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Using Respondus Tools to Address Integrity of Online Tests

EHS prof calls Monitor “a game-changer”

Over the past year, Respondus Monitor, a companion tool to Respondus Lockdown Browser (LDB), has been used by one faculty member to address inherent academic integrity concerns of online learning....

Posted: March 5, 2020, 11:16 AM

Open Education Week: Online webcasts

Stream webcasts from OER events from Open Week

The first week in March marks Open Education Week! This is a week to showcase the open education resources (OER) and how openly licensed course materials help to advance student learning and...

Posted: March 3, 2020, 12:50 PM

New to VoiceThread? Try These Free Workshops

VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate slides and leave comments in several ways – text, voice, audio file, or...

Posted: February 26, 2020, 11:33 AM

Reminder - REX maintenance on Saturday, February 15

This is a reminder that we will be doing maintenance on REX on Saturday starting at 10 AM.  During this time access to reports may be limited.  We will send another message when the maintenance is...

Posted: February 14, 2020, 12:21 PM

Quarterly patching downtime on 2/21/2020 and 2/22/2020

As part of our ongoing commitment to security, the Unix Infrastructure group will be conducting its quarterly system patching on Friday, February 21st and Saturday, February 22nd.  While many of...

Posted: February 12, 2020, 10:02 AM

Updated Ally indicators for Ultra courses in February update

Tweaks provided for self-enrolled groups & discussion boards

This month's Ultra update focuses on increasing the visibility of Ally in Ultra courses. Faculty who upload files directly to the Course Content area or within folders and learning modules will...

Posted: February 7, 2020, 12:32 PM

Sign Up for Free Training on Respondus Tools in February

LockDown Browser and Respondus Monitor

Respondus is offering free training webinars on the following tools: LockDown Browser and Respondus Monitor.See the dates, times and descriptions for each event below: Instructor...

Posted: February 3, 2020, 10:40 AM

Legacy Campus TV System Replaced by YouTube TV

Starting in Feb departments should use YouTube TV services

After completing the deployment of a new Comcast television streaming service for resident students during the fall 2019 semester, the campus is discontinuing the Direct-TV service we had in...

Posted: January 28, 2020, 1:28 PM

Advancing Student Success with Open Educational Resources

Supporting the UMBC Mission and Vision

Using Open Educational Resources (OER) is not just about inexpensive textbook alternatives, it is about advancing student retention, grades, and graduation rates. Given UMBC’s Mission and Vision...

Posted: January 22, 2020, 9:23 AM

Moving from “What is that?" to Data-Informed Practice

A Faculty Member Shares Her Experience Using REX

For all those interested in data-driven decision making, there is a rich trove of data available to research thanks to the data warehouse Reports Exchange (REX). Although all faculty have had...

Posted: January 14, 2020, 10:18 AM