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LDAP and webadmin downtime on 5/22/2014

Hello all. On Thursday, May 22nd 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: May 8, 2014, 3:54 PM

Server Patching Friday May 23rd

Service Outage on Friday May 23rd 6pm to 12pm

As part of our ongoing commitment to security, the Unix Infrastructure will be conducting its quarterly patching of systems.  While many of the systems will be patched without any service...

Posted: May 7, 2014, 9:15 AM

DoIT's Technology Support Center Now Hiring

Are you looking for a job this summer? Come work for us!

The DoIT Technology Support Center is looking to hire additional consultants to work during the Summer. Please see our job description below and visit our job posting on UMBCworks to apply....

Posted: May 6, 2014, 2:34 PM

DoIT Update: Summer 2014

A selection of campus IT news and events

HEADLINES DoIT Seeks Campus Feedback Through IT User Survey SU2014 Blackboard Courses Created April 17 Everyone Must Change Password by May 23 New Director of Instructional Technology...

Posted: May 5, 2014, 11:00 AM

DoIT Seeks Campus Feedback Through IT User Survey

Annual Technology Assessment Available Until 5/16

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: May 5, 2014, 10:52 AM

UMBC Email Outage for non-Gmail users

Email impacted for 110 faculty/staff - please read.

Starting at 11am on May 1, 2014, DoIT began a cleanup process on our non-Gmail based email servers, named Cryus.  There was an error in this process and it inadvertently removed the mail of...

Posted: May 1, 2014, 5:09 PM

SU2014 Bb Course Shells Created 4/17/14

Bb course shells for SU2014 were created on April 17, 2014 on the Bb production server at http://blackboard.umbc.edu.  Enrollments for SU2014 courses will continue to be updated daily....

Posted: May 1, 2014, 11:00 AM

Students More Accepting of Using Clickers for Exams

2nd Clicker Pilot Continues Comparison with Scantron Testing

To continue its evaluation of clickers as a possible alternative to scantron “bubble sheet” assessments, DoIT again partnered with Dr. Tamara Mendelson from Biology in a pilot this semester using...

Posted: April 30, 2014, 9:11 AM

Known Issue: Missing Bb Modules Caused by Editing

DoIT recomends users not edit module settings

5/19/14 Update: This issue is fixed in Service Pack (SP) 14 of version 9.1. We are on SP 13, but are unlikely to upgrade before January 2015 given overlapping dates when final grades are due...

Posted: April 29, 2014, 1:40 PM