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2015-07-07 RT 4.2.11 upgrade completed

The upgrade took a little longer than expected but thanks to Paul Riddle and Jeremy Gude I think we are in a good spot. There will be some slowness initially. Please make sure you clear your...

Posted: July 7, 2015, 8:50 PM

New Course Utilization report available

We have a new ‘Course Utilization’ report that combines five reports located in the Curriculum Management  > Course folder. Yes, we have moved the cheese.  The selection of the courses...

Posted: July 6, 2015, 11:05 AM

Faculty, Staff Prepare for Blackboard's Annual Conference

Keep up with Bb World via FREE live streaming sessions

Once a year Blackboard hosts the BbWorld conference over four days for faculty, students, administrators, instructional technology specialists, training professionals, developers, and system...

Posted: July 1, 2015, 12:05 PM

July Technology of the Month

Turning Point Clickers

Used by more than 5,000 students, UMBC has standardized its student response system, or “clickers,” on the Turning Technologies  platform. This systems supports instant student feedback to...

Posted: June 30, 2015, 11:55 AM

Promotions are now LIVE!

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Happy Monday, everyone! Promotions are now available to admins of Institutional and Student Org groups! To create a promotion Go to the post or event you want to promote Click the Promote...

Posted: June 29, 2015, 4:45 PM

RT Upgrade 7-7-2015

The RT (Request Tracker) system will be upgraded on the evening of July 7, 2015 between 6pm and 9pm. Please see the previous announcement, preview, and testing options. I will ask each RT...

Posted: June 29, 2015, 8:24 AM

Meet TSC Senior Student Consultant Christian Oyson

A look into everyday life at the Technology Support Center

For over a year, Christian Oyson has worked Tier 1 support for the Technology Support Center (TSC) here at UMBC, providing assistance to students, faculty and staff. Oyson, a senior majoring in...

Posted: June 24, 2015, 9:43 AM

Kudos to Tom Penniston on New Book Chapter

DoIT would like to recognize its own Tom Penniston on the publication of the book chapter “Service Learning and the Acquisition of Social Capital in the Community College Setting.” For this...

Posted: June 23, 2015, 11:07 AM

Faculty and Staff Encouraged to Update Directory Listings

Log into your myUMBC profile and make the necessary changes

The UMBC Directory Search offers a browse by department feature that shows people affiliated with a university department. At times, people may incorrectly appear as part of a department, so it’s...

Posted: June 22, 2015, 4:15 PM

RT Upgrade Preview

RT upgrade from 4.0.21 to 4.2.11

As part of our on-going efforts with RT we will be performing an upgrade this summer from 4.0.21 to 4.2.11.  At this time we are targeting the evening of July 7, 2015 assuming testing does not...

Posted: June 22, 2015, 11:05 AM