Recently, the Division of Information Technology(DoIT) received a report of job phishing emails from a Gmail account (nikkijoy39@gmail.com) . The phishers are pretending to offer a job as a...
September 6, 2022
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Thank you all for your patience as we worked on this issue today. The updates made last night didn't resolve the issue, but in working with Cisco we believe we have identified the problem, and...
September 1, 2022
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2:40 PM
Throughout the day a number of community members experienced trouble connecting to the campus wireless networks, both Eduroam and UMBCVisitor. Our networking team was triaging the issue throughout...
September 1, 2022
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7:39 AM
New features also focus on assessment & grading enhancements
In early September, Ultra courses will receive updates in several key areas that benefit instructors and students. Maintaining the trend focusing on assessment and grading, these updates also...
August 31, 2022
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9:29 AM
The UMBC Instructional Technology Update is provided by the Division of Information Technology for students, faculty and staff. If you have questions or need help, please consult the Blackboard...
August 26, 2022
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2:54 PM
Learn how to implement the paper-based assessments
As we return to the physical classroom, many faculty are planning to employ paper-based assessments during their synchronous class sessions. Akindi is UMBC's tool whereby faculty download bubble...
August 25, 2022
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10:01 AM
Ultra to reach 95% feature parity with Original by SP2023
After extensive updates to assessments and grading, Ultra is expected to reach 95% feature parity by the end of spring 2023, allowing faculty to migrate their Original courses into the most...
August 23, 2022
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1:43 PM
MFA account security is optional now, but highly recommended
As part UMBC’s ongoing efforts to keep the campus safe online, the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) will require that all students be enrolled in the campus’ Duo multi-factor...
August 22, 2022
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10:34 AM
Hackers attempt extortion with unverified database
In May 2022, the survey website QuestionPro was the target of an extortion attempt relating to an alleged data breach. Over 100GB of data containing 22 million unique email addresses (some of...
August 17, 2022
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1:19 PM
As part of our ongoing commitment to security, the Unix Infrastructure group will be conducting its quarterly system patching on Friday, August 19th. While many of the systems will be patched...
August 15, 2022
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11:13 AM