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LDAP-Master and Webadmin downtime on 3/15 at 2pm

On Thursday, March 15th starting at 2pm LDAP-Master and Webadmin will be taken down for system maintenance.  During this time account creations and password changes will be unavailable.  Account...

Posted: March 5, 2018, 3:13 PM

New REX report for Extracurricular Interest

A new report, Admitted Students by Extracurricular Activity, is now available in REX.  This report will allow you to generate a list of admitted students with a particular extracurricular interest...

Posted: March 5, 2018, 12:51 PM

Kirby Earns Presidential Distinguished Staff Award

Award Ceremony: Wed., April 4, Noon, UC Ballroom

Congratulations to DoIT Assistant Vice President Joe Kirby, who has been selected to receive the 2018 Presidential Distinguished Staff Award. Along with other recipients and their families, Joe...

Posted: February 27, 2018, 3:50 PM

New REX reports for grade distribution

Two new REX guided reports have been released, Course Grade Distribution Breakdown and Course Grade Distribution Breakdown Details.  The "Details" report will only be accessible to users...

Posted: February 27, 2018, 12:16 PM

NVivo Qualitative Research Software Now Available

DoIT, CAHSS, DPS Partner on Site License

DoIT is now providing NVivo, a qualitative research software package equivalent to SPSS, Stata, SAS, or R. This software is available to all faculty, staff, and graduate students. It allows the...

Posted: February 14, 2018, 2:42 PM

New REX report : Curricular Interdependency Matrix

A new REX guided report is intended for departments and colleges to answer the question "Who are we teaching?" and "Who is teaching our students?".  The question is only answered for undergraduate...

Posted: February 5, 2018, 3:31 PM

REX Finance Report UPGRADE

REX-Finance reports will be improving over the weekend of February 2.  Exciting new functionality will be available for you to use on Monday, February 5!   New features will include:   ·     ...

Posted: January 30, 2018, 4:40 PM

Blackboard Offline 12-6 a.m., Sat., 1/27

Core File System Infrastructure Must Be Upgraded

To upgrade Blackboard’s core file system that cannot wait until Spring Break or Summer, Blackboard engineers will service UMBC’s cloud system on Saturday, January 27, from 12:01 a.m. to...

Posted: January 23, 2018, 11:59 AM