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Updates on report for UG Retention and Graduation Rates

The UG Retention and Graduation Rates report has been modified to allow for selection of Student Groups for retention and graduation rates.  It also allows for the option to select on...

Posted: May 6, 2015, 9:50 AM

LDAP-Master and webadmin downtime on 5/21/2015

Hello all. On Thursday, May 21st 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 6, 2015, 9:42 AM

Blackboard Downtime Scheduled Saturday May 23, 2 AM - 5 AM

Minor system updates & routine maintenance expected

Blackboard engineers will perform minor system updates and routine maintenance on Saturday morning, May 23, 2015 from 2 AM - 5 AM. Blackboard will be offline during this period. If our Blackboard...

Posted: May 5, 2015, 11:07 AM

DoIT's Technology Support Center Now Hiring for Summer

Are you looking for an on campus job? 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 4, 2015, 2:45 PM

Reminder: Alternate Delivery Program Proposals Due May 15th

Hybrid/Online Course Redesign for Summer and Winter Courses

Faculty who are interested in effective hybrid course delivery are invited to submit a proposal for this innovative faculty support program. The Alternate Delivery Program (ADP)...

Posted: May 4, 2015, 9:15 AM

May Technology of the Month

Course Copy in Blackboard

The course copy tool  in Blackboard has been enabled for use by faculty members at UMBC. This tool allows instructors to easily copy over course content without having to create, download, and...

Posted: May 1, 2015, 10:03 AM

2015-05-22 RT Scheduled Downtime

RT

RT (Request Tracker) is scheduled to be down from 6pm - 8pm on May 22, 2015 for planned patching and maintenance. DoIT systems staff do not anticipate needing the entire 2 hour window at this...

Posted: April 30, 2015, 11:59 AM

New Historic Class Rosters report available in REX

A new report has been created in REX to allow users to view historic class rosters.  Search criteria is similar to that of the PeopleSoft Class Roster.  For current and future term...

Posted: April 29, 2015, 8:47 AM

Recent Phishing Email Messages

How to Identify and Report Phishing Messages.

UMBC has recently been the target of an increasing number of phishing messages.  These phishing messages appear to come from the UMBC Division of Information Technology or another university...

Posted: April 28, 2015, 10:08 PM

Putting More "my" into myUMBC

Open Houses to Focus on Summer Campus Portal Changes

On April 27, 29, and May 1 at 1 p.m. in Engineering room 023, UMBC’s campus portal architect, Collier Jones, will host “open house” discussions on why and how myUMBC will be changing this summer....

Posted: April 28, 2015, 3:30 PM