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Erickson School of Aging Partners with New Media Studio

A partnership between the Office of Undergraduate Education, Erickson School of Aging, and DoIT's New Media Studio resulted in a introductory course that connected students with residents of the...

Posted: December 21, 2011, 8:03 AM

DoIT Closed 12/24/11 to 1/2/12

The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) will be closed during the campus holiday break from December 24, 2011 to January 2, 2012. During this time, the 24/7 lab in Engineering 021 can be...

Posted: December 19, 2011, 3:48 PM

Blackboard Acknowledges Delay in Processing of Safe...

Full Title: Blackboard Acknowledges Delay in Processing of Safe Assign ReportsUPDATE: Blackboard released a final support bulletin on Friday, December 23, regarding the performance of Safe Assign....

Posted: December 15, 2011, 3:26 PM

UMBC Blackboard Update: WT2012

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: December 5, 2011, 5:43 AM

Blackboard Collaborate Replacing Wimba

As previously announced in October, DoIT will be installing Blackboard Collaborate 11 during the Bb upgrade window starting on December 22 at 10 pm. Bb Collaborate 11 is the new web-based...

Posted: December 2, 2011, 1:13 PM

Reminder to FA2011 Faculty to Download Bb Gradebook,...

Full Title: Reminder to FA2011 Faculty to Download Bb Gradebook, Bb Upgrade on 12/22As previously announced, DoIT will be upgrading the Blackboard (Bb) production system on Thursday, December 22...

Posted: December 1, 2011, 1:28 PM

Course Redesign/ Hybrid Course Redesign Workshop, 1/20

DoIT and the Faculty Development Center will be offering the Course Redesign/ Hybrid Course Redesign Workshop on January 20, 2012 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm in ENGR 023. In the morning session...

Posted: November 30, 2011, 1:03 PM

Blackboard Down for Maintenance from 10 pm Fri. 11/25...

Full Title: Blackboard Down for Maintenance from 10 pm Fri. 11/25 to 1 am Sat. 11/26The UMBC Blackboard server will be down for three hours of scheduled maintenance from 10 pm Friday, Nov. 25 to 1...

Posted: November 21, 2011, 10:00 AM

Known Issue: Potential Delay in Processing of Safe...

Full Title: Known Issue: Potential Delay in Processing of Safe Assign PapersBlackboard Support reported today that the Safe Assign servers experienced an outage at the beginning of this week. The...

Posted: November 18, 2011, 1:50 PM