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Quarterly patching downtimes - 2/25 & 2/26

As part of our ongoing commitment to security, the Unix Infrastructure group will be conducting its quarterly system patching on Friday, February 25th and Saturday, February 26th.  While many...

Posted: February 16, 2022, 10:23 AM

New REX Report: Concurrent Plan Awards

New REX Report: Concurrent Plan Awards Folder:  Census Data > Degree and Plan Awards Are you interested in the ability to view additional awards undergraduate students have received in the...

Posted: February 15, 2022, 3:41 PM

Job Scam Phishing Alert “Crypto Purchasing Assistant Needed"

If it sounds too good to be true, it's too good to be true.

“Crypto Purchasing Assistant Needed - Apply if Interested"  The Division of Information Technology(DoIT) recently received multiple reports of a job scam phishing message. The scammers are...

Posted: February 15, 2022, 11:46 AM

HelioCampus Update #3: First-Year Retention Predictions

Our first playbook is hot off the press!

First-year retention is UMBC’s single biggest point of loss during the lifetime of a freshman cohort and a key focus area of the university’s student success efforts. To support this work the Data...

Posted: February 15, 2022, 9:50 AM

5 Faculty Earn QM Certification for Course Design

More than half of USM's QM certified courses are from UMBC

After participating in rigorous peer reviews of their online and hybrid courses, five UMBC faculty have earned Quality Matters certification as part of the campus’ Quality Matters Impact (QMI)...

Posted: February 14, 2022, 9:39 AM

Job Scam Alert: Department of Psychology

An Accidental Forward Keeps Us All On Our Toes

The Division of Information Technology has received quite a few reports of a new job scam email coming from the Department of Psychology. It is very similar to others we have received in the past,...

Posted: February 8, 2022, 2:16 PM

Panopto: Recording, Hosting, and Engaging

Leveraging Screencasting to Support Instructional Strategies

UMBC adopted Panopto in fall 2018. Use has increased since this time, in particular spurred on by geometrically increased adoption with the migration to fully online and then hybrid learning in...

Posted: February 8, 2022, 9:40 AM

New REX Report: Weekly Utilization Rates for Rooms

New REX Report : Weekly Utilization Rates for Rooms Folder : Curriculum Management > Room This new report allows departments or colleges to see how well their rooms are being utilized. ...

Posted: February 4, 2022, 1:16 PM

New REX report : Plan Selection Related to Course

New REX report :  Plan Selection Related to Course Folder : Student Records and Enrollment > Course Enrollment This new report counts how many students in each course joined a particular...

Posted: February 2, 2022, 2:15 PM

REPOST: SP22 Data Science & Learning Analytics Workshops

Noon series will feature plenty of show & tell demos

For the Spring 22 semester, DoIT's Analytics & Instructional Technology groups will continue to offer student success and learning analytics-related workshops for the UMBC community. All...

Posted: February 1, 2022, 10:56 AM