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Temporary Box Issue for RT, DocuSign, and Travel System

Good evening, Between roughly 3:30 and 5:00 PM today, Tuesday, January 21, there was a temporary outage that may have impacted the file upload to Box on any RT Forms, DocuSign Enterprise...

Posted: January 21, 2025, 9:21 PM

Campus Phone System Upgrade

Webex phone users may need to sign into phone services again

Over the weekend DoIT performed software updates on the campus phone system. While the updates were successful, users may find that their ‘phone services’ in the Webex app have disconnected. If...

Posted: January 21, 2025, 2:09 AM

Ultra releases content based on new submission attempt, improves gradebook data entry, and updates course availability settings in January

Improvements to AI, access to Mastery Gradebook available

In early January, the Ultra updates features improvements to course settings, content management, grading, and the AI Course Design Assistant, providing increased flexibility for faculty in...

Posted: January 6, 2025, 1:12 PM

DoIT Gritty Award Announcement

Congratulations Debbie Michaels!

Congratulations Debbie Michaels for being selected as this month’s DoIT Gritty Award winner! We are proud to announce that Debbie Michaels has been awarded the DoIT Gritty Award for her...

Posted: December 18, 2024, 1:36 PM

Congratulations to our Winter 2024 Graduating Students!

Congratulations to our Graduating students in the Division of Information Technology Class of Winter 2024! Congrats on all your well-deserved success and best wishes for your next adventure!...

Posted: December 18, 2024, 9:47 AM

WT2025 Instructional Technology Update

The UMBC Instructional Technology Update is provided by the Division of Information Technology for students, faculty and staff. If you have questions or need help, please consult the Blackboard...

Posted: December 11, 2024, 3:02 PM

Exploring the Journey from QM Course Certification to becoming a Master Reviewer

Louise Murray shares insights as first faculty to pursue MR

Louise Murray, Clinical Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Programs at the Erickson School of Aging Studies, recently became UMBC’s first faculty member to become certified as a QM...

Posted: December 10, 2024, 10:25 AM

Account Deactivation Emails

Don't click - it's a phish!!

The Department of Information Technology (DoIT) has received reports of a phishing campaign asking the campus community to provide their user ids and passwords to ensure their accounts are not...

Posted: December 4, 2024, 1:39 PM

December's Ultra update brings overall enhancements to core functionality

New indicators for discussions, grading, reports

This month's update to Ultra provides new and updates indicators for core functionality in Ultra courses including discussions, grading, and reports. Two improvements to Ultra focus on the AI...

Posted: December 2, 2024, 11:37 AM

DoIT's Technology Support Center Hiring for the Winter/Spring

Are you looking for a part-time job? Come work for us!

The DoIT Technology Support Center is looking to hire additional student consultants to work during the upcoming semester and beyond. Please see our job description below and visit our job posting...

Posted: November 27, 2024, 10:15 AM