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Findings from Two Terms of Qwickly Pilot
During the FA18 and SP19 semesters, DoIT partnered with Math/Stat to assess the relationship between student attendance and academic outcomes leveraging laptop and mobile technology. Using a tool...
September 3, 2019
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9:27 AM
September focuses on student success & retention
Next month, the Blackboard Innovative Teaching Series offers two free webinars focusing on student success and retention: Increase Student Success Using Analytics and Student Data Wednesday,...
August 30, 2019
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3:30 PM
LockDown Browser, Monitor and Respondus 4.0 Exam Creation
Respondus is offering free training webinars on the following tools: LockDown Browser, Respondus Monitor, and Respondus 4.See the dates, times and descriptions for each event below:...
August 27, 2019
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12:16 PM
Please use a browser other than Safari to access Blackboard!
As noted in this Known Issue FAQ, recent updates to the Safari web browser are preventing access to LTI content inside any Learning Management System (LMS) including Blackboard. The issue stems...
August 22, 2019
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2:02 PM
VPC partnership continues students & alums as “crew"
While it’s not the same as attending in person, if you enjoy watching UMBC basketball or Commencement live online, soon you might also be able to watch other major campus events in the same way....
August 20, 2019
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1:05 PM
AY14-15 & AY15-16 courses to be removed in late January 2020
During the summer of 2019, Blackboard archived our complete site, which provided individually backed-up copies of every course and organization through SP2019. As previously completed for courses...
August 14, 2019
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8:01 AM
New course report available in Blackboard for FA2019
Are your course materials accessible? Where would you go to check? Could you easily remediate your files for your current or future students? Meet Ally, an accessibility tool that automatically...
August 13, 2019
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1:36 PM
Nominate a peer expert today!
Are you passionate about teaching with technology? Do you have an Ultra course adoption story to share with other faculty? Would you like to be part of a growing community of Blackboard...
August 13, 2019
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9:54 AM
It is my pleasure to both introduce and welcome the three newest members of the Instructional Technology team in DoIT: Chimaobi (Mobie) Nwaokomah (pictured at left), Laura Wyatt, and Collin...
August 12, 2019
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11:06 AM
Discuss OER accessibility, quality, student success
Are you new to open educational resources (OER) and interested in learning how to adopt or scale OER in your course or across your institution? Register to join the Maryland Open Source...
August 12, 2019
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10:01 AM