Bb course shells for FA2014 were created on July 12, 2014 on the Bb production server at http://blackboard.umbc.edu. Enrollments for FA2014 courses will continue to be updated daily....
August 21, 2014
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2:15 PM
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Too Much of a Good Thing
The maximum number of courses displayed within the “My Courses” module under myBlackboard or within the “Courses: Quick View” module under the Courses tab in Blackboard is 99. If you are enrolled...
August 20, 2014
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4:00 PM
Two New Respondus Testing Options
Respondus 4.0 Respondus 4.0 is powerful tool for creating and managing a wide range of question types in a robust environment. The application can import questions with images, equations and...
August 19, 2014
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11:08 AM
The RT system was upgraded this evening from version 4.0.6 to 4.0.21. As noted earlier this is a security and minor bug fix release. Today's intermittent performance problems were identified and...
August 18, 2014
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6:40 PM
The UMBC Blackboard server will be down 7 AM Thurs 8/21
The UMBC Blackboard server will be down beginning at 7 AM on Thursday, 8/21. This downtime is outside of the regularly scheduled maintenance window but is necessary for DoIT staff to...
August 18, 2014
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11:07 AM
RT Downtime
On August 11, 2014 I posted a news article indicating the availability of the rt-dev-new.core.umbc.edu test area fro RT 4.0.21. This version is primarily a security and minor bug patch. I have...
August 14, 2014
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10:15 AM
As part of our continuing commitment to security the servers that provide the department network shared drives need to be taken down so the operating system can be upgraded and patched. This...
August 13, 2014
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4:54 PM
Hello all. On Thursday, August 21st starting at 2pm LDAP-Master and Webadmin will be taken down for system maintenance. During this time account creations and password changes will be...
August 13, 2014
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10:55 AM
RT
Please note that RT-Request Tracker will be down on August 22, 2014 from 6pm - 8pm for systems maintenance. Please contact me if you have any questions. Joe Kirby
August 12, 2014
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12:39 PM
RT
UMBC is currently on version 4.0.6. BestPractical, the RT vendor, has provided numerous patches and upgrades with the latest being version 4.0.21. DoIT has applied these patches to our...
August 11, 2014
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1:59 PM