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<Title>SP2012 Blackboard Drop-in Sessions</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">DoIT is offering drop in Blackboard Drop-in sessions to assist and help faculty prepare for the spring semester
    
    The following drop in sessions will be held in Engineering 025. A DoIT staff member will be available to work one-on-one with with users who show up during the designated times. Please note that this is not a formal Blackboard training class.  Users may show up or leave at any point during these sessions.
    
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<Summary>DoIT is offering drop in Blackboard Drop-in sessions to assist and help faculty prepare for the spring semester  The following drop in sessions will be held in Engineering 025. A DoIT staff member...</Summary>
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<Title>SP2012 Bb Courses Auto Created and Enrolled</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">Following yesterday's <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2011/12/wt2012_bb_cours.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">announcement</a> of a new "<a href="http://library.blackboard.com/ref/df5b20ed-ce8d-4428-a595-a0091b23dda3/Content/_admin_server_backup/backup_snap_about_snapshot_tool.htm" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">snapshot</a>" data synchronization process between SA and Blackboard, DoIT reports that a Bb course shell has been auto created and enrolled for all Spring 2012 courses in the Schedule of Classes. As previously <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2011/12/wt2012_bb_cours.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">announced</a>, all Bb course shell enrollments are being updated daily at 9 a.m., pending further development and testing of the new process.
    
    <strong>Reminder</strong>: All Bb course shells are unavailable (to students) until the instructor of record <a href="https://wiki.umbc.edu/x/VoAc" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">makes the course available</a>. 
    
    If you have questions or concerns not addressed by this update, please consult the specific <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/blackboard/help" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Blackboard Help</a> section of the <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/faq" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">IT support FAQs</a> or submit a Request Tracker (RT) ticket via the <a href="http://my.umbc.edu/help" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">myUMBC Help menu</a> or directly at <a href="http://rt.umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">http://rt.umbc.edu</a>.
    
    Sincerely,
    
    John Fritz
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    UMBC Div. of Information Technology (DoIT)</div>
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<Summary>Following yesterday's announcement of a new "snapshot" data synchronization process between SA and Blackboard, DoIT reports that a Bb course shell has been auto created and enrolled for all Spring...</Summary>
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<Title>WT2012 Bb Courses Enrolled Daily at 9 a.m., For Now</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">To resolve <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2011/12/doit_reports_is.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">reported issues</a> with Winter and Spring 2012 Blackboard courses, DoIT has successfully tested Blackboard's "<a href="http://library.blackboard.com/ref/df5b20ed-ce8d-4428-a595-a0091b23dda3/Content/_admin_server_backup/backup_snap_about_snapshot_tool.htm" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">snapshot</a>" process for automatically creating and enrolling all UMBC Bb courses based on updates to the Student Administration (SA) system. As a result, all Winter 2012 Bb course enrollments have been updated today, and will continue to be updated at 9 a.m.</div>
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<Summary>To resolve reported issues with Winter and Spring 2012 Blackboard courses, DoIT has successfully tested Blackboard's "snapshot" process for automatically creating and enrolling all UMBC Bb courses...</Summary>
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<Title>DoIT Reports Issues Creating WT &amp; SP 2012 Bb Courses</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">While the campus Blackboard server was <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2011/12/blackboard_lear.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">successfully upgraded</a> on Friday, December 23, DoIT has encountered issues with the planned auto-creation of Winter and Spring 2012 Bb course shells. We are still investigating the issue, but as of today here is a status update:</div>
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<Title>Blackboard Learn 9.1 SP 6 Upgrade Completed</Title>
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<Title>Innovative Course Design Using Digital Stories</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">A partnership between the Office of Undergraduate Education, Erickson School of Aging, and DoIT's New Media Studio resulted in a introductory course that connected students with residents of the Charlestown retirement community. <br><br>Students in the course, mostly freshmen and first-semester transfer students were paired with Charlestown residents to produce a digital story capturing a life lesson learned. As part of this effort, students were taught the technology skills necessary to produce a digital story. <br><br>On December 13th, at the Library Gallery, there was a screening of the stories. For information on that event visit the <a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/baltimorecounty/news/ph-ca-at-umbc-charlestown-1221-20111218,0,2082945.story" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Baltimore Sunpapers story</a>, <br><br>To date there have been almost 50 digital stories produced with Charlestown. Scroll down to the bottom of the link below to view the stories from this fall:<br><a href="http://www.umbc.edu/oit/newmedia/studio/digitalstories/ctds.php" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">http://www.umbc.edu/oit/newmedia/studio/digitalstories/ctds.php</a><br><br>For information on the Erickson School of Aging, visit the url: <a href="http://erickson.umbc.edu/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">http://erickson.umbc.edu/</a><br><br><br><br><br></div>
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    <div class="html-content">Full Title: Blackboard Acknowledges Delay in Processing of Safe Assign Reports<strong>UPDATE:</strong> Blackboard <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/SA3.pdf" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">released a final support bulletin</a> on Friday, December 23, regarding the performance of Safe Assign.   They report that all of the backlogged papers have been processed and that processing times are back to normal (24-48 hours).  If instructors have papers without SA reports generated in 48 hours, it is possible that the papers are corrupted, and Blackboard suggests that they should now resubmit those papers.
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    <strong>UPDATE: </strong> Blackboard <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/Bbsupport2.pdf" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">released an updated support bulletin</a> on Monday, December 19, regarding the performance of Safe Assign.  Though new submissions are on the decline, there is still a significant delay in processing papers, and faculty should expect reports within 3-5 days. As previously announced, they request that papers not be resubmitted unless they have verified that an error with them has occurred.
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    On Wednesday, December 14, <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/Blackboard%20Support%20Bulletin%20-%20SA.pdf" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Blackboard released a support bulletin</a> that provided an update on the Safe Assign paper processing delay that has happened over the past several weeks.  They confirmed that there is still a global backlog of papers waiting to be processed, and that reports will take 3-5 days to generate.   They reiterate that the worst thing instructors or students can do is to resubmit a paper, as that will move the paper to the back of the processing queue.  If you have papers that have not received Originality Reports within 5 days of their submission date, please submit an<a href="https://my.umbc.edu/help" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"> RT ticket </a>and include your name, the Bb course, the specific assignment, and the paper ID.
    
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    <div class="html-content">UMBC Blackboard update is provided by the Division of Information Technology for students, faculty and staff using Blackboard at UMBC. If you have questions or need help, please consult the <a href="https://wiki.umbc.edu/display/faq/Blackboard" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Blackboard Help tab</a> inside Blackboard or directly at <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/blackboard/help" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">www.umbc.edu/blackboard/help</a>. You  can also contact the Technology Support Center (formerly the Help Desk) at 410.455.3838 or submit an RT (Request Tracker) ticket via the <a href="https://my.umbc.edu/go/request-help" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">myUMBC Help menu</a> or directly at <a href="http://rt.umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">http://rt.umbc.edu</a>.
    
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    1. <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2011/12/reminder_to_fa2.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Reminder to FA2011 Faculty to Download Bb Gradebook, Bb Upgrade on 12/22</a>
    2. <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2011/12/blackboard_coll.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Blackboard Collaborate Replacing Wimba</a>
    3. <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2011/11/course_redesign.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Course Redesign/ Hybrid Course Redesign Workshop, 1/20</a>
    4. <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2011/11/fyi_educause_mi_3.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">FYI: EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 1/11 – 1/13</a>
    5. <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/digitalstories/2011/10/umbc_digital_storytelling_work.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">FYI: 1/18 - 1/20 Digital Storytelling Workshop</a></div>
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<NewsItem contentIssues="false" id="10625" important="false" status="posted" url="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/dosait/posts/10625">
<Title>Blackboard Collaborate Replacing Wimba</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">As <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2011/10/1222_bb_upgrade_1.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">previously announced </a>in October, DoIT will be installing <a href="http://www.blackboard.com/platforms/collaborate/overview.aspx" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Blackboard Collaborate 11</a> during the Bb upgrade window starting on December 22 at 10 pm. <a href="http://www.blackboard.com/platforms/collaborate/overview.aspx" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Bb Collaborate 11</a> is the new web-based conferencing system following Bb's acquisition of Wimba and Elluminate in Summer 2010. It allows faculty to incorporate live, multi-way audio and video, a basic whiteboard with mark-up, application and desktop sharing and other tools for interactivity. A <a href="http://try.bbcollaborate.com/trial/register.go" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">free 30-day trial of Collaborate 11</a> is available to any faculty member wishing to preview it, by signing up at <a href="http://try.bbcollaborate.com/trial/register.go" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">http://try.bbcollaborate.com/trial/register.go</a>. DoIT staff will introduce Bb Collaborate 11 during drop-in sessions in ENGR 025 from 12 - 1 pm on January 4, 6, 9, and 16. Further training sessions will be planned prior to the start of the Spring 2012 semester.</div>
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