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TechSmith Relay Update

Scheduled Maintenance

We will update the software on the TechSmith Relay server Friday, October 31 at 9:00 AM. The update should take about an hour. If one attempts to upload a recording during this window of time then...

Posted: October 28, 2014, 9:47 AM

UMBC Establishes Adobe Campus Site License

Adobe Creative Cloud now Available through myUMBC

This summer, working through the Maryland Education Enterprise Consortium (MEEC), UMBC established a faculty/staff site license with Adobe for their new Creative Cloud offering (see detailed list...

Posted: October 26, 2014, 2:03 PM

DoIT Organizational Leadershop Changes

Over the last year, we’ve been reviewing the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) organizational structure and focusing on building a broad and strong leadership team. As part of this effort...

Posted: October 26, 2014, 1:22 PM

UMBC Achieves InCommon Bronze Certification

UMBC has become the third higher-education organization in the country to become certified for the Bronze Identity Assurance Profile under the InCommon Assurance Program. InCommon developed...

Posted: October 25, 2014, 2:42 PM

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: October 22, 2014, 10:34 AM

Active GEP and GFR Classes report updated

The Active GEP and GFR Classes report has been modified to allow for the selection of GEP/GFR/both.  A parameter has been added to indicate whether transfer courses should be included in the...

Posted: October 21, 2014, 3:13 PM

Reminder-Clicker Orders Due to Bookstore by October 24!

Faculty who plan to use clickers for instruction during the ​​Spring 2015 semester will need to have device order(s) submitted to the Bookstore no later than Friday, October 24, 2014. This...

Posted: October 21, 2014, 9:09 AM

VPN malfunctioning after Mac OS X Yosemite upgrade

If you routinely use the UMBC VPN (https://vpn.umbc.edu) and are a Apple Mac user we would strongly recommend waiting and not upgrading to the new OSX Yosemite that came out this past Thursday...

Posted: October 18, 2014, 10:02 PM

Blackboard Down for Maintenance 10 pm 10/24 to 1 am 10/25

Per the announced Fall 2014 maintenance schedule, the UMBC Blackboard server will be offline from 10 pm Friday 10/24 to 1 am Saturday 10/25.  This downtime is during the regularly scheduled...

Posted: October 16, 2014, 7:53 AM

Server downtime on October 26th from 8:00am to 12:00 noon

DoIT will be moving several servers to a different location within our data center to provide them with better cooling and to utilize our space and power more efficiently. In order to accomplish...

Posted: October 15, 2014, 8:01 AM