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Reminder - REX downtime, Saturday, August 19, 2023

This is a reminder that REX will be down for maintenance on Saturday, August 19th from 8am to 8pm.  During this time we will be upgrading the REX servers.  As part of this upgrade we will be...

Posted: August 16, 2023, 11:31 AM

Quarterly patching downtime - 8/18 & 8/19

As part of our ongoing commitment to security, the Unix Infrastructure group will be conducting its quarterly system patching on Friday, August 18th and Saturday, August 19th.  While many of...

Posted: August 10, 2023, 2:02 PM

REX downtime, Saturday, August 19, 2023

REX will be down for maintenance on Saturday, August 19th from 8am to 8pm.  During this time we will be upgrading the REX servers.  As part of this upgrade we will be renaming the servers....

Posted: August 10, 2023, 10:09 AM

Ultra Courses to Offer New AI Course Design Assistant Tools

Generate images, structure, test questions, and rubrics

As the landscape of education continues to evolve, the integration of cutting-edge technology into the classroom has become more vital than ever. The advent of generative AI tools is poised to...

Posted: August 10, 2023, 9:35 AM

Welcome to the Maryland Institute for Innovative Computing!

Fueling the next generation of technical talent, today.

Exciting News! We are thrilled to welcome you to the Maryland Institute for Innovative Computing! Our mission? To ignite the spark of innovation and pave the way for the future's tech...

Posted: August 9, 2023, 9:22 AM

QM offers free Accessibility & Usability Resource Site

Built by the peer community for the peer community

In response to institutional and educator priorities for making education accessible for all learners, the Quality Matters peer community created the Accessibility and Usability Resource Site...

Posted: August 3, 2023, 10:18 AM

Scheduling Downtimes for ada and taki clusters

To all HPCF Users: DoIT will be scheduling a series of downtimes over the next two months in order to provide system administrators with time to upgrade and improve various aspects of both the...

Posted: July 28, 2023, 5:34 PM

FA2023 Courses Created in Blackboard on July 25, 2023

Blackboard course shells for FA2023 were created on July 25, 2023.  The Ultra Course Preview setting is enabled in FA2023 courses, which allows faculty to preview OR convert a new Original course...

Posted: July 26, 2023, 9:50 AM

Grade by student or question in Ultra courses for Aug update

New Google integration, customize image for learning modules

The August release reveals a new update for the Ultra grading system, enabling faculty to grade by question or student, or mix and match the approach. Additional updates to Ultra for August...

Posted: July 24, 2023, 12:47 PM

Math 447/627 Introduction to Parallel Computing

Fall 2023, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 01:00-02:15 pm

Dear HPCF Users, I wanted to make sure you knew that I am offering Math 447/627 Introduction to Parallel Computing this fall again. It has both an undergraduate and graduate level. The...

Posted: July 23, 2023, 10:27 PM