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Apply for the Teach Access Fellowship Program
Apply for the Teach Access Fellowship Program See below for information on the Teach Access Fellowship Program. As part of the program, Fellows will be creating curricular materials to teach...
Posted: November 7, 2023, 4:56 PM
Quarterly patching downtime - 11/17 & 11/18
As part of our ongoing commitment to security, the Unix Infrastructure group will be conducting its quarterly system patching on Friday, November 17th and Saturday, November 18th. While many...
Posted: November 6, 2023, 10:52 AM
Join free virtual events for National Distance Learning Week
This year’s theme focuses on AI & distance learning
The sixteenth annual National Distance Learning Week offers many virtual sessions focused on how artificial intelligence (AI) impacts education and training. The U.S. Distance Learning Association...
Posted: November 6, 2023, 6:46 AM

Quality Matters Releases 7th Edition Rubric
Focus on accessibility, inclusive design, faculty engagement
After extensive peer feedback from a global community of faculty and instructional designers, the Seventh Edition of the Quality Matters Higher Education Rubric was released earlier this summer,...
Posted: October 31, 2023, 9:14 AM

Unscheduled Downtime of taki cluster: Resume Operation
To all taki users, Starting at around 0345 this morning, portions of the taki cluster environment became unresponsive. System administrators have been able to bring the cluster back online....
Posted: October 24, 2023, 12:30 PM
Unscheduled Downtime of taki Cluster
To all taki users, Starting at around 0345 this morning, portions of the taki cluster environment became unresponsive. System administrators have been working to bring the cluster back online....
Posted: October 24, 2023, 8:18 AM
New Report Can Help Faculty Visualize Student Engagement
"Waterfall" course dashboard leverages student use of Bb LMS
DoIT has a new addition to our suite of data visualizations supporting course engagement/instruction and teaching: The Blackboard course "waterfall" report (UMBC vpn req'd if using off-campus). ...
Posted: October 23, 2023, 2:37 PM
Sorting & submission enhancements for Ultra gradebook in Nov
Search & use stock images in Ultra docs, discussions, etc.
Continued enhancements to the Ultra gradebook provide greater flexibility and usability. In the November update to Ultra courses, additional sorting controls allow instructors to sort grade...
Posted: October 23, 2023, 12:56 PM

Inclusive by Design Summit
Register now for this summit, hosted by Montgomery CC
Register Now! Fall 2023 Inclusive by Design Summit Friday, November 3, 2023 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST via Zoom Hosted by Montgomery College Navigating the Future of Inclusive Education at the...
Posted: October 20, 2023, 3:24 PM
"Finish Line" Featured in UK Online Learning Journal
UMBC case study title: "Inclusive excellence online"
The current issue of Advances in Online Learning: A Peer-reviewed Journal (Vol 2. 2023-2024, Number 1) has recently published a case study about UMBC's Finish Line program, entitled "Inclusive...
Posted: October 18, 2023, 9:49 AM

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