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FA2011 Lab & Lecture Hall Software Requests Deadline...

Full Title: FA2011 Lab & Lecture Hall Software Requests Deadline is June 1In order to load all lab and lecture hall PCs with our standard set of software (known as an "image"), all requests...

Posted: April 25, 2011, 4:23 PM

SU2011 Bb Course Shells Created on 4/19

Bb course shells for SU 2011 were created on April 19, 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: April 19, 2011, 9:08 PM

Known Issue: "Not Enough Space on Disk" Error Message...

Full Title: Known Issue: "Not Enough Space on Disk" Error Message (RESOLVED)At approximately 10 am, Friday, April 15, DoIT staff received multiple reports from both faculty and students of a "not...

Posted: April 15, 2011, 3:28 PM

Blackboard Down for Extended Maintenance from 10 pm...

Full Title: Blackboard Down for Extended Maintenance from 10 pm Fri. 3/18 to 10 am Sat. 3/19As a part of DoIT's regular scheduled maintenance, Blackboard will be down for an extended time on...

Posted: March 11, 2011, 1:01 PM

UMBC Moving to Google Calendar

Oracle Calendar to Google Calendar Migration On June 7th, 2011 the campus will move to Google calendar as the new campus-wide enterprise calendaring solution. Oracle calendar has been the campus’...

Posted: March 9, 2011, 1:21 PM

IHE Journal Publishes Article on Check My Activity...

Full Title: IHE Journal Publishes Article on Check My Activity Tool for StudentsThe Internet and Higher Education has published an article about UMBC's Check My Activity (CMA) tool for students in...

Posted: February 24, 2011, 2:44 PM

VPN Now Available for iOS4 Devices

Campus VPN connections are now possible on iOS4 devices such as the iPad, iPhone and iTouch.  Juniper Networks has release their SSL VPN application called Junos Pulse which can be freely download...

Posted: February 17, 2011, 1:09 PM

UMBC Email Problems on February 9

Results of Review of Email Problems on February 9th

Last Wednesday afternoon, Feburary 9th, DoIT experienced a mail system error on one of UMBC's major mail servers used for sending mail. This caused mail trying to be sent from UMBC to be delayed...

Posted: February 15, 2011, 6:25 AM

UPDATE:Microsoft Blocking UMBC Mail

UPDATE Feb 15, 2011: Microsoft has lifted their block on mail originating from UMBC. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Over the...

Posted: February 14, 2011, 3:18 PM