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FAQ - Travel and the UMBC VPN

Helping Secure Your Communications When Off-Campus

If I am a student, can I log in from my country of travel? Yes, as long as you have a valid UMBC account and the country in question allows internet traffic to and from the United States Can I...

Posted: August 17, 2021, 6:10 PM

Fake Message from Department Chair

A Lot Of The Fakes Are Obvious, Or Should Be

Impersonation Phishing Alert: Department head impersonator Recently,  DOIT has received notifications of several phishing emails. These messages impersonated the chairs of multiple departments....

Posted: August 17, 2021, 5:36 PM

13 Tips to Get Your Blackboard Course Ready

Checklist to optimize your course before the semester starts

Prepare your Blackboard course shell for the new semester with our updated baker’s dozen checklist. 1. Review new tools & features in Blackboard. Our Blackboard site receives updates and...

Posted: August 17, 2021, 12:02 PM

Quarterly patching downtimes - 8/7 & 8/13

As part of our ongoing commitment to security, the Unix Infrastructure group will be conducting its quarterly system patching on Saturday, August 7th and Friday, August 13th.  While many of the...

Posted: August 4, 2021, 10:23 AM

Submit New Computer Lab Software Requests by August 13th!

The deadline for requesting software to be included in our physical labs, virtual labs, and classrooms has been extended to August 13th. Software requests must be entered by this deadline to...

Posted: August 2, 2021, 4:53 PM

VoiceThread / Blackboard Tool Connection Updated

VoiceThread update changes how VoiceThread is added to Bb

Do you use VoiceThread assignments or links in Blackboard? At the end of July, VoiceThread went through an LTI upgrade to improve functionality between VoiceThread and Blackboard. The new...

Posted: August 2, 2021, 3:08 PM

Enhanced whiteboard tools coming to Collaborate in August

Draw freehand customize text & retain session annotations

A whiteboard is an important pedagogical tool to support handwritten expression and annotation, especially in a virtual classroom. Over the last year, Blackboard has been redesigning the...

Posted: August 2, 2021, 10:30 AM

DoIT's Technology Support Center Hiring for the Fall

Are you looking for a part-time job? Come work for us!

The DoIT Technology Support Center is looking to hire additional consultants to work during the fall semester and beyond. Please see our job description below and visit our job posting on...

Posted: July 29, 2021, 8:41 AM

RT 5.0 Upgrade Coming 8-7-2021

Request Tracker (RT) will be upgraded from RT 4.4 to RT 5.0. This upgrade will require downtime on Saturday, August 7, 2021 between 8:00 am and Noon. This  Google Presentation will provide...

Posted: July 28, 2021, 5:58 PM

DocuSign webforms back online

Please be aware that the Enterprise DocuSign webforms are now back online. If you have any questions or concerns please submit a ticket to umbc.edu/go/1067  Thank you for your patience in...

Posted: July 27, 2021, 10:57 AM