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Learn the Basics of Inclusive Design for Online Education

Check out this Free Coursera MOOC!

Free Coursera MOOC - Learn the Basics of Developing an Inclusive & Accessible Course This 5 week course provides instruction and strategies to support you in developing a course that is...

Posted: March 11, 2019, 10:32 AM

TechFest & Ultra Early Adopter Raffle Winners Announced!

On Friday, March 1, 2019, DoIT's Instructional Technology Team held its 4th annual TechFest.  As part of TechFest, participants were asked to complete evaluation surveys for each of the three...

Posted: March 8, 2019, 10:09 AM

Register for a M.O.S.T. Forum on OER in Higher Education

Learn about open educational resources and adoption in USM

Register for a M.O.S.T. Regional Forum on OER in Higher Education Are you new to open educational resources (OER) and interested in learning how to adopt or scale OER in your course or across...

Posted: March 5, 2019, 1:42 PM

Digital Workflow Promotes More Comunication and Efficiency

OFAS Utilizes DocuSign to Expedite the Financial Aid Process

For months now, newly accepted students have been facing the important decision of where to attend college. For most, one of the biggest factors will be how much money they are able to secure in...

Posted: February 27, 2019, 10:35 AM

Emergency Phonemail Repairs Complete

Phone repairs have been completed, systems fully operational

At 7pm we completed the emergency repairs on the phonemail system while maintaining all data stored on the node. Since that time all phonemail services are fully operational. We will continue to...

Posted: February 26, 2019, 9:59 PM

Emergency Phone Mail and Call Processing Outage Later today

Beginning over the weekend and continuing into today a number of users and phone numbers may have experienced intermittent phonemail service including both voicemail and call processing boxes. We...

Posted: February 26, 2019, 2:06 PM

Intermittent Phonemail Services

DoIT is working to repair hardware in a phonemail node

Beginning over the weekend and continuing into today some users may have experienced intermittent phonemail service including both voicemail and call processing boxes. We are experiencing hardware...

Posted: February 26, 2019, 9:05 AM

Plan Counts report recent changes

The Plan Counts report located in the Student Records and Enrollment folder has been updated as follows: ·         The report now displays a distinct headcount column. ·         Has the ability...

Posted: February 25, 2019, 1:41 PM

Plans Without Enrollment - new report

A new report, Plans Without Enrollment, is now available in REX to assist with departments in knowing what Plan/sub plan students are not enrolling in.  This report displays those that are active...

Posted: February 25, 2019, 1:41 PM

Ultra adoption takes off as 145 courses opt in

More than 900% increase in adoption since FA2018

Early adoption is growing at UMBC as more than 100 faculty opted to use the new Ultra Course View during the SP2019 semester. An additional 25 faculty tried Ultra using the sandbox shells created...

Posted: February 22, 2019, 9:07 AM