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Blackboard Seeks Faculty Feedback on New Gradebook

Gain early access, provide feedback from 4/20 to 5/1

Blackboard is preparing to launch a completely redesigned gradebook this summer, including a faster, cleaner, and significantly easier-to-use experience for faculty. To ensure the update meets the...

Posted: March 25, 2026, 8:53 AM

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March HPCF Newsletter

Hi everyone, I'm writing to give everyone an update regarding the UMBC HPCF and other Research Computing projects currently undertaken by DoIT.  Summary Scheduled downtime for March...

Posted: March 25, 2026, 8:41 AM

Launching UMBC’s Sonography Program Application

The teamwork and technology behind the effort

Within the past two years, multiple professional groups on UMBC's campus have come together to implement an application process for our very own Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program. Thanks to...

Posted: March 24, 2026, 1:20 PM

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Accessibility Updates Coming to myUMBC

As we approach our late-April accessibility compliance deadline, we want to share a clear roadmap of the changes coming to myUMBC and what they mean for you. Phase 1: Content Checks &...

Posted: March 24, 2026, 9:27 AM

Protecting Your Device from Proxy Hijacking

Learn how to spot, avoid, and report

Dear UMBC Community, Imagine a stranger secretly using your home internet or your laptop to hide their tracks. Recently, security experts have found that certain apps are doing exactly that!...

Posted: March 23, 2026, 10:44 AM

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Protecting Your Device from Proxy Hijacking

Learn how to spot, avoid, and report

Dear UMBC Community, Imagine a stranger secretly using your home internet or your laptop to hide their tracks. Recently, security experts have found that certain apps are doing exactly that!...

Posted: March 23, 2026, 10:40 AM

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Storage System Performance Update

To all chip users, The DoIT Research Computing & Data (RCD) Team is continuing to work on the storage system performance issues that have been impacting the chip cluster since early...

Posted: March 20, 2026, 9:00 PM

Scheduled Downtime for March 31st, 2026

To all chip users, We have a few maintenance activities to keep our storage servers secure and reliable. During business hours (EST) on Tuesday March 31st, we're going to patch the ada-rstor...

Posted: March 11, 2026, 3:40 PM

Campus migration to YuJa is complete

Reminder: Self-Migrate Panopto videos created after Nov 2025

Our campus transition from Panopto to YuJa is now complete and all migrated video content is available in our new library. If you continued to use Panopto (linking videos or creating content) in...

Posted: March 10, 2026, 1:44 PM

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