This issue has been RESOLVED and the server is now functioning properly.  Turning Technologies, the company that supports the TurningPoint clickers, is currently experiencing intermittent...

Posted: September 1, 2015, 3:58 PM

Recommended Technology

TechSmith Relay

Sometimes it’s just easier to show than tell. Using TechSmith Relay, faculty can capture and narrate the content displayed on their computers and then publish an online “screencast” video tutorial...

Posted: September 1, 2015, 1:31 PM

Mobile Printing Available at Library & Engineering Buildings

Upload files from anywhere on UMBC to Pharos print stations

Faculty, staff, and students can now print from their own devices using Pharos Mobile Printing. Previously, in order to print an image or document, users would have to log on into a computer, pull...

Posted: August 31, 2015, 9:04 AM

New REX report available for Advising Coordinators

Advisor Assignment Needs Update Due to Major Change This new report has been designed to assist advising coordinators with identifying students who have been assigned advisors in their...

Posted: August 31, 2015, 9:04 AM

Grade reports in REX

Some additions have been made to REX reports related to grades.  All the reports mentioned here can be accessed by going to rex.umbc.edu, clicking on 'Guided Reports' then navigating to Student...

Posted: August 28, 2015, 4:06 PM

Planned DoIT Upgrades for Fine Arts Renovation

New technology improves accessibility for faculty & students

Between Fall 2015 and Spring 2016, DoIT AV Services is taking the opportunity during the Fine Arts Building renovation to upgrade both seminar and classrooms. Between now and Spring 2016, 26 rooms...

Posted: August 26, 2015, 7:09 AM