To all users, We have successfully patched a critical vulnerability on the system. Jobs that were running were cancelled. We understand this is frustrating and we sincerely apologize for the...
April 30, 2026
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To all users: We will be taking an emergency downtime to patch a critical vulnerability that was announced this morning. During this time users will not be able to login. You should also expect...
April 30, 2026
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3:29 PM
A Graduating DoIT Student Employee Story
Rithik Kavanakudy, a UMBC student majoring in Media Communication Studies and Information Systems, shares his enriching internship experience on the Division of Information Technology’s (DoIT)...
April 29, 2026
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9:52 AM
Preview it on our test server before it goes live on May 20
Have you ever wrestled with Blackboard's group management -- spending too many clicks trying to organize students, waiting for pages to load in large courses, or losing track of who's assigned...
April 27, 2026
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10:49 AM
"Strive for 85" with Digital Accessibility
As announced last month, UMBC is working toward a campus-wide goal of highly accessible courses by the end of 2026. To help, DoIT recommends that faculty identify accessibility gaps in prior...
April 22, 2026
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3:23 PM
A new editor, accessibility, scheduling, archiving, more...
If you manage a myUMBC group, you've probably noticed some things look a little different lately. We've been working on a big round of improvements to the editor and groups experience, and I...
April 22, 2026
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A Graduating DoIT Student Employee Story
James Hyatt, a UMBC senior studying Media and Communications, has been an important member of the Division of Information Technology’s (DoIT) Communications team. His journey working for DoIT...
April 16, 2026
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4:45 PM
New Process To Request Merged Course Shells
Blackboard course shells for Summer 2026 were created on April 16, 2026. All Summer 2026 courses listed in the UMBC Schedule of Classes (SOC), regardless of designation as lecture, lab, etc, or...
April 16, 2026
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12:37 PM
To all chip users, The RRStor filesystem has been restored. We thank you for you patience while we worked on this issue. If you notice any further complications, please send an RT ticket...
April 16, 2026
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10:55 AM
To all chip users, We are working with the vendor to pin down the issue that is preventing users from accessing chip and utilizing the RRStor network storage. We will provide more updates as...
April 16, 2026
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10:18 AM