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Getting Your Inbox to Zero by Jack Suess

UMBC’s Chief Information Officer shows how to tame Gmail

On March 9, 2016 DoIT’s instructional team hosted a new event called Techfest, an event that would  bring the campus community together and present ways that technology can both support and...

Posted: March 21, 2016, 9:29 AM

An Out Of The Box Solution To Shared Files

How Box.com Solved UAA's File Storage Dilemma

In the autumn of 2012, the Office of Undergraduate Education (OUE), a unit in the Division of Undergraduate Academic Affairs (UAA), accepted the limitations of its shared drives, much like...

Posted: February 26, 2016, 5:03 PM

Raley, Kelly Named Employees of Quarter

1st non-exempt, exempt EOQ recipients from same dept.

DoIT would like to recognize our own Pamela Raley and Ed Kelly for receiving the Employee of the Quarter (EOQ) award. The EOQ program recognizes the outstanding qualities and contributions of...

Posted: February 24, 2016, 1:03 PM

DoIT to Host Techfest in Spring 2016 Semester

Share your favorite technology with the UMBC community

Techfest is an effort to bring together UMBC students, faculty, and staff to share their favorite technologies with the UMBC community through several workshops. Participants will be able to...

Posted: November 3, 2015, 7:54 AM

Meet the DoIT Staff Serving on the Professional Staff Senate

What the PSS is and what role each member serves as

The Professional Staff Senate (PSS) represents the interests and concerns of the exempt staff at UMBC. The PSS certifies elections of members to committees as provided in the Plan of Organization...

Posted: November 2, 2015, 7:34 AM

How DoIT & OGC Upgraded an 8 Year Old Website

Brand new website features BOX integration and RT support

Brian Thompson, Assistant Dean of the Graduate School and an affiliate member of the Office of the General Counsel (OGC), had a problem. The 8 year old OGC website just wasn't doing its job of...

Posted: August 3, 2015, 10:21 AM

Kudos to Tom Penniston on New Book Chapter

DoIT would like to recognize its own Tom Penniston on the publication of the book chapter “Service Learning and the Acquisition of Social Capital in the Community College Setting.” For this...

Posted: June 23, 2015, 11:07 AM

DoIT Lab/Lecture Hall Software Request Deadline May 1st

DoIT Lab/Lecture Hall Software Request Deadline

In order to load all lab and lecture hall PCs with our standard set of software (known as an "image"), all requests for additions or changes for Fall 2015, the lab & lecture hall software...

Posted: April 27, 2015, 4:01 PM

DoIT Recommends Changes In Clicker Channel Settings

Reduces likelihood of interference with wireless network

The Division of Information Technology has been working with Turning Technologies to determine the optimum channel for clicker use so as avoid conflict with our campus wireless network, which was...

Posted: September 23, 2013, 10:23 AM

Wireless System Upgrade Improves Campus Coverage, Speeds

Massive summer project makes things faster, better

If you’ve been using the UMBC campus wireless system lately (and our administrative software says that you have), you may have noticed a big improvement in speed and coverage. That’s because this...

Posted: September 5, 2013, 9:22 AM