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Known Issue: Bb Course Auto Enrollment (RESOLVED)

The auto enrollment script that takes students who are officially enrolled in SA and places them into the corresponding Blackboard course shell stopped working on Monday, June 6. It was restarted...

Posted: June 9, 2011, 12:21 PM

Known Issue: Blackboard Connection Issues (RESOLVED)

One of the Blackboard file servers went down at approximately 11:50 am on Wednesday, June 8 due to a power outage related storage failure. DoIT staff became aware of this when users reported...

Posted: June 9, 2011, 11:56 AM

DoIT Campus Power Outage Update- Sunday, June 5.

As of late Sunday afternoon, power has been restored to the Engineering and Public Policy buildings and we are working to restore normal operations. This is an update on where things stand as of...

Posted: June 5, 2011, 11:10 PM

SU 2011 Blackboard Drop-in Sessions

DoIT is offering drop in Blackboard Drop-in sessions to assist and help faculty prepare for the summer sessions. The following one hour drop in sessions will be held in Engineering 025. DoIT...

Posted: May 25, 2011, 10:23 AM

myUMBC Summer Updates

This is an update to inform everyone of some changes we're making to myUMBC over the summer.  We will release pieces of these updates in batches every week or so with the goal of having all...

Posted: May 24, 2011, 11:39 AM

Additional Drill Capability in the TREX Reports

Additional Drill Capability in the TREX Reports

From Ben Lowenthal To All TREX users I am pleased to announce the availability of additional drill capability in the TREX reports.  Those of you who have attended training likely heard me...

Posted: May 19, 2011, 11:21 AM

DoIT's Google Calendar Pilot

On March 29th, 2011 DoIT moved 75 full-time off of Oracle calendar and onto Google Calendar. Overall the migration has been extremely successful. We used this an opportunity to fully test the...

Posted: May 10, 2011, 4:04 PM

End of LO Building Block in Bb (Blogs/ Wikis/ Journals)

As of SU2011 DoIT is discontinuing the use of the Learning Objects (LO) building block in Blackboard, including the 3rd party Campus Pack blogs, wikis and journals. Blackboard includes similar...

Posted: April 29, 2011, 2:27 PM

UMBC Blackboard Update: SU2011

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...

Posted: April 29, 2011, 2:12 PM