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FA2011 Bb Course Shells Created on 7/11

Bb course shells for FA 2011 were created on July 11, and will continue to be updated daily. Bb shells were created for all courses (designated as lecture, lab, or discussion) listed in the UMBC...

Posted: July 18, 2011, 11:12 AM

Blackboard Down for Maintenance from 10 pm Fri. 7/8...

Full Title: Blackboard Down for Maintenance from 10 pm Fri. 7/8 to 1 am Sat. 7/9The UMBC Blackboard server will be down for three hours of maintenance from 10 pm Friday, July 8 to 1 am Saturday,...

Posted: July 8, 2011, 8:18 AM

Known Issue: Bb Course Auto Enrollment (RESOLVED)

The auto enrollment script that takes students who are officially enrolled in SA and places them into the corresponding Blackboard course shell stopped working on Monday, June 6. It was restarted...

Posted: June 9, 2011, 12:21 PM

Known Issue: Blackboard Connection Issues (RESOLVED)

One of the Blackboard file servers went down at approximately 11:50 am on Wednesday, June 8 due to a power outage related storage failure. DoIT staff became aware of this when users reported...

Posted: June 9, 2011, 11:56 AM

DoIT Campus Power Outage Update- Sunday, June 5.

As of late Sunday afternoon, power has been restored to the Engineering and Public Policy buildings and we are working to restore normal operations. This is an update on where things stand as of...

Posted: June 5, 2011, 11:10 PM

SU 2011 Blackboard Drop-in Sessions

DoIT is offering drop in Blackboard Drop-in sessions to assist and help faculty prepare for the summer sessions. The following one hour drop in sessions will be held in Engineering 025. DoIT...

Posted: May 25, 2011, 10:23 AM

myUMBC Summer Updates

This is an update to inform everyone of some changes we're making to myUMBC over the summer.  We will release pieces of these updates in batches every week or so with the goal of having all...

Posted: May 24, 2011, 11:39 AM

Additional Drill Capability in the TREX Reports

Additional Drill Capability in the TREX Reports

From Ben Lowenthal To All TREX users I am pleased to announce the availability of additional drill capability in the TREX reports.  Those of you who have attended training likely heard me...

Posted: May 19, 2011, 11:21 AM

DoIT's Google Calendar Pilot

On March 29th, 2011 DoIT moved 75 full-time off of Oracle calendar and onto Google Calendar. Overall the migration has been extremely successful. We used this an opportunity to fully test the...

Posted: May 10, 2011, 4:04 PM