Faculty training to support empirically driven course design potentially represents one of the most scalable options available for improving student outcomes at an institution. One strategy to...
August 19, 2021
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3:58 PM
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86% of UMBC students express satisfaction with Ultra
In a survey of 608 students taking Ultra courses during the SP2021 semester, 86% indicated satisfaction with Ultra, marking a 14% increase compared to the last survey in FA2019. Students again...
August 19, 2021
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9:04 AM
UC to support large courses, training begins next week
As the University prepares for a return to campus this Fall, DoIT’s Audio-Visual and Desktop Support units have been busy upgrading classrooms and equipping instructors with new technologies to...
August 18, 2021
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1:11 PM
To all taki users, On Tuesday August 24, 2021 the taki cluster environment will be down and inaccessible from 5pm - 9pm EDT. Once our work is done on Tuesday, we will make another...
August 18, 2021
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12:17 PM
It's All About Getting You To Click That Link
Recently, the Division of Technology(DoIT) has received phishing reports of scammers impersonating state-licensed retirement support representatives. Below is a copy of such a message. The...
August 17, 2021
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7:35 PM
Helping Secure Your Communications When Off-Campus
If I am a student, can I log in from my country of travel? Yes, as long as you have a valid UMBC account and the country in question allows internet traffic to and from the United States Can I...
August 17, 2021
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6:10 PM
A Lot Of The Fakes Are Obvious, Or Should Be
Impersonation Phishing Alert: Department head impersonator Recently, DOIT has received notifications of several phishing emails. These messages impersonated the chairs of multiple departments....
August 17, 2021
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5:36 PM
Operations geared toward analysis of geophysical data
Hi All, This is just an update regarding a new set of software packages now available on the taki cluster environment, CDO. From the requestor and main CDO site...
August 17, 2021
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1:08 PM
Checklist to optimize your course before the semester starts
Prepare your Blackboard course shell for the new semester with our updated baker’s dozen checklist. 1. Review new tools & features in Blackboard. Our Blackboard site receives updates and...
August 17, 2021
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12:02 PM
Intel Compilers move to use LLVM open source infrastructure
I just saw this update regarding the Intel compilers, thought I would share it with our HPC community. This will not affect the compilers we currently have on Taki. From the article:...
August 12, 2021
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2:07 PM