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August 27, 2018
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3:37 PM
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Save time & stay connect with students!
Escape your office, save some trees, and head to the coffee shop for a nice latte. Then pull out your iPad because mobile grading for Blackboard assignments is here! If you have a virtual pile...
August 27, 2018
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3:28 PM
Almost everything needed to know about the new Blackboard!
About thirty faculty and staff attended two boot camps focused on the new Blackboard course interface before the FA2018 semester started. Informed by a SP18 Ultra experience faculty pilot, the...
August 27, 2018
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3:28 PM
Campus Partnerships Raise Bar on Customer Service
“Thank you for the information. I’m really excited!” When sophomore Jason Mendries (pictured at right) sent an August 8 thank-you response to UMBC Residential Life’s main email address after...
August 27, 2018
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2:50 PM
As part of our commitment to modernization and security, DoIT has upgraded the Linux GL environment to be most up to date version of Fedora Linux. This change upgrades most software packages to...
August 24, 2018
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10:41 AM
And there was much rejoicing!
Some quick updates for you... Mark Group as Read You can now mark the notifications from a group as read in the notifications interface. You can only mark a single group as read at a time to...
August 23, 2018
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9:57 AM
Review enhancements & features in the Ultra Experience
If you’ve been away all summer, you might notice there’s something very different about Blackboard. UMBC’s learning management system was updated in late May to the Ultra Experience featuring a...
August 22, 2018
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8:07 AM
Patching of a handful of systems has been rescheduled to occur this evening at 9pm. This will only affect the systems mentioned below. Monday, August 20, 2018 from 9-11p: All HFS (user)...
August 20, 2018
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10:02 AM
Earlier today we completed the repairs to the voicemail and call processing equipment. At this point call processing services have been restored and voicemail is again accessible and accepting new...
August 17, 2018
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2:44 PM
Today was marked both with failure and success as we made significant progress replacing the faulty, aging voicemail and call processing hardware. Despite our best efforts throughout the day we...
August 16, 2018
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9:33 PM