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UMBC Blackboard Update: FA2013

UMBC Blackboard Update is provided by the Division of Information Technology for students, faculty and staff. If you have questions or need help, please consult the Blackboard Help tab inside...

Posted: August 19, 2013, 12:31 AM

FYI: Educause Announces CFPs for 2014 Conferences

ELI @ New Orleans (9/6/13) & Connect @ Baltimore (11/13/13)

Educause has recently announced the Call for Proposals (CFP) for two 2014 conferences: Educause Learning Initiative (ELI) Annual Meeting to be held in New Orleans, LA, February 3-5, 2014 (CFP...

Posted: August 19, 2013, 12:24 AM

Scantron Test Scoring Moves to IMC in ACIV B Wing, Room 219

After Hours "Drop Box" Remains in Engineering, Room 104

Due to staffing reassignments within DoIT, the Scantron test scoring process has been moved to the International Media Center (IMC) located in the B Wing of the ACIV Bldg., Room 219. For...

Posted: August 18, 2013, 11:29 PM

Fall 2013 Bb Course Shells Created 7/16/13

Bb course shells for FA 2013 were created on July 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...

Posted: August 16, 2013, 3:19 PM

TurningPoint Anywhere Software Upgrade

Turning Technologies’ student response system (a.k.a clickers) has been upgraded to version 5.2.1 this summer. Since the upgrade, the new version offers better overall integration with UMBC’s...

Posted: August 16, 2013, 3:15 PM

Bb Courses Older Than FA2007 Will Be Deleted on 8/23/13

In accordance with the Blackboard Course Retention Policy, all Blackboard courses older than  Fall 2007 will be deleted. DoIT has scheduled this removal for Friday, August 23, 2013.  Instructors...

Posted: August 16, 2013, 3:09 PM

Blackboard to be Upgraded Jan. 8-10, 2014

WT2014 Courses Available Dec.4, 2013, on Separate Server

To install the latest version of Blackboard, the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) will upgrade UMBC's production Blackboard system from January 8 to 10, 2014.  During this time, Winter...

Posted: August 16, 2013, 3:08 PM

LDAP, Kerberos and Webadmin downtime on 8/20/2013

Hello all. On Tuesday, August 20th starting at 8am LDAP Master, Kerberos and Webadmin will be taken down for system maintenance.  During this time account creations and password changes will be...

Posted: August 14, 2013, 10:57 AM

RT-at-a-Glance tip of the day

For those of you who wish to have your RT-at-a-Glance refresh often and yet have a large number of dashboard items you desire from time to time, there is an option to have the best of both...

Posted: August 8, 2013, 3:20 PM