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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

May 1: FA2013 Lab & Lecture Hall Software Requests Deadline

Need that certain something installed?

In order to load all lab and lecture hall PCs with our standard set of software (known as an "image"), all requests for additions or changes for Fall 2013 must be received by Wednesday, May 1. For...

Posted: April 5, 2013, 9:07 AM

Blackboard Down for Maintenance 10 pm 3/22 to 1 am 3/23

The UMBC Blackboard server will be down from 10 pm Friday 3/22 to 1 am Saturday 3/23.  This down time is during the regularly scheduled maintenance window and is necessary for DoIT staff to...

Posted: March 22, 2013, 11:41 AM

Reminder: REX downtime today

Just a reminder that REX will be down today, Thursday, March 21, from 2 pm until Friday, March 22 at 8:30 am for system maintenance. We will send out another email when REX is available. This...

Posted: March 21, 2013, 8:48 AM