Hi Everyone, After the scheduled power system maintenance, the HPCF is back online. This includes all taki components as well as affiliated research storage. Please submit an RT ticket if...
September 29, 2020
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8:08 PM
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Attend Live Demos for Faculty of the Virtual Lab Platform
As a reminder, the USM OnTrack initiative is covering the costs of using Labster this year as part of their commitment to supporting faculty. There is no cost to UMBC or to students to use...
September 29, 2020
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7:31 PM
Hi Everyone, The user nodes (taki-usr1 & taki-usr2) are now safely shut-down in preparation for the scheduled power outage in the data center that houses the cluster. All running jobs were...
September 28, 2020
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8:14 PM
Congratulations!
Jack Malone is retiring from DoIT AV Services. When he arrived on campus on September 10, 2001, this was going to be "just a job," but it turned out to be much more. Jack became an informal mentor...
September 25, 2020
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12:26 PM
Currently supports Original courses only
The beta release of a new Chromebook extension for Respondus LockDown Browser is currently available for assessments in Original Blackboard courses. This version of the Chromebook extension also...
September 25, 2020
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10:23 AM
Power repair work required at Taki location
Taki will be shutdown for some power work at the Research Park Computer room. Taki will be offline from 9/28 at 8 pm to 9/29 at 5 pm. All jobs will be terminated when Taki is shutdown, so please...
September 22, 2020
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11:37 AM
Custom solution works in both Ultra & Original courses
Group management is one of the most important tools in a Blackboard course. For large courses, group management is a critical component of assigning students to groups and managing engagement or...
September 18, 2020
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12:25 PM
Webex Meetings breakout sessions now available!
Cisco released an update to the Webex Meetings application to include Breakout Sessions within your Meetings. Here you can find information describing the features, roles, and a guide to using...
September 17, 2020
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2:12 PM
Attend a product overview and demo on 9/30 from 2 - 3 p.m.
Overview and Demo: Using Ally to Provide Accessible Content Wednesday, September 30 from 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Please attend an overview of Ally, Blackboard’s accessibility software...
September 14, 2020
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4:07 PM
Phishing Attack Masquerading As Email Delivery Problem
A phishing attack urging users to download undelivered emails was reported to DoIT Security this week. Here is an example of the malicious message. From: "umbc.edu System Administrator"...
September 11, 2020
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11:22 AM