News

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Server downtime on October 26th from 8:00am to 12:00 noon

DoIT will be moving several servers to a different location within our data center to provide them with better cooling and to utilize our space and power more efficiently. In order to accomplish...

Posted: October 15, 2014, 8:01 AM

Revamped Alternate Delivery Program Coming Soon

Hybrid/Online Course Redesign for Summer and Winter Courses

If you've considered converting an traditional, face-to-face course for either hybrid or fully online delivery, 2015 could very well be your year!  A new, revamped Alternate Delivery Program will...

Posted: October 9, 2014, 9:38 PM

UPS Malfunction Impacts Campus IT Services

On Wednesday, 10/8/2014, at approximately 10:10 the Engineering building data center suffered a brief power outage. This occurred during routine maintenance of our Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS)...

Posted: October 8, 2014, 12:52 PM

DoIT Announces Fall 2014 Blackboard Maintenance Schedule

In an effort to ensure the UMBC campus community is kept informed about upcoming Blackboard maintenance plans, DoIT has posted its planned service schedule for the Blackboard system during the...

Posted: October 7, 2014, 3:37 PM

Mocko Named TSC Acting Coordinator

Effective today, Andrea Mocko has agreed to serve as acting coordinator of the Technology Support Center (TSC). Andrea has worked as a full-time specialist since summer of 2012, but has supervised...

Posted: October 6, 2014, 9:10 AM

FYI for RT Training Options

Below is a link to the DoIT offerings from TSC's Jamie Harrison http://my.umbc.edu/groups/doit/events/27048 Joe Kirby

Posted: October 3, 2014, 9:49 AM

New Features Coming to Blackboard in Winter 2015

Software upgrade is part of migration to managed hosting

As announced earlier this week, Winter and Spring 2015 courses will be hosted by Blackboard directly instead of by DoIT. As part of this change, we will also be upgrading to the Spring 2014...

Posted: October 3, 2014, 5:58 AM

DoIT Changes Model of Blackboard Support

As part of an effort to improve service on Blackboard, the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) is changing how the Blackboard system operates at UMBC. Starting in Winter 2015, UMBC will move...

Posted: October 1, 2014, 11:10 AM

Instructional Technology for the Month of October

Blackboard Collaborate

Blackboard (Bb) Collaborate is a web conferencing tool that is accessible in all UMBC Bb courses under the tools menu.Bb Collaborate  allows instructors and students to meet virtually, anytime and...

Posted: October 1, 2014, 8:23 AM

Blackboard Down for Maintenance 10 PM 9/26

The UMBC Blackboard server will be down from 10 pm Friday 9/26 to 1 am Saturday 9/27.  This down time is during the regularly scheduled maintenance window and is necessary for DoIT staff to...

Posted: September 26, 2014, 8:50 AM