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UMBC Blackboard Update: SU2013

UMBC Blackboard Update is provided by the Division of Information Technology for students, faculty and staff using Blackboard at UMBC. If you have questions or need help, please consult the...

Posted: April 30, 2013, 4:31 PM

New Blackboard Analytics Reports Now Live in All Bb Courses

See How Your Bb Activity Compares with Peers

As announced late last Fall, all Blackboard courses now contain the following reports powered by Bb Analytics for Learn (BA4L): FOR STUDENTS -- Available in "Tools" Menu Activity Compared to...

Posted: April 30, 2013, 3:57 PM

Blackboard Down for Maintenance 10 pm 4/26 to 1 am 4/27

The UMBC Blackboard server will be down from 10 pm Friday 4/26 to 1 am Saturday 4/27.  This down time is during the regularly scheduled maintenance window and is necessary for DoIT staff to...

Posted: April 23, 2013, 9:53 AM

Top Ten Origins of Students - New Report

This new report provides enrollment counts for new students and all students by the top ten; Maryland counties, states, country of citizenship, high school and previous Institution attended....

Posted: April 18, 2013, 9:47 AM

New report 'UGRD Cumulative GPA Percentiles'

A summary of percentile ranges for undergraduate cumulative GPA, broken down by Academic Level, Cohort Type and Gender. Selection can be based on Plan Objective, College, Organization and Plan. A...

Posted: April 18, 2013, 9:44 AM

New report 'Grade Distribution for External Audience'

A list of courses  instructor and grade distribution for public usage. The report should be used when giving grade distribution to  someone off-campus, such as myEDU. It will exclude any classes...

Posted: April 18, 2013, 9:35 AM

SU2013 Bb Course Shells Created on 4/14

Bb course shells for SU2013 were created on April 14, 2013 on the Bb production server at http://blackboard.umbc.edu.  Enrollments for SU2013 courses will continue to be updated daily. Bb shells...

Posted: April 15, 2013, 10:59 AM

SU2013 Blackboard Drop-in Sessions

Do you have questions about Blackboard? Stop in!

DoIT is offering Blackboard Drop-in Sessions to assist and help faculty prepare for summer courses. Face to Face Sessions: The following F2F sessions will be held in ENGR 025.  A DoIT staff...

Posted: April 10, 2013, 3:33 PM

Box.com Has Arrived At UMBC!

A new, flexible, high-capacity storage solution for UMBC.

We are living in a world where people work from multiple devices — phone, laptop, and computer – and need access to their files anywhere and anytime. UMBC’s active directory (AD) system serves the...

Posted: April 10, 2013, 3:13 PM

Known Issue: Bb Slowness on 4/4 Due to App Server Failure

DoIT received reports from several campus users of slowness in the UMBC Blackboard (Bb) production system on Thursday evening, April 4. Upon investigation DoIT staff found that one of three Bb...

Posted: April 5, 2013, 9:11 AM