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Alternate Delivery Program Call for Participation Released

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: March 24, 2015, 12:30 PM

DoIT Update: Spring 2015

A Collection of Recent and Upcoming DoIT News

DoIT Update is a selection of campus IT news and events emailed 3-4 times a year, typically around the start and end of each Fall and Spring semester. For more information, visit  doit.umbc.edu. ...

Posted: March 24, 2015, 10:45 AM

DoIT Recommends Course Copy vs Export/Import

Beginning SU2015: Quickly recycle courses & connect content

Over many years, Blackboard courses at UMBC were exported out of and imported back into the system. This process met a specific need at a specific time, and continues to provide a way for faculty...

Posted: March 24, 2015, 9:49 AM

New Archived Schedule of Classes report available in REX

A new report has been created in REX to allow users to search the Schedule of Classes for historical terms using search criteria similar to that offered in the PeopleSoft self-service view.  For...

Posted: March 18, 2015, 9:52 AM

Desktone: The Virtual Lab Students Need

Use UMBC Software Anytime, Anywhere on Any Device

Imagine you are a UMBC student and you’re on your computer but you need to use a certain piece of software that your current operating system does not support. The computer labs at school are...

Posted: March 13, 2015, 11:39 AM

Faculty Screencasting: Winning before Beginning

Student Class Readiness Using TechSmith Relay

Over the course of the past year, approximately 40 faculty and staff members have made use of UMBC’s supported screencasting tool, TechSmith Relay, to record over 400 recordings. This application...

Posted: March 12, 2015, 11:09 AM

Online Learning Consortium Offers Free Faculty Training

Learn best practices from experts & spark new ideas!

Through a University System of Maryland partnership with the Online Learning Consortium (OLC), DoIT is pleased to offer an exceptional online training opportunity to UMBC full-time and part-time...

Posted: March 9, 2015, 3:19 PM

'Grade Distribution Trends by Faculty’ report available

The report, “Grade Distribution Trends by Faculty”, can be used for displaying the average grade of a course overtime by Faculty member. Other parameters found on this report are Term ​Season,...

Posted: March 9, 2015, 12:03 PM

Instructional Technology Training Scheduled for Spring

Workshops planned for Blackboard, Box, and more

As we look forward to sunnier days and warmer temperatures, the Instructional Technology team has scheduled several useful workshops to support faculty and staff: March Training 10 - "You Did...

Posted: March 9, 2015, 10:00 AM