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myUMBC Fall 2011 Update for Group Admins

Keep your friendships magical

This past Friday (July 29), we pushed out an update to myUMBC that made some changes to how users can interact with and how admins will manage Groups in myUMBC.  Please take a few minutes to...

Posted: August 1, 2011, 11:05 AM

myUMBC Password Change Required of Faculty/Staff

Last Updated : August 12, 2011 As part of preparation for the Legislative Audit of IT services at UMBC we are requiring all faculty and staff to change their password by October 11th, 2011. In...

Posted: August 1, 2011, 10:45 AM

myUMBC Update

On July 29, 2011 the myUMBC system was updated to improve the myUMBC groups system. One important change provides a new group category of institutional group. An institutional group must be...

Posted: August 1, 2011, 9:58 AM

Update: DoIT Support for OSX Lion

Summary: DoIT is waiting for Apple to provide us with codes to allow faculty and staff to download OSX Lion from the App Store. While OSX Lion offers many interesting features, DoIT will not be...

Posted: July 31, 2011, 6:07 PM

DoIT IT Support Changes - Help Desk & AV Moving

Starting this summer, there will be a number of significant changes occurring in the way DoIT provides support to the campus community. The driver for this change is the new Retriever Learning...

Posted: July 31, 2011, 5:57 PM

myUMBC Fall 2011 Update: Now LIVE

We're very proud to present the myUMBC Fall 2011 Update.  While many of the changes will be less obvious than others, we hope you'll enjoy the enhancements we've made. Some things to check...

Posted: July 29, 2011, 4:16 PM

Wimba Classroom Upgrade from 10 pm 8/6 to 7 am 8/7

Blackboard Collaborate has announced that UMBC's Wimba Classroom will be upgraded to version 6.1.4 during an extended maintenance window from Saturday, August 6 at 10:00 PM to Sunday, August 7 at...

Posted: July 29, 2011, 12:30 PM

Blackboard Down for Maintenance from 10 pm Fri. 8/5...

Full Title: Blackboard Down for Maintenance from 10 pm Fri. 8/5 to 1 am Sat. 8/6The UMBC Blackboard server will be down for three hours of maintenance from 10 pm Friday, Aug. 5 to 1 am Saturday,...

Posted: July 29, 2011, 12:15 PM

New Account Deactivation Process

In an effort to maintain and streamline our account management, DoIT will be implementing new procedures focusing on account deactivation beginning in August 2011. Accounts are deactivated when...

Posted: July 29, 2011, 10:25 AM

myUMBC Fall 2011 Update: Now in BETA

We've been a little more quiet this summer than we would have liked, but its not because we don't' love you all.  We've just been hard at work putting some finishing touches on updates to myUMBC....

Posted: July 28, 2011, 11:04 AM