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WT2014 Courses Now Available at bb-winter.umbc.edu
As previously announced, the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) will upgrade UMBC's production Blackboard system from January 8 to 10, 2014. Due to the disruption caused by the upgrade,...
December 5, 2013
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1:35 PM
WT2014 Bb shells are located at http://bb-winter.umbc.edu
UMBC Blackboard (Bb) course shells for both SP2014 and WT2014 were created on December 2, 2013. The course shells for SP2014 are located on the Bb production server at...
December 5, 2013
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11:26 AM
Hello all. On Friday, November 22nd starting at 2pm LDAP Master and Webadmin will be taken down for system maintenance. During this time account creations and password changes will be...
November 21, 2013
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3:30 PM
On January 23 and 24 the New Media Studio and the Department of Media and Communications Studies will offer a two-day hands-on workshop exploring digital storytelling using the iPad. The...
November 13, 2013
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9:51 AM
The UMBC Blackboard server will be down from 10 pm Friday 11/22 to 1 am Saturday 11/23. This down time is during the regularly scheduled maintenance window and is necessary for DoIT staff to...
November 12, 2013
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8:26 AM
UMBC would never ask "users are to verify there accounts."
A new phishing scam is threatening to deactivate email accounts. This email is not from UMBC. Do not click this link. Here's what's being received: "This E-mail is sent by the HelpDesk...
November 11, 2013
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12:48 PM
I wanted to reach out to this group and provide an update on some system upgrades scheduled for RT over the next 8 months or so. RT has been in place almost 5 years now running on the same...
November 11, 2013
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10:04 AM
Campus users have been unable to gain access
DoIT is reporting a known issue for campus users trying to access the private, UMBC-authenticated version of iTunes U, including links to associated Blackboard course sites. As of September 20,...
November 8, 2013
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10:10 AM
Summary & Drill-Down Reports Show RT, FAQ and Phone Trends
To help provide more timely review of key IT user support metrics throughout the year and not just at the end, DoIT has summarized the following first quarter data for FY14: RT (Request...
October 31, 2013
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1:13 PM
BIOL142 Participants to Share Experiences at 11/22 Brown Bag
To help evaluate clickers as a possible alternative to scantron “bubble sheet” assessments, DoIT partnered with Dr. Tamara Mendelson in BIOL 142 “Foundations of Biology: Ecology and Evolution” to...
October 30, 2013
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5:08 PM