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Fine Tune Your Skills from Basic to Advanced Levels
Blackboard has announced a webinar series to help faculty transition to remote teaching. Click here to sign up for the options described below or access this...
August 25, 2020
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12:57 PM
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...
August 25, 2020
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12:36 PM
Learn to Deliver Online Assessments using these tools
LockDown Browser is a custom browser that prevents digital cheating during an online exam. Respondus Monitor is a companion application for LockDown Browser that deters cheating when students take...
August 25, 2020
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12:17 PM
Sign up now for these newly added Fall workshops!
USM OnTrack has added additional Quality Matters workshops in high-demand topics for the Fall term! NEW - Quality Matters Fall Workshops We are excited to announce that we have added a...
August 24, 2020
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5:14 PM
And rolling out a new model that helps students earlier!
Blackboard Predict (BB Predict) is a subscription-based predictive model designed to identify students at risk of receiving a grade of D or F in a course. UMBC has a long partnership with...
August 24, 2020
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1:59 PM
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...
August 19, 2020
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9:22 PM
Find, fix, or create accessible content for all learners
Does your course offer students multiple ways to consume content, complete activities, and demonstrate learning? Accessible course content is good content, as the saying goes, but how can you...
August 18, 2020
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12:01 PM
Access PIVOT Live Webinar Recordings, PIVOT Solo and More!
Instructional Technology has launched a new site devoted to the Planning Instructional Variety for Online Teaching (PIVOT) programs: pivot.umbc.edu. Now available to the campus community...
August 17, 2020
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9:30 PM
Sign up now for these August workshops!
USM OnTrack has added additional Quality Matters workshops in high-demand topics for the coming weeks. Upcoming Quality Matters Workshops USM OnTrack has pre-purchased a pool of online...
August 17, 2020
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9:20 PM
IMPORTANT
Over the last week UMBC has experienced a large increase in the use of DocuSign as we gear up for the Fall semester. The DocuSign service had issues with this volume and many of you got the...
August 17, 2020
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11:48 AM