News

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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

End of LO Building Block in Bb (Blogs/ Wikis/ Journals)

As of SU2011 DoIT is discontinuing the use of the Learning Objects (LO) building block in Blackboard, including the 3rd party Campus Pack blogs, wikis and journals. Blackboard includes similar...

Posted: April 29, 2011, 2:27 PM

UMBC Blackboard Update: SU2011

UMBC Blackboard update is provided by the Division of Information Technology for students, faculty and staff using Blackboard at UMBC. If you have questions or need help, please consult the...

Posted: April 29, 2011, 2:12 PM

End of 24/7 Bb Support for Students/ DoIT Help Desk...

Full Title: End of 24/7 Bb Support for Students/ DoIT Help Desk moving to RLCOn May 26, DoIT will no longer outsource student support of Blackboard. Instead, like faculty and staff, all students...

Posted: April 29, 2011, 1:47 PM

FYI: Bb Courses Older Than FA2005 Will Be Deleted 8/25

In accordance with the Blackboard Course Retention Policy, all Blackboard courses older than Fall 2005 will be deleted. DoIT has scheduled this removal for Thursday, August 25, 2011 at 3 p.m. No...

Posted: April 28, 2011, 12:33 PM