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Quarterly Unix Patching Friday December 18th at 6:00pm

As part of our ongoing commitment to security, the Unix Infrastructure group will be conducting its quarterly system patching on Friday December 18th beginning at 6:00pm.  While many of the...

Posted: December 10, 2015, 8:21 AM

5 Things You Should Know About Clickers at UMBC

What is happening with clickers on our campus

February 14, 2020 Update: As of Spring 2020, TurningPoint 8 is supported by UMBC. Turning Technologies no longer supports the software TurningPoint Cloud. All main lecture halls are up-to-date...

Posted: December 8, 2015, 8:14 AM

LDAP-Master and webadmin downtime on 12/17/2015

On Thursday, December 17th 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. ...

Posted: November 30, 2015, 11:47 AM

Reminder: VoiceThread Call for Participation SP2016 Pilot

Test drive interactive tools for online discussions

DoIT is looking for faculty volunteers to pilot VoiceThread (VT), a cloud-based application that takes an audio/visual approach to online discussions and presentations. VT also includes a...

Posted: November 24, 2015, 5:45 PM

Blackboard Upgrade Scheduled Dec. 24, 12:30 AM - 12:30 PM

System-wide update planned

Blackboard engineers will perform a system upgrade and maintenance on Thursday morning, December 24, 2015 from 12:30 AM to 12:30 PM. Blackboard will be offline during this period. As previously...

Posted: November 24, 2015, 8:39 AM

Introducing the New Alternate Delivery Program

Three Skill Tracks Now Available

The Alternate Delivery Program (ADP) provides financial, technical, and pedagogical support to faculty who agree to redesign an existing face-to-face (F2F) course for online or hybrid (part...

Posted: November 23, 2015, 2:08 PM

WT/SP2016 Courses Created in Blackboard on 11/20/2015

Blackboard course shells for WT2016 and SP2016 were created on November 20, 2015. Bb shells are available for all courses (designated as lecture, lab, field or discussion) listed in the UMBC...

Posted: November 23, 2015, 8:19 AM

2015-11-09 Performance Issues

RT

Early this morning a report came into DoIT indicating an issue with RT performance. For a large number of users the RT-at-a-Glance was not loading. The issue was a by-product of a SPAM volume...

Posted: November 9, 2015, 11:18 AM

DoIT to Host Techfest in Spring 2016 Semester

Share your favorite technology with the UMBC community

Techfest is an effort to bring together UMBC students, faculty, and staff to share their favorite technologies with the UMBC community through several workshops. Participants will be able to...

Posted: November 3, 2015, 7:54 AM

Meet the DoIT Staff Serving on the Professional Staff Senate

What the PSS is and what role each member serves as

The Professional Staff Senate (PSS) represents the interests and concerns of the exempt staff at UMBC. The PSS certifies elections of members to committees as provided in the Plan of Organization...

Posted: November 2, 2015, 7:34 AM