News

This is a sample News page using content from the Division of Information Technology group in myUMBC.

Submit Classroom and Lab Software Requests By May 1!

The deadline for requesting software to be included in our physical labs, virtual labs, and classrooms is approaching. Software requests for Summer and Fall 2019 are due by May 1 (Summer deadline...

Posted: April 8, 2020, 3:01 PM

Learn how to use VoiceThread with these free workshops!

Add media-rich, asynchronous engagement in your courses

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: April 8, 2020, 2:14 PM

Scammers Want Your Information and Money

Scammers are finding new ways to get your info and money.

Any good scam, electronic or otherwise, works best when the victim is outside of their normal patterns of life.  A phishing scam has been circulating that claims that you have been exposed to...

Posted: April 7, 2020, 5:05 PM

Fake Advertisements and CDC References

Just because it's on the web or offered doesn't make it real

The Digital Citizens Alliance (DCA) has issued a report on the presence of advertisements for medical supplies, including a vaccine for Covid-19 (as of 4/7/2020 there is no such vaccine).   These...

Posted: April 7, 2020, 2:36 PM

Phishing Email Impersonations

Several High Profile Administrators Impersonated

DoIT has been made aware of several new phishing emails from the weekend: From: Dean Drake <ddrake.umbc.edu@gmail.com> Date: Sat, Apr 4, 2020, 2:45 PM Subject: Re: Quick One To: <...

Posted: April 6, 2020, 11:13 AM

UMBC Online: By the Numbers

DoIT's "bird's-eye view" of our now virtual campus

We in DoIT know that numbers alone can’t capture the time and effort UMBC students, faculty and staff have put into coping with the disruption caused by the Coronavirus global pandemic. However,...

Posted: April 2, 2020, 5:29 PM

Fake DocuSign Phishing Message

Look out for fake DocuSign Messages

Yesterday morning, between 8:45am and 10:00am, several UMBC users received DocuSign messages offering access to a document called “News Update.pdf” with a button labeled “View Document Now”.  ...

Posted: March 31, 2020, 4:35 PM

Home Network Security

As we all work and study at home, we need to stay secure.

If you are part of the UMBC community and are reading this in the spring of 2020, then you are very likely working and/or teaching and/or learning from home over the Internet.  In most cases, you...

Posted: March 31, 2020, 4:16 PM

Telework Security Resources

Here are some good resources for securing your telework...

More people throughout the United States are teleworking now, including many who have never done so before.  The UMBC community is no exception as many of us work, learn and teach from our...

Posted: March 31, 2020, 3:47 PM

MOST Commons: A Resource to Support Remote Teaching

OER online webinar

Dear Colleague, I thought you might be interested in this webinar sponsored by MarylandOnline which will take place next Tuesday, March 31st. Please see the description and registration...

Posted: March 30, 2020, 3:42 PM