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PIVOT Courses Associated with Improved SEEQs and Tool Use

Faculty training to support empirically driven course design potentially represents one of the most scalable options available for improving student outcomes at an institution. One strategy to...

Posted: August 19, 2021, 3:58 PM

More UMBC students like Ultra and want Ultra courses

86% of UMBC students express satisfaction with Ultra

In a survey of 608 students taking Ultra courses during the SP2021 semester, 86% indicated satisfaction with Ultra, marking a 14% increase compared to the last survey in FA2019. Students again...

Posted: August 19, 2021, 9:04 AM

DoIT Upgrades & Adds Classroom AV for Return to Campus

UC to support large courses, training begins next week

As the University prepares for a return to campus this Fall, DoIT’s Audio-Visual and Desktop Support units have been busy upgrading classrooms and equipping instructors with new technologies to...

Posted: August 18, 2021, 1:11 PM

Retirement Scams

It's All About Getting You To Click That Link

Recently, the Division of Technology(DoIT) has received phishing reports of scammers impersonating state-licensed retirement support representatives. Below is a copy of such a message. The...

Posted: August 17, 2021, 7:35 PM

FAQ - Travel and the UMBC VPN

Helping Secure Your Communications When Off-Campus

If I am a student, can I log in from my country of travel? Yes, as long as you have a valid UMBC account and the country in question allows internet traffic to and from the United States Can I...

Posted: August 17, 2021, 6:10 PM

Fake Message from Department Chair

A Lot Of The Fakes Are Obvious, Or Should Be

Impersonation Phishing Alert: Department head impersonator Recently,  DOIT has received notifications of several phishing emails. These messages impersonated the chairs of multiple departments....

Posted: August 17, 2021, 5:36 PM

13 Tips to Get Your Blackboard Course Ready

Checklist to optimize your course before the semester starts

Prepare your Blackboard course shell for the new semester with our updated baker’s dozen checklist. 1. Review new tools & features in Blackboard. Our Blackboard site receives updates and...

Posted: August 17, 2021, 12:02 PM

Quarterly patching downtimes - 8/7 & 8/13

As part of our ongoing commitment to security, the Unix Infrastructure group will be conducting its quarterly system patching on Saturday, August 7th and Friday, August 13th.  While many of the...

Posted: August 4, 2021, 10:23 AM

Submit New Computer Lab Software Requests by August 13th!

The deadline for requesting software to be included in our physical labs, virtual labs, and classrooms has been extended to August 13th. Software requests must be entered by this deadline to...

Posted: August 2, 2021, 4:53 PM

VoiceThread / Blackboard Tool Connection Updated

VoiceThread update changes how VoiceThread is added to Bb

Do you use VoiceThread assignments or links in Blackboard? At the end of July, VoiceThread went through an LTI upgrade to improve functionality between VoiceThread and Blackboard. The new...

Posted: August 2, 2021, 3:08 PM