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Locating Our Confidential Data

Identity Finder is being installed to help reduce our risk.

In an effort to try and detect confidential data on university-owned systems and reduce the risk that UMBC will be the source of a data breach, UMBC has worked with the university system to...

Posted: June 9, 2015, 10:01 AM

iPads Elevate New Student Day at UMBC

How technology enhanced one of the busiest events on campus

UMBC is always busy on New Student Day with several events happening throughout the day. Before any of that can happen, both new students and parents need to first sign in. This year, the Office...

Posted: June 9, 2015, 9:57 AM

UMBC Now Offers Microsoft Office

1 Terabyte of storage on OneDrive also included

In addition to online access to all Microsoft Office products, including Word, PowerPoint and Excel, UMBC students, faculty and staff now have access to 1 Terabyte of cloud storage through...

Posted: June 8, 2015, 9:05 AM

June Technology of the Month

Blackboard Assessments & Test Exceptions

The online assessment tool in Blackboard can be utilized to facilitate meaningful and memorable learning activities for students. These online assessment tools include: surveys, tests, and...

Posted: June 1, 2015, 5:42 PM