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Wimba Classroom Upgrade from 10 pm 8/6 to 7 am 8/7

Blackboard Collaborate has announced that UMBC's Wimba Classroom will be upgraded to version 6.1.4 during an extended maintenance window from Saturday, August 6 at 10:00 PM to Sunday, August 7 at...

Posted: July 29, 2011, 12:30 PM

Blackboard Down for Maintenance from 10 pm Fri. 8/5...

Full Title: Blackboard Down for Maintenance from 10 pm Fri. 8/5 to 1 am Sat. 8/6The UMBC Blackboard server will be down for three hours of maintenance from 10 pm Friday, Aug. 5 to 1 am Saturday,...

Posted: July 29, 2011, 12:15 PM

New Account Deactivation Process

In an effort to maintain and streamline our account management, DoIT will be implementing new procedures focusing on account deactivation beginning in August 2011. Accounts are deactivated when...

Posted: July 29, 2011, 10:25 AM

myUMBC Fall 2011 Update: Now in BETA

We've been a little more quiet this summer than we would have liked, but its not because we don't' love you all.  We've just been hard at work putting some finishing touches on updates to myUMBC....

Posted: July 28, 2011, 11:04 AM

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