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Known Issue: Blackboard System Being Restarted 2/16

Over the weekend, DoIT has received reports from campus users of issues with the Blackboard system.  Most of these reports involved quizzes or other assessments not loading when students clicked...

Posted: February 16, 2013, 8:54 PM

SCEQ Profile report is now available

The SCEQ (Student Course Evaluation Questionnaire) Profile report is now available in REX. Breadcrumbs are: Home >> Census Data > SCEQ. We will continue to have these reports available...

Posted: February 11, 2013, 4:32 PM

Two-hour Disruption of UMBC Student Administration Today

UMBC’s Student Administration System had a service interruption today that lasted  approximately 2.5 hours.  As of 2 p.m. today, service to the Student Administration system has been restored and...

Posted: February 8, 2013, 3:28 PM

Blackboard Offering 2 New Webinars on Gradecenter & Rubrics

Meet the Gradecenter, 2/11 & The Rewards of Rubrics, 2/18

Blackboard is offering two free, 1-hour webinars that may be of interest to UMBC faculty.  The first is titled "Meet the Grade Center" and will be held on Monday, Feb. 11 at 1 PM.  This will cover...

Posted: February 8, 2013, 2:05 PM

Blackboard Down for Maintenance 10 pm- midnight, Mon 2/11

The UMBC Blackboard server will be down from 10 pm - midnight  Monday, Feb. 11.  This down time is outside the regularly scheduled maintenance window but is necessary in order to fix a known bug...

Posted: February 8, 2013, 11:18 AM

Blackboard Weekly Maintenance Schedule Reminder

This is just a friendly reminder to the UMBC campus community of the Blackboard weekly maintenance schedule window from Friday 10 pm to Saturday 1 am. Although this maintenance window is not...

Posted: January 25, 2013, 2:48 PM