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Fall 2013 Bb Course Shells Created 7/16/13

Bb course shells for FA 2013 were created on July 16, and will continue to be updated daily. Bb shells are available for all courses (designated as lecture, lab, or discussion) listed in the UMBC...

August 16, 2013 · 3:19 PM

TurningPoint Anywhere Software Upgrade

Turning Technologies’ student response system (a.k.a clickers) has been upgraded to version 5.2.1 this summer. Since the upgrade, the new version offers better overall integration with UMBC’s...

August 16, 2013 · 3:15 PM

Bb Courses Older Than FA2007 Will Be Deleted on 8/23/13

In accordance with the Blackboard Course Retention Policy, all Blackboard courses older than Fall 2007 will be deleted. DoIT has scheduled this removal for Friday, August 23, 2013. Instructors...

August 16, 2013 · 3:09 PM

Blackboard to be Upgraded Jan. 8-10, 2014

WT2014 Courses Available Dec.4, 2013, on Separate Server

To install the latest version of Blackboard, the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) will upgrade UMBC's production Blackboard system from January 8 to 10, 2014. During this time, Winter...

August 16, 2013 · 3:08 PM

LDAP, Kerberos and Webadmin downtime on 8/20/2013

Hello all. On Tuesday, August 20th starting at 8am LDAP Master, Kerberos and Webadmin will be taken down for system maintenance. During this time account creations and password changes will be...

August 14, 2013 · 10:57 AM

DoIT Student Intern Published in Educause Review

Please join me in congratulating Laura Lefavor on her recent article published in Educause Review Online called Beyond the IT Help Desk. EDUCAUSE® is a nonprofit association and the foremost...

August 6, 2013 · 6:17 PM

Tony Finneran named Employee of the Quarter

Please join me in congratulating Tony Finneran of DoIT's Business Systems Group (BSG) for being selected as the July 2013 Exempt Employee of the Quarter. Tony exemplifies team work and...

July 19, 2013 · 4:44 PM

Patrick Simon to leave UMBC on August 15th

It is with mixed emotions I am writing to announce that Patrick Simon, Business Analyst/Developer in DoIT’s Business Systems Group, will be leaving UMBC to become a consultant with Accenture. His...

July 17, 2013 · 2:23 PM

Summer and Fall 2013 Blackboard Drop-in Sessions

DoIT is offering Blackboard Drop-in Sessions to assist and help faculty prepare for Fall 2013 courses. Do you have questions about Blackboard? Stop in! Face to Face Sessions: The following...

July 11, 2013 · 6:34 PM

Staff Changes in Instructional Technology

Welcome to Carlton Crabtree and Tom Penniston

Fall 2014 Update: While Carlton Crabtree has moved on, Tom Penniston joined the Instructional Technology team full time this past spring. He also earned his Ph.D in Language, Literacy, and Culture...

July 11, 2013 · 2:24 PM

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