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Create a +1 strategy and support diverse learning styles

Find, fix, or create accessible content for all learners

Does your course offer students multiple ways to consume content, complete activities, and demonstrate learning? Accessible course content is good content, as the saying goes, but how can you...

Posted: August 18, 2020, 12:01 PM

New PIVOT Site Launched for Faculty Professional Development

Access PIVOT Live Webinar Recordings, PIVOT Solo and More!

Instructional Technology has launched a new site devoted to the Planning Instructional Variety for Online Teaching (PIVOT) programs: pivot.umbc.edu. Now available to the campus community...

Posted: August 17, 2020, 9:30 PM

USM OnTrack: New Quality Matters Workshops Added!

Sign up now for these August workshops!

USM OnTrack has added additional Quality Matters workshops in high-demand topics for the coming weeks.  Upcoming Quality Matters Workshops   USM OnTrack has pre-purchased a pool of online...

Posted: August 17, 2020, 9:20 PM

Phishing Email Used To Deploy Malware - CISA Report

The Latest Attack On Your Computer

According to an article by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), there has been a recent phishing email campaign trying to deploy malware onto victims' devices. This malware...

Posted: August 17, 2020, 4:54 PM

DocuSign Hourly Limit Issue Update

Over the last week UMBC has experienced a large increase in the use of DocuSign as we gear up for the Fall semester. The DocuSign service had issues with this volume and many of you got the...

Posted: August 17, 2020, 11:48 AM

Refresh & Expand PIVOT Knowledge with New Solo Lessons

Includes recording clips, best practices & other resources

Over the summer, DoIT’s instructional technology team delivered four cohorts of PIVOT+ training to 275 UMBC faculty. Leveraging peer mentors and daily webinars focused on effective pedagogy for...

Posted: August 14, 2020, 7:46 AM

Panopto downtime and security update

August 15: unavailable for 3 hours

Downtime On Saturday, August 15, Panopto will be making a number of updates to their Cloud infrastructure to improve performance and scalability. These updates will require up to 3 hours of...

Posted: August 13, 2020, 6:34 PM

Fake "Corestaff Job-Offer" Phishing Attempt

Yet Another Job Scam, (Pretending To Be From Corestaff)

Below is another example of a phishing email campaign in which the malicious actor is claiming to be from Corestaff Services. The email below is the initial message sent out to victims to try and...

Posted: August 13, 2020, 5:06 PM

UMBC Staff Impersonation Phishing Scam

A Persistent Scam

DoIT has been notified of a phishing scam where the malicious actor was trying to impersonate a UMBC staffer. Below is an example of the email with the name, the email address of the sender, and...

Posted: August 13, 2020, 4:44 PM

New "Economic Relief" Phishing Email

Fake Small Business Administration (SBA) Loan Offer

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced a new phishing email campaign spoofing the Small Business Administration (SBA). This email has the subject “SBA Application –...

Posted: August 13, 2020, 11:47 AM