Call for Proposals MOST Open Educational Resources Grants
Engage, create, revise, research
The Call for Proposals for the 2021 Faculty OER Mini-grants is now open. The Maryland Open Source Textbook (M.O.S.T.) Initiative has several grant opportunities for faculty who are interested in unique opportunities to engage in communities of practice related to teaching with OER, creation/revision and publication of OER in high-need areas, and evaluation of OER use in relation to student success.
Available grants in 2021 include:
- Adopt/Adapt OER ($1,000 grant + Participation in the Lumen Circles Community of Practice);
- Create/Revise and Publish OER ($2,000 grant + Participation in the Rebus Textbook Success Program); and
- Evaluate OER ($3,000 grant + Dedicated Coaching)
Proposals are due March 1, 2021.
Join the
(M.O.S.T.) Initiative on Wednesday, January 20, 2021 from 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. ET for an Informational Webinar to learn more about the grant requirements and expectations for successful grants. They will also answer any questions about the grants at that time. It’s a new year UMBC’s Division of Information Technology (DoIT) is still seeing scammers sending out phishing emails offering fake jobs to students. Below is an example of one of these job scam emails.
From: Candice Terrence <terrencandice@gmail.com> Date: Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 9:49 AM Subject: PART TIME JOB OFFER To: <@umbc.edu> Dear Student, We got your contact through your school database and I'm happy to inform you that our reputable company CISCO Systems® is currently running a student empowerment program. This program is completely school oriented as it has been designed not to deter you from school and other activities which is prior to you and this organization. You are selected from your school database to partake in the ongoing program. This Offer is a PART TIME position accompanied with an attractive weekly wages among all others and a reasonable working hours per week. TO PROCEED WITH THIS JOB OFFER, KINDLY REPLY THIS MAIL WITH YOUR PERSONAL E-MAIL ADDRESS IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE FULL JOB DESCRIPTION/OFFER FOR THIS OPEN JOB POSITION Best Regards, Candice Terrence HR Recruit Manager/Consultant CISCO Systems®. |
The email has the subject “PART TIME JOB OFFER” and is offering a fake part-time job to CISCO Systems. Above is an example of the first email the scammers would send to students, the goal of this email is to try and get the students to reply.
In past phishing campaigns similar to the one above, if the student responds showing interest the scammers would ask the student for more information like phone number, personal email address, home address, date of birth, etc. If the student would provide any of this information the scammers have been known to start texting the student as well as send a fraudulent check to the provided address. If you have received a check from this or a similar scam please do not try to deposit the check.
What to do now?
If you do receive this or a similar scam, please DO NOT respond any further or click on any URLs. If you have provided any banking or financial information, please notify your bank or financial institution immediately. If you have been sent a check, you should not attempt to cash or deposit it. If you have deposited a check already, please contact your bank and tell them that it may be part of a scam.
Whether or not you responded to the scam or not, please forward the message (with the email headers) to security@umbc.edu. We will also keep track of any other information you submit about the scammers, such as their phone numbers. If you were sent a check or other materials, please send pictures of it and the envelope they came in.
How do I forward full email headers?
https://wiki.umbc.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1867970
To read more articles published by DoIT Security please visit:
https://itsecurity.umbc.edu/critical/?tag=notice.
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Job Scam Impersonation Email “UMBC Student Job”
Fake Job Offer For "Student Administrative Assistant"
The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) has been notified that a scammer is sending out phishing emails claiming to offer a part-time job as an Administrative Assistant the UMBC’s Academic Success Center. The offer is a fake.
The Scam
Here is an example of the scam:
From: Dr Deborah <owens0101@gmail.com> Date: Sun, Dec 27, 2020 at 11:15 AM Subject: UMBC Student Job To: Due to the concerns surrounding COVID-19 , Also affecting the university academic calendar ,we urgently need the services of a competent student administrative assistant to work Part-time and get paid $350 weekly. Tasks will be carried out remotely. If interested, Do text your name to (832) 975-0343 so as to proceed Merry Christmas! Best Regards, Dr Deborah P. Webb Assistant Director of Supplemental Instruction Academic Success Center Sherman Hall (Academic IV Bldg), Room 348 FK80139 (832) 975-0343 |
In the example above the email is sent from <owens0101@gmail.com> . This is not a UMBC address. UMBC addresses end in “@umbc.edu”. The phishing email itself is claiming to offer students a job as an administrative assistant. The scammer asks the victim to use text messaging which leaves no record of the communications in UMBC systems.
If you receive this email or anything similar, do not respond.
The Money
Scams like this operate by having the victim make purchases with their own funds while promising to reimburse them later. The reimbursement will generally be in the form of a check or a money order. When you attempt to deposit the check or money order into your bank account, your bank will notify you that it is not valid. It will bounce. You will have lost whatever money you have spent to that point. In many cases, this loss has exceeded $1000.00
The names and job titles appearing in this correspondence do belong to actual UMBC staff, but this information is readily available from the UMBC web site and can be used to make the scam seem more realistic.
Recently, a fake payment was made through an image of a check sent in email. The victim was instructed to print it, cut the image out in the shape of a check, sign it, and deposit it using a mobile banking app. (See below.)
What to do now?
If you do receive this or a similar scam, please DO NOT respond any further or click on any URLs. If you have provided any banking or financial information, please notify your bank or financial institution immediately. If you have been sent a check, you should not attempt to cash or deposit it. If you have deposited a check already, please contact your bank and tell them that it may be part of a scam.
Whether or not you responded to the scam or not, please forward the message (with the email headers) to security@umbc.edu. We will also keep track of any other information you submit about the scammers, such as their phone numbers. If you were sent a check or other materials, please send pictures of it and the envelope they came in.
How do I forward full email headers?
https://wiki.umbc.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1867970
To read more articles published by DoIT Security please visit:
https://itsecurity.umbc.edu/critical/?tag=notice.
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Corestaff Services Job Scam “UMBC COVID-19 UPDATE”
Job Scams Continue To Target UMBC Students
Below is an example of a job scam phishing email that was recently reported to the Division of Information Technology (DoIT). The scam email below has the subject “UMBC COVID-19 UPDATE” and is claiming to offer fake jobs from Corestaff Services to UMBC students.
From: juli woods <juliwoods224@gmail.com> Date: Mon, Jan 11, 2021 Subject: UMBC COVID-19 UPDATE To: <@umbc.edu> Dear students, The University Of Maryland,Baltimore County health professionals have been closely monitoring the spread of COVID-19 over the past four months.Therefore the university is organizing an online part time job to sustain the students living.I'm happy to inform you that our reputable company CORESTAFF SERVICES Inc®,is currently running a student empowerment program. KINDLY EMAIL BACK WITH YOUR PERSONAL EMAIL ADDRESS IF INTERESTED IN THIS JOB POSITION. Kind Regards juli woods HR Manager/Consultant CORESTAFF SERVICES Inc® |
The goal of this phishing email is to try and get students to reply showing interest in the fake job. DoIT has seen similar scams in which the student’s reply is followed by another email asking for more personal information such as the student’s mailing address, full name, phone number, and date of birth.
If the student responds again with their personal information, the scammers have been known to start texting the student as well as sending a fraudulent check to the provided postal address. If you received a check from this or a similar scam please do not try to deposit the fraudulent check.
What to do now?
If you do receive this or a similar scam, please DO NOT respond any further or click on any URLs. If you have provided any banking or financial information, please notify your bank or financial institution immediately. If you have been sent a check, you should not attempt to cash or deposit it. If you have deposited a check already, please contact your bank and tell them that it may be part of a scam.
Whether or not you responded to the scam or not, please forward the message (with the email headers) to security@umbc.edu. We will also keep track of any other information you submit about the scammers, such as their phone numbers. If you were sent a check or other materials, please send pictures of it and the envelope they came in as well.
How do I forward full email headers?
https://wiki.umbc.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1867970
To read more articles published by DoIT Security please visit:
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Personal Assistant Job Scam
The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) has been notified that a scammer is sending out phishing emails claiming to offer an interim personal assistant job available. The offer is a fake. Below is an example of this scam.
From: DJ2205831 <DJ2205831@pusdk12.org> Date: Tue, Jan 12, 2021 Subject: University of maryland, baltimore county apply for spring winter p/t jobs work from school/home offer for students 2021 To: <@umbc.edu> I am Annette Bonner, my specializations are foot and ankle, athletic injuries, shoulder and elbow, trauma and fractures, sports medicine, and arthroscopic surgery. Also interested in procedures of replacing shoulders and knees. This message was sent to your email because you have an opportunity from the University Office for Students with Disabilities to work with me to help and assist students with disabilities frustrated with ignorance and lack of services but as my interim personal assistant. I can assure you this employment is very simple, all you need to do are purchase some items when needed, mailing of letters, and making payments at Walmart and this employment won't take much of your time at least two hours daily and three times in a week for ($450). I am unable to meet up with you for an interview since I am away currently helping the disabled students in Australia, for all the purchases and tasks to get done on my behalf while I am still away, you will be paid in advance. Upon my arrival we will discuss the possibility of making this a long-term employment that if you do really impress me with your services while I am away. My arrival is scheduled for the end of January 2021. To Apply : Please forward all applications including Full name, Address, Alternate email (different from school email) and mobile number Attached Resume( Its okay if you do not have resume to attach). Please its highly important that you reply and send above information to my personal email address(boseannette85@gmail.com) so i can respond back to you ASAP. Best Regards Professor Annette Bonner |
In the example above it can be seen that the email is sent from <DJ2205831@pusdk12.org> and has the subject “University of maryland, baltimore county apply for spring winter p/t jobs work from school/home offer for students 2021”. The phishing email itself is claiming to offer students a job as the scammer’s interim personal assistant. The scammer is asking that applicants respond by emailing their personal information. If you have received this email please do not respond.
Please note that in the phishing email above the scammer states that they can not give an interview. This is a red flag as most jobs would want some sort of interview or meeting process or at least a telephone call before hiring anyone. Another red flag is that the email uses words like “high important that you reply,” this gives the user a sense of urgency which can be a sign of phishing and job scam emails.
Of course, the terrible grammar and punctuation are not what you would expect from a professor of medicine, either. It is also odd that the message asks the applicant to respond to boseannette85@gmail.com when the message itself came from a different address, DJ2205831@pusdk12.org.
Always be alert for inconsistencies, especially when contacted unexpectedly, especially when contacted by strangers, and most especially when money is involved.
What to do now?
If you do receive this or a similar scam, please DO NOT respond any further or click on any URLs. If you have provided any banking or financial information, please notify your bank or financial institution immediately. If you have been sent a check, you should not attempt to cash or deposit it. If you have deposited a check already, please contact your bank and tell them that it may be part of a scam.
Whether or not you responded to the scam or not, please forward the message (with the email headers) to security@umbc.edu. We will also keep track of any other information you submit about the scammers, such as their phone numbers. If you were sent a check or other materials, please send pictures of it and the envelope they came in.
How do I forward full email headers?
https://wiki.umbc.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1867970
To read more articles published by DoIT Security please visit:
https://itsecurity.umbc.edu/critical/?tag=notice.
https://itsecurity.umbc.edu/home/covid-19-news/?tag=covid19
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Password Phishing Scam
Another fake link in an email to steal your password
This morning we have received reports of a phishing scam targeting members of the UMBC community. This scam appears to come from the Help Desk, and states that a request was made to deactivate the user's account. It includes a link to a webpage with a form to steal user passwords. Do not click this link.
Always check the URL before entering credentials online. Notice that this site is not in the umbc.edu domain, despite claiming to be. In addition, you can compare it to the real login page by navigating to myUMBC without using a link to see that it does not match.
As of this writing, several people have clicked this link. If you have entered your UMBC password after clicking the link in this phishing email, change your password to something substantively different as soon as possible as your account has been compromised. Instructions for doing so can be found here: https://wiki.umbc.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1867939.
If you do receive any email that you suspect is a scam, please do not click on any URL or reply. Either of those actions confirms to the sender that your email address is valid. Please forward the message (with the email headers) to security@umbc.edu.
How do I forward full email headers?
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The theme of the 2021 conference is Using OER to Advance Equity and Inclusion. The COVID-19 pandemic and continuing patterns of racialized violence have brought to the forefront inequities in educational access, preparation, and experiences on our campuses. How might the use of open educational resources (OER) advance equity and inclusion at our postsecondary institutions and statewide?
This call invites proposals for short concurrent presentations, birds of a feather sessions, and panel discussions related to this theme.
We are especially interested in proposals that:
- Demonstrate how institutions, units, and groups have been reflective about their use of OER and how they are exploring the contours of equity and inclusion in relation to OER;
- Share strategies to modify, remix, and curate additional resources to diversify and extend the cultural relevance of OER materials;
- Describe concrete strategies for reducing and eliminating barriers to engaging with OER for faculty, students, and/or staff;
- Showcase faculty and student work with open education in Maryland, and highlight resources created and adapted by Maryland faculty and staff; and
- Examine the relationship between OER, pedagogical innovation, and student success.
The submission deadline is February 5, 2021, with notifications sent out by February 19, 2021.
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GO Chat Recap: Super Size Courses
Here's what you missed from our Go Online Chat!
Last month, we reflected on the transition from face-to-face instruction to online instruction for one of UMBC's largest introductory courses CHEM 101, with its instructors Drs. Sarah Bass and Tara Carpenter.
We discussed some recent articles that have been on our mind:
Drs. Sarah Bass and Tara Carpenter originally began their journey shifting their super-sized CHEM 101 course through the Alternative Delivery Program (ADP), originally intending their course to be delivered in a hybrid model. This modality would give them the flexibility to foster synchronous active learning, and asynchronous lecture and content delivery.
While rebuilding many components of the course, Sarah and Tara were deeply intentional about the costs associated with course materials. Recognizing that high costs presented challenges to access course materials, Sarah and Tara employed Open Educational Resources which substantially lowered the total cost of materials for their course.
Assessments play an integral role in this course. Before UMBC's physical campus closed due to COVID-19, CHEM 101 participated in a limited pilot using Akindi, a scantron alternative where instructors can use any standard printer to print bubble sheets and use any standard scanner to scan completed bubble sheets directly into Blackboard. Since then, Sarah and Tara have employed test pools, groups, and adaptive release in their Blackboard courses to promote academic integrity and to administer assessments without the need of a lockdown browser.
Our next GO Chat takes place on Friday, January 22: 2021 The Year of Open Ed. We welcome UMBC alum Dr. Karen Cangialosi as our guest, a Professor of Biology and Open Education Faculty Fellow at Keene State College in Keene, New Hampshire. Karen facilitates an Open pedagogy faculty learning community, and she is co-leader of KSC Open, a Domain of One’s Own campus project. We hope you will join us!
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As always, if you have any questions about teaching, learning and technology at UMBC, please consider the following options:
The DoIT Technology Support Center is looking to hire additional consultants to work during the Spring semester and beyond. Please see our job description below and visit our job posting on UMBCWorks to apply. (Search for TSC Student Consultant.) The application will be open until January 12th.
We're specifically looking for students available to work during the following hours:
- Monday 1pm-8pm
- Tuesday 12pm-6pm
- Wednesday 8am-12pm, 2pm-4pm
- Thursday 12pm-4pm
- Friday 8am-2PM
TSC Student Consultant Job Description
Technology Support Center (TSC) student consultants are the first points of technical contact for the UMBC community and those who do well often go on to work in other areas of the Division of Information Technology (DoIT). Minimally, consultants are expected to provide initial triage and support for a wide range of information technologies including accounts, hardware, instructional technologies, networking, software, telecommunications, and basic web development.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:
- Provide technical assistance to users by phone, online and in person;
- Answer TSC phones in a professional and courteous manner;
- Create, update and resolve tickets in the Request Tracker (RT) ticketing system;
- Create, update, suggest and recommend relevant FAQ articles to users (www.umbc.edu/faq);
- Provide direct assistance to users on technical issues they cannot easily resolve on their own;
- Respond to all work-related communications in a timely manner;
- Escalate urgent problems to the Full-Time staff, as appropriate.
Required Skills and Experience
- Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate by phone or in person.
- Demonstrated writing ability.
- Demonstrated ability to achieve successful outcomes in handling difficult situations and customers.
- Demonstrated analytical and troubleshooting skills.
- Ability & willingness to learn coupled with a clear understanding of one’s technical abilities, so as to triage and escalate an issue that leads to an effective solution for the user.
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Free Training from Respondus for Lockdown Browser & Monitor
It's a brand new year, and that means more opportunities to take advantage of free instructor trainings from Respondus. Learn how to use LockDown Browser and Respondus Monitor to address the integrity of final exams. Or see how Respondus 4 allows you to easily create online tests and quizzes.
LockDown Browser and Respondus Monitor
This comprehensive training is intended for instructors who plan to use LockDown Browser and/or Respondus Monitor proctoring with online exams. The training will cover:
- How to use LockDown Browser and Respondus Monitor to protect integrity and ensure student identity
- The instructor and student perspective in each application
- How to analyze proctoring results, including a feature that ranks exam sessions by risk
- Best practices and tips for success with both applications
Register online:
Respondus 4.0 (Windows only)
Find out how Respondus 4 allows you to create and manage exams that can be printed to paper or published to Blackboard, and how the Test Bank Network enables instructors to create online tests from official publisher test banks.
Register online:
As always, if you have any questions, please consider the following options:
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