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New Online Form Available to Request Merge of Blackboard Course Shells

Improved Process Supports Instructor Course Management

DoIT is pleased to announce a new form to help faculty manage their Blackboard course shells with greater efficiency. As part of our ongoing updates to the course creation and enrollment process,...

Posted: August 11, 2025, 4:47 PM

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UMBC to Migrate from Panopto to YuJa by March 2026

New video platform offers captioning, quizzing, analytics

As part of a campus-wide upgrade to its video capture and media management tools, UMBC will begin transitioning from Panopto to YuJa starting this fall. The migration will run through March 25,...

Posted: August 11, 2025, 3:41 PM

YuJa's logo featuring a colorful swirl

Quarterly Patching Downtimes - 8/15 & 9/13

As part of our ongoing commitment to security, the Unix Infrastructure group will be conducting its quarterly system patching on Friday, August 15th and Saturday, September 13th.  While many of...

Posted: August 11, 2025, 11:00 AM

Reminder: New Webex site URL for Students

The site URL for students within Webex will change on 8/11

Effective 8/11/2025, all students will transition to a new site for Webex meetings: umbc-students.webex.com  The functionalities and features of this new site URL will remain consistent with...

Posted: August 7, 2025, 9:50 AM

New Webex site URL for Students

The site URL for students within Webex will change on 8/11

Effective 8/11/2025, all students will transition to a new site, umbc-students.webex.com, for Webex meetings. The functionalities and features of this new site URL will remain consistent with...

Posted: August 1, 2025, 11:34 AM

Updated eduroam Certificate

DoIT has applied the annual certificate update for eduroam

Today, July 31st 2025, DoIT updated the certificate for the eduroam Wi-Fi network at UMBC to enhance security and privacy. This certificate must be updated annually. If you see a message on...

Posted: July 31, 2025, 8:01 AM

GlobalProtect VPN Authentication Change

Login process for the GlobalProtect VPN has changed slightly

As part of a recent update, connecting to UMBC's GlobalProtect VPN system will use your computer’s default web browser when signing in.  This process differs from what VPN users may be familiar...

Posted: July 28, 2025, 8:11 AM

July 24th Network Disruption

A short network disruption occurred at 8:45 p.m. on July 24

Around 8:45 p.m. last night, July 24th, the UMBC campus experienced a network outage. During that time network connectivity for resources both on and off campus would have been down. Service was...

Posted: July 25, 2025, 3:39 PM