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Semesterly Cloud Storage Clean Up Reminder!

Resources on freeing up space for the future

It's that time of the semester, you're finishing finals, wrapping things up, and getting ready for break – BUT WAIT! Before you go, you should clean up your cloud storage space so you will be set...

Posted: December 10, 2025, 10:33 AM

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Yuja Migration Delayed to Mid-January

Blackboard Panopto access remains through Spring Break

As we prepare for Winter 2026, we need to update the campus on our transition from Panopto to YuJa as UMBC's new video capture and hosting platform. While you can begin using YuJa for recording...

Posted: December 9, 2025, 5:07 PM

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Blackboard to Launch New FAQs in mid-December

DoIT to review UMBC-related Bb FAQs as a result

Blackboard is rolling out a significant upgrade to its documentation experience this month, and UMBC users will begin seeing the first changes on December 10. Blackboard's new help site features a...

Posted: December 9, 2025, 1:55 PM

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5 Ways to Create “Born Accessible” Course Materials

If you can click it, you can fix it.

As UMBC continues strengthening digital accessibility across teaching and learning, many faculty have already taken steps to reduce, remake, and remediate existing documents, videos, and course...

Posted: December 9, 2025, 8:59 AM

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