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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...

Blackboard Collaborate is the web-based conferencing system that DoIT staff installed on the UMBC Bb servers in December, 2011. It allows faculty to incorporate live, multi-way audio and video, a...

Bb course shells for SU 2012 were created on April 16, and will continue to be updated daily. Bb shells are available for all courses (designated as lecture, lab, or discussion) listed in the UMBC...

As part of its annual assessment plan, the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) invites the campus community to complete the following annual survey of information technology services....

In preparation for the campus wide power outage scheduled on Sunday, April 29th, DoIT will be shutting down one of our two campus data centers. During the power outage there will be no backup...

The UMBC Blackboard server will be down during the regularly scheduled maintenance window from 10 pm Friday, April 20 to 1 am Saturday, April 21. DoIT staff will be applying updates necessary to...

The Technology Support Center (previously known as the Help Desk) began receiving reports around 1:15pm today that UMBC's Gmail system was not working. This does not appear to be affecting all...

To facilitate self service, all students will be required to create security questions only they can answer by Tuesday, May 22, so they can access their account and reset their own password. A...

UPDATE: DoIT staffed installed the patch for the Blackboard wiki error during the downtime on Friday, April 20, and the wiki tool is now functioning normally. UPDATE: Blackboard has verified that...

DoIT is offering drop in Blackboard Drop-in sessions to assist and help faculty prepare for summer courses. The following drop in sessions will be held in Engineering 025. A DoIT staff member...