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Open Educational Resources Support Student Access, Equity

Faculty share OER experiences, use cases, resources

One in four students take some of their courses online, and two-thirds do so at a public institution (Allen, Seaman, Pouline, & Straut, 2016). In early November, UMBC celebrates National...

Posted: October 30, 2019, 8:25 AM

All Faculty Required to Use Duo 2-factor Authentication

Enroll by November 19th

Last April, DoIT announced that faculty and staff with elevated Peoplesoft access would be required to use Duo two-factor authentication. We've since worked to enroll nearly 2,500 faculty and...

Posted: October 28, 2019, 8:49 AM

National Distance Learning Week 2019 Lunchtime Series

Learn about ADP, Ultra, Panopto, Ally, accessibility, OERs

One in four students take some of their courses online, and two-thirds do so at a public institution in the same state where they live (Allen, Seaman, Pouline, & Straut, 2016; Allen &...

Posted: October 16, 2019, 12:20 PM

DoIT's Technology Support Center Hiring for the Fall

Are you looking for an on campus 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: October 16, 2019, 10:30 AM

Alternate Delivery Program Call for Participation Released

Hybrid/Online Course Redesign for Summer 2020

Faculty interested in developing an effective hybrid or fully online course are invited to submit a proposal for this innovative faculty support program. The Alternate Delivery Program (ADP)...

Posted: October 14, 2019, 1:15 PM

RESOLVED - Blackboard Offline on Oct 7

UMBC is monitoring the issue & working with Bb support

At approximately 5:30pm, DoIT staff became aware of a potential outage with our instance Blackboard Learn. System admins immediately investigated the reports and opened a ticket with Blackboard...

Posted: October 7, 2019, 6:09 PM

Reminder: Bb Courses Scheduled for Retirement from Server

AY14-15 & AY15-16 courses to be removed in late January 2020

As previously announced, Blackboard courses from AY14-15 and AY15-16 will be retired from our active production site by the end of January 2020.  The Blackboard system’s overall performance and...

Posted: October 4, 2019, 9:36 AM

Partial points coming to test questions to Ultra in October

Bulk download of student submissions also available

Calculating the grade on an Ultra tests becomes more flexible in the October update when the partial points feature is introduced. When creating a question in an assessment, instructors can enter...

Posted: October 2, 2019, 2:43 PM

Join this Webinar!: Navigating the OER Provider Landscape

Don't miss it - hosted by the M.O.S.T. and MarylandOnline

Join us on Tuesday, October 8, 2019 from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. for a webinar jointly hosted by the Maryland Open Source Textbook  (M.O.S.T) Initiative and MarylandOnline, entitled Navigating the OER...

Posted: October 2, 2019, 1:14 PM

Restoration of Full Internet Connectivity for the Campus

I wanted to let everyone know that Friday morning, repairs were completed to the fiber optic cable that was damaged early last week.  (https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/doit/posts/87008) Once the...

Posted: September 29, 2019, 11:58 PM