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Online Learning Consortium Offers Free Faculty Training

Learn best practices from experts & spark new ideas!

Through a University System of Maryland partnership with the Online Learning Consortium (OLC), DoIT is pleased to offer an exceptional online training opportunity to UMBC full-time and part-time...

Posted: March 9, 2015, 3:19 PM

'Grade Distribution Trends by Faculty’ report available

The report, “Grade Distribution Trends by Faculty”, can be used for displaying the average grade of a course overtime by Faculty member. Other parameters found on this report are Term ​Season,...

Posted: March 9, 2015, 12:03 PM

Instructional Technology Training Scheduled for Spring

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: March Training 10 - "You Did...

Posted: March 9, 2015, 10:00 AM

LDAP-Master and webadmin downtime on 3/19/2015

Hello all. On Thursday, March 19th starting at 2pm LDAP-master and Webadmin will be taken down for system maintenance.  During this time account creations and password changes will be...

Posted: March 9, 2015, 9:24 AM

Blackboard Datacenter Maintenance Scheduled Mar 13, 2-6 AM

Brief Impact to Service Sessions Expected

Date: Friday, March 13th, 2015 Time: 02:00 am to 06:00 am EDT On Friday morning, March 13th, 2015, between the hours of 02:00 am to 06:00 am EST, the Blackboard Managed Hosting Engineers will...

Posted: March 6, 2015, 8:16 AM

2015-03-16 RT Scheduled Downtime

RT Downtime

RT (Request Tracker) is scheduled to be down from 9am - 11am on March 16, 2015 (Spring Break) for planned patching and maintenance. DoIT systems staff do not anticipate needing the entire 2 hour...

Posted: March 5, 2015, 9:04 AM

Alternate Delivery Program Call to Participate Coming Soon

Hybrid/Online Course Redesign for Summer and Winter Courses

If you've considered converting an traditional, face-to-face course for either hybrid or fully online delivery, 2015 could very well be your year!  We will be seeking a second cohort for the...

Posted: March 3, 2015, 10:42 AM

March Technology of the Month

Blackboard Achievements

The achievements tool allows instructors to create opportunities for students to earn recognition for their accomplishments in courses.  Instructors can designate criteria for issuing rewards to...

Posted: March 2, 2015, 12:11 PM