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"Mill Stories" documentary wins Telly Award

The film, "Mill Stories: Remembering Sparrows Point Steel Mill," co-produced by the UMBC New Media Studio and Maryland Traditions, has been named a Bronze winner by the 37th Annual Telly...

Posted: July 13, 2016, 10:04 AM

Setting New Technology Standards in Existing Seminar Rooms

How AV services can upgrade your seminar room technology

In the Information Technology and Engineering Building (ITE), room 325B was just a simple conference room. Equipped with just a projector and a single VGA cable for input, the connectivity options...

Posted: July 11, 2016, 7:00 AM

Blackboard Offers Free Virtual Conference July 12-14

Follow BbWorld via live streaming sessions & recordings

Once a year Blackboard hosts the BbWorld conference over several days for faculty, students, administrators, instructional technology specialists, training professionals, developers, and system...

Posted: July 8, 2016, 9:25 AM

Save the Date: 9/29 USM Gamification Symposium

Explore how games boost engagement & enhance learning

Join instructional designers, faculty, and academic leaders from across the University System of Maryland in exploring how games and gamification can reinvigorate courses, boost student...

Posted: July 6, 2016, 9:47 AM

Plan Awards List report has been modified

The Plan Awards List now displays ALL the plans for students awarded a degree/certificate within a specified academic year and with at least one plan in a specified reporting organization. The...

Posted: June 24, 2016, 10:52 AM

2016-06-26 Scheduled Downtime

Please be aware that RT will be down for system maintenance this Sunday, June 26th, 2016 from 6:30am - 8:00am. For more info please review the post on DoIT's page. Please contact me if you...

Posted: June 21, 2016, 7:20 PM

Maintenance Downtime this Sunday Morning June 26th

This Sunday, June 26th we will be conducting system patching for several critical core systems as part of our ongoing commitment to security. The downtime will start at 6:30am and several services...

Posted: June 21, 2016, 5:23 PM

Blackboard Course Archive In Progress

AY12-13 & AY13-14 Courses to be Retired from Server

Throughout summer 2016, Blackboard will archive the following terms from our Blackboard server: Fall 2012 Winter 2013 Spring 2013 Summer 2014 Fall 2013 Winter 2014 Spring 2014 Summer 2014...

Posted: June 10, 2016, 10:50 AM

UMBC Now Has a 100 Gb Connection & Faster Netflix Loading

Enjoy more streaming on a faster network connection

DoIT would like to announce that UMBC now features a 100 gigabit connection speeds available on campus. In addition, there is now a Netflix node installed in the Data Center on the ground floor of...

Posted: June 8, 2016, 7:55 AM