• Group Feed Subscriptions - Groups can now subscribe to external content through the use of feeds.  Simply enter in the web address to an RSS or Atom feed from your groups Tumblr or Blogger blog, and ever 15 minutes or so, myUMBC will check to see if you have any new content, and pull the items in as News.  This is a great way for groups to continue to use the tools that best meet their needs, but still have their content shared with the greater UMBC community.  In the near future, we'll allow you to subscribe to feeds from YouTube, Vimeo and Flickr.

• Profile Settings Page - We've migrated over the Profile page from the old myUMBC to the new one, with a slight revamp of the layout, but nothing major.  Access it by clicking your name, just like before!
• New Frame - We've implemented a new frame for accessing content across the many, varied systems that encompass "myUMBC".  This new frame keeps your dashboard and menus visible at all times, making it easy to navigate around.  You can see an example by clicking on Student Contact Info from the Profile Settings page. (if you're a student of course)
• Bug Fixes
• Tons of fixes to the main Events, News, and Discussions pages so that they behave more consistently.
• You can now enter web addresses longer than 60 characters.
• Fixes a sneaky group invite bug that likes to reappear from time to time.
• And as always... miscellaneous typos and fixes.

We just posted an update with the following changes:

• Group Subscriptions - Groups can now subscribe to other groups. When you subscribe, your group will pull in the public content from the group you're subscribe too.  This provides a great way for groups to share content with one another without having to post content in two different groups.  Spotlights, News, Events, Discussions and Media are supported, but the content must be marked "public" to be seen in another group.
• Groups Page - The Groups page now looks a little better with more emphasis on publicly visible groups.
• Dashboard Tweak - To address some confusion we changed the name of "Groups" to "Activity" and gave it a cool lightning bolt arrow icon.  This was done to better reflect what this dashboard will show you... recent activity.  Our plan is for this dashboard to show you new content in your groups, and comments/paws on your public content.
• Events Tweaks
• Events now default to an hour long if you change the time, instead of just 5 minutes.
• You can now add up to 99999 seats for an event instead of 99.
• Bug Fixes
• You can no longer post empty comments... whew
• Group Pages should no longer throw errors
• Fixed a bug that send you to calendar view when browsing group events.
• Miscellaneous typos and fixes

Later this week...

• Media is shaping up nicely and should be available before the end of the week.  We think you're gonna like it.
• We'll add the ability for groups to subscribe to external content like RSS, YouTube, Vimeo, and Flickr feeds