News

This is a sample News page using content from the Division of Information Technology group in myUMBC.

UMBC Blackboard Help Now Part of myUMBC Help Wiki

As part of campus-wide user support changes announced by the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) earlier this summer, the Blackboard Help tab inside Bb (available at...

Posted: August 24, 2011, 7:16 AM

WT 2012 Alternate Delivery Program Provides Hybrid...

Full Title: WT 2012 Alternate Delivery Program Provides Hybrid Course SupportThe Alternate Delivery Program (ADP), sponsored by the Office of the Provost, and the Office of Summer , Winter and...

Posted: August 23, 2011, 9:04 PM

Known Issue: Blackboard Supported Browsers

DoIT staff have received a number of reports from faculty and students regarding incompatibilities between Blackboard and some of the newer versions of web browsers. Examples include the...

Posted: August 23, 2011, 8:28 PM

Blackboard Weekly Maintenance Schedule Reminder

This is just a friendly reminder to the UMBC campus community of the Blackboard weekly maintenance schedule window from Friday 10 pm to Saturday 1 am. Although this maintenance window is not...

Posted: August 23, 2011, 1:35 PM

UPDATE: FYI: Bb Courses Older Than FA2005 Will Be...

Full Title: UPDATE: FYI: Bb Courses Older Than FA2005 Will Be Deleted 8/25UPDATE: DoIT has pushed back the date to remove Bb courses older than FA2005 by one day, to Friday, August, 26 at 3 pm....

Posted: August 21, 2011, 12:33 PM

FA2011 Blackboard Drop-in Sessions

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

Posted: August 1, 2011, 2:15 PM

myUMBC Fall 2011 Update for Group Admins

Keep your friendships magical

This past Friday (July 29), we pushed out an update to myUMBC that made some changes to how users can interact with and how admins will manage Groups in myUMBC.  Please take a few minutes to...

Posted: August 1, 2011, 11:05 AM

myUMBC Password Change Required of Faculty/Staff

Last Updated : August 12, 2011 As part of preparation for the Legislative Audit of IT services at UMBC we are requiring all faculty and staff to change their password by October 11th, 2011. In...

Posted: August 1, 2011, 10:45 AM

myUMBC Update

On July 29, 2011 the myUMBC system was updated to improve the myUMBC groups system. One important change provides a new group category of institutional group. An institutional group must be...

Posted: August 1, 2011, 9:58 AM

Update: DoIT Support for OSX Lion

Summary: DoIT is waiting for Apple to provide us with codes to allow faculty and staff to download OSX Lion from the App Store. While OSX Lion offers many interesting features, DoIT will not be...

Posted: July 31, 2011, 6:07 PM