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WT2025 Instructional Technology Update

The UMBC Instructional Technology Update is provided by the Division of Information Technology for students, faculty and staff. If you have questions or need help, please consult the Blackboard...

Posted: December 11, 2024, 3:02 PM

Account Deactivation Emails

Don't click - it's a phish!!

The Department of Information Technology (DoIT) has received reports of a phishing campaign asking the campus community to provide their user ids and passwords to ensure their accounts are not...

Posted: December 4, 2024, 1:39 PM

ada Downtime Complete

To all ada Users: We have completed the physical installation of the new GPU HW as a part of this downtime. Keep an eye out for correspondence from hpcf-admin@umbc.edu. DoIT will be...

Posted: November 27, 2024, 12:18 PM

DoIT's Technology Support Center Hiring for the Winter/Spring

Are you looking for a part-time job? Come work for us!

The DoIT Technology Support Center is looking to hire additional student consultants to work during the upcoming semester and beyond. Please see our job description below and visit our job posting...

Posted: November 27, 2024, 10:15 AM

New Course Management Features in Poll Everywhere

Available for all presenters on Jan. 6th

On Jan. 6th, Poll Everywhere will launch a new course management feature to simplify how instructors use polling and to improve the process of synchronizing grade data with Blackboard's...

Posted: November 25, 2024, 8:01 AM

WT/SP2025 Courses Created in Blackboard on November 22, 2024

Prepare your Ultra courses for the upcoming term

Blackboard course shells for WT/SP2025 were created on November 22, 2024. All courses now use Ultra per our earlier announcement.  Course Materials Publisher Integration Updates in December...

Posted: November 22, 2024, 12:36 PM

Quarterly patching downtime - 11/22 & 12/7

As part of our ongoing commitment to security, the Unix Infrastructure group will be conducting its quarterly system patching on Friday, November 22nd and Saturday, December 7th.  While many of...

Posted: November 22, 2024, 8:25 AM