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New Voicethread URL starting June 30
UMBC users will use: voicethread.com
Please note that after June 30, 2025, your UMBC VoiceThread account may be accessed via: https://voicethread.com Currently UMBC users may access VoiceThread via: https://umbc.voicethread.com. ...
Posted: June 9, 2025, 1:16 PM

DoIT to power down the retired Rolm phone system on Monday June 9th
DoIT will power down the old Rolm based phone system
On Monday, June 9th, DoIT will be permanently shutting down the retired Rolm based phone system. Now that the campus has been migrated to the Cisco VoIP phone system, no impact to services or...
Posted: June 6, 2025, 2:35 PM
New Editor Rollout - Rich Text
You may have noticed something new in RT! Starting today, we're turning on the rich text editor by default. Many RT Power Users knew that you could turn this on in your profile settings, by...
Posted: June 4, 2025, 9:41 PM
Explore Jumbled Sentences and Gradebook Tools in Ultra’s June Release
Track unread discussions & student activity
The June 2025 update to Blackboard Ultra brings a fresh set of enhancements designed to support instructional efficiency, student engagement, and accessible course design. From new question types...
Posted: June 3, 2025, 12:56 PM

UMBC Alert Renewal Messages Are Legitimate
Over the weekend, some members of the UMBC community may have received messages (via text or email) like the ones shown below, prompting users to renew their UMBC Alert account. These messages...
Posted: June 2, 2025, 12:32 PM
SAP Concur Travel System – Entering the Next Phase
DoIT has been working closely with Administration & Finance on the SAP Concur Travel System Implementation! We are excited to begin testing and change management planning. Please see the below...
Posted: June 2, 2025, 9:07 AM
Wiki (umbc.atlassian.net) Service Issue - starting 5/30/25
We want to let you know that our wiki (Atlassian Confluence Cloud) has been unexpectedly offline since Friday night due to a billing-related issue with our hosting vendor. Although we did pay our...
Posted: June 1, 2025, 8:01 PM
Spring 2025 Student Employee Gritty Award Winners: AV Student Team!
Congratulations Roza, Jordan & Josh
UMBC AV Team Shines at Maryland History Day UMBC’s AV student support team, Roza Zareidoodeji, Jordan Pierre-Scott and Josh Cheeks, delivered exceptional service during this year's Maryland...
Posted: May 29, 2025, 9:07 AM

UMBC Student experience at The Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics
Event Recap: Spring 2025 “Clinic of Clinics”
By Tejas Ramlal Walke, Student, University of Maryland, Baltimore County | May 15, 2025 On April 24, 2025, the Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics held the Spring 2025 “Clinic of Clinics”...
Posted: May 28, 2025, 8:34 AM

May Gritty Award Winners: The High Performance Computing Team!
Congratulations Greg, Roy and Andy!
The HPC team, down two staff, performed a large upgrade of the High Performance Computing (HPC) environment. Over $1.7 million in new hardware was purchased, including new HPC CPU nodes, new GPU...
Posted: May 27, 2025, 10:58 AM

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