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Throughout Tuesday, Amazon Web Services (AWS) suffered a partial outage in some of the east coast data centers that took down services for a majority of the east coast of the US. Most companies...
December 7, 2021
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7:36 PM
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An Example of Red Flags In A Phishing Message
Recently, the Division of Information Technology(DoIT) received multiple reports of a job phishing email. The scammers sending these emails are impersonating Professor Mendelson of the Department...
December 7, 2021
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2:53 PM
Checklist to close out your course as the semester ends
Ease stress during the final weeks of your semester with our closing checklist. Leverage these Blackboard course tools to complete helpful and simple tasks for a successful semester conclusion....
December 7, 2021
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9:46 AM
New REX report: Course Enrollment Trends Folder: Census Data This new report allows users to see the enrollment trends for courses within an organization within a college. The report...
December 3, 2021
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5:14 PM
UMBC is monitoring the issue & working with Bb support
At approximately 1:30pm, DoIT staff became aware of a potential outage with our instance Blackboard Learn. System admins immediately investigated the reports and opened a ticket with Blackboard...
December 1, 2021
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1:45 PM
Accessibility, groups & grading enhancements also available
Point-based and point-range rubrics will be available to Ultra courses in the December update, providing extended flexibility for grading and assessment and marking a major milestone in meeting...
November 30, 2021
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11:56 AM
Blackboard course shells for WT2022 and SP2022 were created on November 29, 2021. The Ultra Course Preview setting is again enabled in WT/SP2022 courses, which allows faculty to convert a new...
November 30, 2021
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10:27 AM
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...
November 22, 2021
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9:40 AM
Jan 8: Maintenance and IE11 Sunset
Panopto Cloud Downtime The Panopto Cloud will have scheduled downtime Saturday, January 8, 2022. We anticipate announcing details regarding the system upgrades, along with the specific maintenance...
November 17, 2021
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12:27 PM
We have restored access to the campus and departmental websites that were experiencing long load times earlier today. We are still investigating the root cause of the issues, but through a...
November 16, 2021
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11:57 PM