SP2025 Instructional Technology Update
The UMBC Instructional Technology Update is provided by the Division of Information Technology for students, faculty and staff. If you have questions or need help, please consult the Blackboard Help FAQs or directly at www.umbc.edu/blackboard/help. You can also contact the Technology Support Center at 410.455.3838 or submit an RT (Request Tracker) ticket via the myUMBC Help Menu or directly at my.umbc.edu/help.
HEADLINES
What’s New
- DoIT to Change Blackboard Auto Course Creation & User Enrollment
- Jack Suess, UMBC's VP of IT and First CIO, to retire after new leader named
- Expanding UMBC Access to AI Tools and Support
- Using Google Doc "Versions" to Detect Student Originality vs. AI Abuse
- Blackboard Reminder: Update Browsers to Latest Version
Training & Professional Development (recording archive | view upcoming events)
- Applying the Quality Matters Rubric Workshop (June 2-24)
- Registration deadline: May 30
- Digital Accessibility Summer Camp (June 4 - Faculty & June 5 - Staff)
- Contact Instructional Technology to join the waitlist
- FYI - Analytics @ UMBC Overview & 2025-26 LA mini-grants CFP (due 6/6/25)
- Faculty Opportunity: Enroll in Free Google Generative AI Courses This Summer
In Case You Missed It: Recordings & Tips
- Creating Accessible Content Series
- Digital Accessibility Guidelines Checklist
- Creating Accessible Documents (44:51)
- Creating Accessible Presentations (31:24)
- Creating Accessible Instructional Videos (45:19)
- Learning Analytics Community of Practice Talks
- Course Prep Checklists
Other DoIT & UMBC News
- Exciting Changes in the Division of Information Technology
- Welcome new DoIT Team Members, Leonard ‘Lenny’ Frieson III and Mary Arsenault
- Updates from DoIT’s Project Management Office
- New Travel System Coming to UMBC
- Google Career Certificates Available to Help Students Gain In-Demand Skills
- DoIT Student Digital Stories Archive
- DoIT Remembers Professor Zane Berge (1953-2025)
Posted: May 14, 2025, 3:44 PM