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Blackboard will be down 10 p.m. to midnight tonight, 8/5/13

SS Faculty Can Download 4-Week Bb Grades to Excel

To install a missing patch set that is stalling back end processes, including faculty export and import of content for Fall 2013 courses, DoIT will be taking Blackboard down from 10 p.m. to...

Posted: August 5, 2013, 1:48 PM

Blackboard Scheduled Restart: Friday, August 2, at 10pm

To address an issue with some automated, backend processes not completing, DoIT will be restarting the Blackboard systemon Friday, August 2, at 10 p.m. At this point, it is not expected that the...

Posted: August 1, 2013, 2:00 PM

There will be no REX Student load this weekend

Due to maintenance being performed on the PeopleSoft Student Administration (SA) system this weekend, we will not be refreshing the student information in REX this weekend.  REX will continue...

Posted: July 26, 2013, 7:18 PM

Blackboard Down for Maintenance 10 pm 7/26 to 1 am 7/27

The UMBC Blackboard server will be down from 10 pm Friday 7/26 to 1 am Saturday 7/27.  This down time is during the regularly scheduled maintenance window and is necessary for DoIT staff to...

Posted: July 24, 2013, 3:14 PM

myUMBC Update: Fall 2013

Baby steps toward the future!!!!

It has been a while, but we have a few small updates that are in preparation for the next version of myUMBC. These are mostly procedural/administrative changes to get things more inline with some...

Posted: July 23, 2013, 11:24 AM

Tony Finneran named Employee of the Quarter

Please join me in congratulating Tony Finneran of DoIT's Business Systems Group (BSG) for being selected as the July 2013 Exempt Employee of the Quarter. Tony exemplifies team work and...

Posted: July 19, 2013, 4:44 PM

Patrick Simon to leave UMBC on August 15th

It is with mixed emotions I am writing to announce that Patrick Simon, Business Analyst/Developer in DoIT’s Business Systems Group, will be leaving UMBC to become a consultant with Accenture. His...

Posted: July 17, 2013, 2:23 PM

Summer and Fall 2013 Blackboard Drop-in Sessions

DoIT is offering Blackboard Drop-in Sessions to assist and help faculty prepare for Fall 2013 courses. Do you have questions about Blackboard? Stop in!  Face to Face Sessions:  The following...

Posted: July 11, 2013, 6:34 PM

Staff Changes in Instructional Technology

Welcome to Carlton Crabtree and Tom Penniston

Fall 2014 Update: While Carlton Crabtree has moved on, Tom Penniston joined the Instructional Technology team full time this past spring. He also earned his Ph.D in Language, Literacy, and Culture...

Posted: July 11, 2013, 2:24 PM

Wiki and FTP downtime on 7/12/2013

On Friday July 12th starting at 8am the campus wiki (wiki.umbc.edu) and FTP (ftp.umbc.edu) servers will be taken down for maintenance.  This maintenance window will allow staff to apply needed...

Posted: July 10, 2013, 3:31 PM