Turning Point Clickers
Used by more than 5,000 students, UMBC has standardized its student response system, or “clickers,” on the Turning Technologies platform. This systems supports instant student feedback to...
June 30, 2015
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11:55 AM
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A look into everyday life at the Technology Support Center
For over a year, Christian Oyson has worked Tier 1 support for the Technology Support Center (TSC) here at UMBC, providing assistance to students, faculty and staff. Oyson, a senior majoring in...
June 24, 2015
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9:43 AM
DoIT would like to recognize its own Tom Penniston on the publication of the book chapter “Service Learning and the Acquisition of Social Capital in the Community College Setting.” For this...
June 23, 2015
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11:07 AM
Log into your myUMBC profile and make the necessary changes
The UMBC Directory Search offers a browse by department feature that shows people affiliated with a university department. At times, people may incorrectly appear as part of a department, so it’s...
June 22, 2015
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4:15 PM
Powered by Blackboard Instant Messenger
This summer, students have a new option for virtual collaboration: Study Spaces powered by Blackboard Instant Messenger. Blackboard Instant Messenger (IM) is an academic-centric instant...
June 12, 2015
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3:12 PM
Campus Website upgrade Saturday at 8am
We wanted to remind everyone that on Saturday June 13th around 8am we will be migrating the main campus website environment so it is running on new hardware and software. This past fall an...
June 12, 2015
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12:57 PM
Identity Finder is being installed to help reduce our risk.
In an effort to try and detect confidential data on university-owned systems and reduce the risk that UMBC will be the source of a data breach, UMBC has worked with the university system to...
June 9, 2015
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10:01 AM
How technology enhanced one of the busiest events on campus
UMBC is always busy on New Student Day with several events happening throughout the day. Before any of that can happen, both new students and parents need to first sign in. This year, the Office...
June 9, 2015
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9:57 AM
1 Terabyte of storage on OneDrive also included
In addition to online access to all Microsoft Office products, including Word, PowerPoint and Excel, UMBC students, faculty and staff now have access to 1 Terabyte of cloud storage through...
June 8, 2015
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9:05 AM
Blackboard Assessments & Test Exceptions
The online assessment tool in Blackboard can be utilized to facilitate meaningful and memorable learning activities for students. These online assessment tools include: surveys, tests, and...
June 1, 2015
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5:42 PM