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DoIT’s Susan Biro Selected to QM Academic Advisory Council

QMAAC provides guidance to QM direction, initiatives

DoIT's Manager of Online Learning, Dr. Susan Biro, has been selected to serve on the Quality Matters Academic Advisory Council (QMAAC) for a three-year term beginning January 1, 2024. The Council...

Posted: February 7, 2024, 2:37 PM

Google Jamboard to Retire in Fall 2024

Microsoft Whiteboard Available as Free Alternative

Google Jamboard, a cloud-based digital whiteboard app, has been a popular choice for instruction and group collaboration. Along with the announced end of support for Google's Jamboard devices,...

Posted: February 6, 2024, 8:32 AM

Track Attendance in Poll Everywhere (Beta Release)

New Check-In Feature Does Not Store Student Location Data

Poll Everywhere recently launched a new Attendance Management tool, which is available to users with a presenter role in Poll Everywhere. Using geolocation, Attendance Management allows...

Posted: February 5, 2024, 12:53 PM

Collecting Interest: Meeting on Spring 2024 HW Purchase

To all HCPF Users, Given interest in a new hardware purchase to extend the taki HPC, we would like to convene a meeting of those faculty interested in contributing to a community purchase in...

Posted: January 30, 2024, 9:29 AM

Notes from: HPCF User Meeting Friday 01/26/2024

Recording of meeting available in Panopto

Dear Colleagues and all users of HPCF, TL;DR: (i) Recording available from user meeting Fri 01/26/2024 (ii) Some notes of user meeting. (iii) send publication info!...

Posted: January 28, 2024, 2:38 PM

Reminder: HPCF User Meeting Friday 01/26/2024

10:00 am in Math/Psyc 102/103 and Webex

Dear Colleagues and all users of HPCF, TL;DR: Reminder for user meeting with Webex link (i) user meeting Fri 01/26/2024 10:00 in MP102/103, (ii) send publication info! Publications:...

Posted: January 25, 2024, 7:49 PM

Collect surveys using new Forms tool in Ultra courses

Updates to grading workflows & settings for February update

In February, a new tool will be available in Ultra courses, designed to make information gathering simple and efficient for instructors: Forms. Whether assigning students to clinical experiences...

Posted: January 23, 2024, 1:09 PM

HPCF User Meeting Friday 01/26/2024

10:00 am in Math/Psyc 102/103

Dear Colleagues and all users of HPCF, TL;DR: (i) user meeting Fri 01/26/2024 10:00 in MP102/103, (ii) send publication info! (iii) hopefully MRI proposal this year...

Posted: January 19, 2024, 9:08 AM

M.O.S.T. 2024 OER Grant Program: Submit a Proposal

Proposal deadline: March 1, 2024

The Maryland Open Source Textbook (M.O.S.T.) Initiative is pleased to announce a Request for Proposals for the 2024 OER Grant Program. For 2024, M.O.S.T. is seeking proposals for two grant...

Posted: January 18, 2024, 10:08 AM

RT downtime - 1/19/2024 6pm

RT will be down at 6pm for @20-30 minutes this Friday evening to allow DoIT systems folks to update the server. Please contact me if you have any concerns. Thanks Joe Kirby kirby@umbc.edu

Posted: January 16, 2024, 1:19 PM