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2015-05-22 RT Scheduled Downtime

RT

RT (Request Tracker) is scheduled to be down from 6pm - 8pm on May 22, 2015 for planned patching and maintenance. DoIT systems staff do not anticipate needing the entire 2 hour window at this...

Posted: April 30, 2015, 11:59 AM

New Historic Class Rosters report available in REX

A new report has been created in REX to allow users to view historic class rosters.  Search criteria is similar to that of the PeopleSoft Class Roster.  For current and future term...

Posted: April 29, 2015, 8:47 AM

Recent Phishing Email Messages

How to Identify and Report Phishing Messages.

UMBC has recently been the target of an increasing number of phishing messages.  These phishing messages appear to come from the UMBC Division of Information Technology or another university...

Posted: April 28, 2015, 10:08 PM

Putting More "my" into myUMBC

Open Houses to Focus on Summer Campus Portal Changes

On April 27, 29, and May 1 at 1 p.m. in Engineering room 023, UMBC’s campus portal architect, Collier Jones, will host “open house” discussions on why and how myUMBC will be changing this summer....

Posted: April 28, 2015, 3:30 PM

DoIT Lab/Lecture Hall Software Request Deadline May 1st

DoIT Lab/Lecture Hall Software Request Deadline

In order to load all lab and lecture hall PCs with our standard set of software (known as an "image"), all requests for additions or changes for Fall 2015, the lab & lecture hall software...

Posted: April 27, 2015, 4:01 PM

SU2015 Courses Created on Blackboard on 4/22/2015

Blackboard course shells for SU2015 were created on April 22, 2015. Bb shells are available for all courses (designated as lecture, lab, field or discussion) listed in the UMBC Schedule of...

Posted: April 23, 2015, 9:13 AM

Spring Clean Your "My Courses" List in Blackboard

Blackboard now supports term organization

Whether teaching or taking courses, after semesters of enrollments and access to Blackboard, the My Courses list can really stack up. While faculty and students can edit the listing to remove...

Posted: April 21, 2015, 11:58 AM

Instructional Technology Training Scheduled for Summer

Workshops planned for Blackboard, Box, and more

As we look forward to sunnier days and warmer temperatures, the Instructional Technology team has scheduled several useful workshops to support faculty and staff: June 2 - Blackboard 101 2 - ...

Posted: April 16, 2015, 1:48 PM

DoIT Seeks Campus Feedback Through IT User Survey

Annual Technology Assessment Available Until 5/15

As part of our annual assessment plan, the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) encourages the campus community to complete the following annual survey of information technology services: ...

Posted: April 7, 2015, 7:42 AM

April 1st Pokemon Battles Break myUMBC Comment Records

We wish to thank everyone who took part in the April fools celebration this year. For those who may have missed it, myUMBC comments played host to Pokemon battles on April 1st. myUMBC Discussions...

Posted: April 2, 2015, 9:38 AM