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Using Blackboard to Leverage Lynda.com

Assign, Evaluate Prerequisite Skills with Adaptive Release

As announced earlier this semester, DoIT and Visual Arts have partnered on a one-year license to Lynda.com, the popular online software training platform. However, short of simply recommending...

Posted: December 6, 2016, 4:41 PM

Joe Kirby Honored for 30 Years of Service

16 DoIT Staff Honored at UMBC Service Awards Tomorrow

Update: See Joe's UMBC Digital Story at https://youtu.be/Q2cGLtJfxjk While many have contributed to UMBC's 50 years of excellence, tomorrow the campus will recognize 30 years of service by...

Posted: December 6, 2016, 2:27 PM

Take Attendance Qwickly with New Tool in Blackboard

Track attendance in gradebook & send students absentee email

A popular request from faculty is a tool to track student attendance. Many instructors who teach large classes use clickers to assign points for student engagement as a proxy for attendance....

Posted: December 5, 2016, 4:02 PM

Blackboard Upgrade Scheduled Dec. 26, 6:30 AM - 6:30 PM

System-wide update planned

Blackboard engineers will perform a system upgrade and maintenance on Monday morning, December 26, 2016, from 6:30 AM to 6:30 PM. Blackboard will be offline during this period. The downtime...

Posted: December 2, 2016, 9:49 AM