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Password Stopped Working? This Might Be Why.

Vendor Breaches and Account Compromises Internet vendors will, at times, suffer data breaches. Sometimes the service will attempt to contact it’s account holders and other times it won’t. ...

September 14, 2021 · 3:54 PM

Hybrid Workplace Training Series: Docusign

Working remotely during the pandemic required the workforce to constantly adapt work processes and procedures and we all learned a great deal in this process. With a gradual return to campus and...

September 14, 2021 · 9:12 AM

Phishing Alert: President Freeman A. Hrabowski impersonator

This Is Not Dr. Hrabowski!

Recently, DOIT received an email from a compromised account at North Central Kansas Technical College(NCKTC) impersonating Dr Hrabowski. The email consisted of a Microsoft word document titled...

September 13, 2021 · 6:28 PM

Email marketing and the User-Agent-String

When What Looks Like Phishing Is Just Spam

Recently, DOIT received multiple reports of suspicious messages about student loans from email addresses with the format <emails@alert###.info>. The recipients of these messages marked them...

September 13, 2021 · 2:45 PM

Synchronize Bb groups in Collab breakout groups coming soon!

Maintain student learning between course & live sessions

Breakout groups are a powerful engagement tool for active learning in a synchronous session, providing private audio, video, whiteboard, application sharing, and chat for small group...

September 7, 2021 · 11:59 AM

Free Training for Respondus Lockdown Browser & Monitor

Join an upcoming webinar to see the latest features

Join an upcoming training webinar from Respondus to see the latest features and integrations for LockDown Browser and Monitor. Learn how these applications are used with a range of online testing...

September 1, 2021 · 2:19 PM

SCAM: University of Maryland Personnel Retirement Support

Retirement Phishing Scam

During the past week, the Division of Technology(DOIT) has received phishing reports of scammers impersonating state-licensed retirement support representatives. Below is an example of such a...

August 25, 2021 · 6:15 PM

taki downtime completed

To all taki users, Our work bringing the taki cluster environment up-to-date has concluded. Please begin normal use of the cluster environment. Please let us know if you have any questions...

August 24, 2021 · 8:43 PM

FA2021 UMBC Instructional Technology Update

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 24, 2021 · 8:42 PM

PIVOT Selected to Receive OLC Effective Practice Award

70% of faculty engaged in largest online learning initiative

The Online Learning Consortium announced that UMBC's Instructional Technology team has earned an Effective Practice Award for its Planning Instructional Variety for Online Teaching (PIVOT)...

August 24, 2021 · 4:22 PM

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