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August 19, 2020
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9:22 PM
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An E-mail Exchange With A Scammer
Recently the DoIT has been notified of a malicious actor trying to impersonate a UMBC staffer. The phishing email has the subject line “TASK” and a chain of emails from the scammer can be seen...
August 18, 2020
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6:00 PM
You Can Be Tricked Into Giving Access To Your Files
During the pandemic, Microsoft has seen a rise in phishing campaigns. One such campaign uses the Office 365 phishing via malicious OAuth apps. The phishing attack attempts to trick individuals...
August 18, 2020
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5:53 PM
Find, fix, or create accessible content for all learners
Does your course offer students multiple ways to consume content, complete activities, and demonstrate learning? Accessible course content is good content, as the saying goes, but how can you...
August 18, 2020
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12:01 PM
Access PIVOT Live Webinar Recordings, PIVOT Solo and More!
Instructional Technology has launched a new site devoted to the Planning Instructional Variety for Online Teaching (PIVOT) programs: pivot.umbc.edu. Now available to the campus community...
August 17, 2020
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9:30 PM
Sign up now for these August workshops!
USM OnTrack has added additional Quality Matters workshops in high-demand topics for the coming weeks. Upcoming Quality Matters Workshops USM OnTrack has pre-purchased a pool of online...
August 17, 2020
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9:20 PM
The Latest Attack On Your Computer
According to an article by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), there has been a recent phishing email campaign trying to deploy malware onto victims' devices. This malware...
August 17, 2020
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4:54 PM
IMPORTANT
Over the last week UMBC has experienced a large increase in the use of DocuSign as we gear up for the Fall semester. The DocuSign service had issues with this volume and many of you got the...
August 17, 2020
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11:48 AM
Includes recording clips, best practices & other resources
Over the summer, DoIT’s instructional technology team delivered four cohorts of PIVOT+ training to 275 UMBC faculty. Leveraging peer mentors and daily webinars focused on effective pedagogy for...
August 14, 2020
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7:46 AM
August 15: unavailable for 3 hours
Downtime On Saturday, August 15, Panopto will be making a number of updates to their Cloud infrastructure to improve performance and scalability. These updates will require up to 3 hours of...
August 13, 2020
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6:34 PM