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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

VoiceThread is offering free interactive, hands-on workshops

Extend your asynchronous discussions beyond text!

VoiceThread allows you to integrate digital media such as images, videos, and documents into asynchronous discussions. Faculty and students can contribute to discussions using a keyboard,...

Posted: February 21, 2019, 1:09 PM

Ultra Faculty Ambassadors Share Best Practices & Resources

Ask questions, get help, share feedback with your peers

DoIT believes faculty are important partners and will play an essential role during the Ultra migration. The new Blackboard course interface is significantly different from the Original course...

Posted: February 21, 2019, 11:49 AM

LDAP-Master and Webadmin downtime on 2/21 at 2pm

On Thursday, February 22nd starting at 2pm LDAP-Master and Webadmin will be taken down for system maintenance.  During this time account creations and password changes will be unavailable. ...

Posted: February 18, 2019, 9:48 AM