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Blackboard Mobile Apps Available for Free Download

Existing Bb Mobile Learn app discontinued in August 2017

With the upcoming retirement of the Bb Learn mobile app in August 2017, we encourage UMBC students who wish to access their Blackboard courses via mobile device to download and use the Blackboard...

Posted: May 8, 2017, 11:55 AM

Notice: DoIT Is Changing Mailing List Vendor

Google Groups & myUMBC will be used for communications

DoIT has begun transitioning users off mailing lists to Google Groups and myUMBC. We expect this transition to be completed by the end of June 2017. Sympa, the campus software used for handling...

Posted: May 8, 2017, 11:48 AM

7 Things to Remember During the Bb Cloud Migration

Essential tips for summer faculty

This summer, UMBC takes Blackboard to the cloud. Summer courses will be hosted in a separate environment while we prepare for the migration of our main site. Here are seven important things to...

Posted: May 5, 2017, 10:59 AM

Google Docs Phishing Messages

Google Docs Hack Information

On May 3rd, email messages began to arrive at people's inboxes that appeared to invite people to view a Google document.  Upon clicking on the blue icon for the invitation, the person would...

Posted: May 4, 2017, 3:02 PM