A new update to Respondus Lockdown Browser (RLDB) is available for students to download and install. Outdated versions of Respondus Lockdown Browser may not allow students to save short answer and...
March 9, 2021
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4:06 PM
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Bb will be unavailable for 14 hours
Blackboard engineers will perform a system upgrade and maintenance on Sunday, March 14, 2021, from 9:00 AM ET to 11:00 PM ET. Blackboard will be offline during this period. The downtime window...
March 5, 2021
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1:26 PM
Nudging math students to tutoring
Mathematics is a powerful tool. We use applications from math all day, every day, like when we drive over a bridge or look at our email. Math is very difficult for many people, and they...
March 4, 2021
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1:53 PM
Universities Are Seen As 'Soft Targets' For Fraud
Phishing emails, spoofing and forgery schemes have found a hunting ground for cyber attacks within institutes of higher education just like UMBC. Below are some reasons why universities are...
March 3, 2021
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4:29 PM
“Student Job or Research Assistant Position”
Yes, The Offer Really IS Too Good To Be True. Below is an example of a job scam reported to the Department of Information Technology (DoIT). The scammer, impersonating one of several faculty...
March 3, 2021
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4:18 PM
Simplifying the Webex experience
Early next week, the week of 3/8/21, the Webex app, formerly Webex Teams, will receive an upgrade enabling all features contained in the Webex meetings app. This change makes for a more simple...
March 3, 2021
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11:01 AM
Exciting news!
In this second of a series of updates we’ll give a brief description of Salesforce, UMBC’s goals for the project, and summarize what we’re currently working on and what’s next. Salesforce is a...
March 2, 2021
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12:06 PM
Access and Crisis: Disability and the Collapse of Everything
In the wake of the 30th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act many are questioning how to continue to carry this energy forward. How can we foreground access in crisis? There are many...
February 25, 2021
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1:28 PM
31% increase in those open to non-traditional approach, FA21
"I teach mostly grad students. I did not expect to find any positives about remote teaching - in 35 years of teaching I had NEVER done it and did not plan on doing it before retirement [...] It is...
February 24, 2021
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11:05 AM
Beta extension available for Original & Ultra tests
An updated release of a beta Chromebook extension for Respondus LockDown Browser is now available for assessments in both Original and Ultra Blackboard courses. This version of the Chromebook...
February 24, 2021
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10:58 AM