News

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Population Term Summary report

Are you interesed in the population you manage ?

New report : Population Term Summary Navigation : Home > At A Glance This report is intended to provide a visual display of the demographics and academic data related to the populations...

Posted: May 15, 2017, 10:51 AM

DocuSign Update 5/9/2017 - Malicious Email Campaign

I wanted to make sure everyone is aware of this Malicious Email Campaign as one of our campus community received this today but fortunately contacted me immediately and shared the email. Thank you...

Posted: May 10, 2017, 4:11 PM

Graduating AV Students Look Back on Their Time at DoIT

Meet Steven Nguyen, Ally Yang, & Adam Jawarish

DoIT’s Audio Visual (AV) Services provides the UMBC campus with a wide variety of media resource support for instruction and administration. Typical duties include lending laptops to instructors,...

Posted: May 10, 2017, 1:01 PM

UMBC Blackboard Update: SP/SU2017

UMBC Blackboard 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 Help tab inside...

Posted: May 9, 2017, 11:30 AM

55 People Attend 2nd Annual TechFest

More registrations and an increase in workshops

On April 10, DoIT hosted its 2nd annual TechFest, a campus event that brings together faculty, staff, and students to share technology tools through workshops. This year’s event had a bigger...

Posted: May 9, 2017, 8:52 AM

DoIT to Manage New Apple Store

All Personal & Dept. Purchases Will Be Made Online

To The Campus Community, During this academic year, staff from DoIT, the Bookstore and the Library have been considering a change in how the campus buys Apple computers. Specifically, we are...

Posted: May 8, 2017, 4:51 PM

Mariann Hawken Receives Employee of the Quarter Award

Hawken helped lead the Course Materials Initiative for UMBC

DoIT would like to congratulate Mariann Hawken, eLearning Coordinator for ITNM, on receiving Employee of the Quarter (EOQ). The program recognizes the outstanding qualities and contributions of...

Posted: May 8, 2017, 1:08 PM

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