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DoIT Update on Recent Webmail, Blackboard Issues

Load Balancer "Root Cause" to be Reviewed This Semester

To the UMBC Campus Community, Over the past 7-10 days, DoIT has been troubleshooting technical issues with the Cyrus campus Webmail system and Blackboard. Initially, we saw these as separate...

Posted: January 24, 2014, 3:14 PM

Blackboard Known Issues Resolved

Creating & Reusing Assessment Issues Working Normally

1/22/14 Update We appear to be back to normal now.  1/21/14 Update Spoke too soon. We're not seeing as many cases of export/import issues (#2 below), but we are still seeing issues...

Posted: January 17, 2014, 6:14 PM

Blackboard Drop-in Sessions

Got Questions? We Have Answers!

In anticipation of faculty support needs associated with the coming term and Blackboard upgrades,  DoIT will be offering additional weekly drop-in hours beginning Monday, December 9th. A DoIT...

Posted: December 5, 2013, 3:27 PM

Reminder: Bb Upgrade Jan. 8-10, 2014

WT2014 Courses Now Available at bb-winter.umbc.edu

As previously announced, the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) will upgrade UMBC's production Blackboard system from January 8 to 10, 2014. Due to the disruption caused by the upgrade,...

Posted: December 5, 2013, 1:35 PM

WT2014 and SP2014 Bb Course Shells Created on 12/2

WT2014 Bb shells are located at http://bb-winter.umbc.edu

UMBC Blackboard (Bb) course shells for both SP2014 and WT2014 were created on December 2, 2013.  The course shells for SP2014 are located on the Bb production server at...

Posted: December 5, 2013, 11:26 AM

Phishing Scam Alert: Fake Blackboard Notifications

Blackboard email notifications do not require you to sign in

A new phishing scam is attempting to fool people into providing personal information by claiming that there is a Blackboard notification waiting for them, and provides a link for logging into...

Posted: October 10, 2013, 2:09 PM

Fall 2013 Bb Course Shells Created 7/16/13

Bb course shells for FA 2013 were created on July 16, and will continue to be updated daily. Bb shells are available for all courses (designated as lecture, lab, or discussion) listed in the UMBC...

Posted: August 16, 2013, 3:19 PM

TurningPoint Anywhere Software Upgrade

Turning Technologies’ student response system (a.k.a clickers) has been upgraded to version 5.2.1 this summer. Since the upgrade, the new version offers better overall integration with UMBC’s...

Posted: August 16, 2013, 3:15 PM

Bb Courses Older Than FA2007 Will Be Deleted on 8/23/13

In accordance with the Blackboard Course Retention Policy, all Blackboard courses older than  Fall 2007 will be deleted. DoIT has scheduled this removal for Friday, August 23, 2013.  Instructors...

Posted: August 16, 2013, 3:09 PM