Blackboard course shells for SU2018 were created on April 25, 2018 About Course Creation Bb shells for SU2018 are available for all courses (designated as lecture, lab, field or discussion)...
April 26, 2018
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3:08 PM
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Conduct Low-Stakes Assessments Online In and Out of Class
Respondus will be presenting a special training webinar that focuses on the advanced features of LockDown Browser on Tuesday, April 24th at 1 PM ET. LockDown Browser is a custom browser that...
April 19, 2018
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4:36 PM
DoIT, CAHSS, DPS Partner on Site License
DoIT is now providing NVivo, a qualitative research software package equivalent to SPSS, Stata, SAS, or R. This software is available to all faculty, staff, and graduate students. It allows the...
February 14, 2018
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2:42 PM
Core File System Infrastructure Must Be Upgraded
To upgrade Blackboard’s core file system that cannot wait until Spring Break or Summer, Blackboard engineers will service UMBC’s cloud system on Saturday, January 27, from 12:01 a.m. to...
January 23, 2018
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11:59 AM
Expand your skills & knowledge in 2018
Through a University System of Maryland partnership, DoIT has offered online training to UMBC full-time and part-time faculty via the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) over several years. UMBC...
January 22, 2018
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9:43 AM
Checklist to optimize your course before the semester starts
Prepare your Blackboard course shell for the new semester with our baker’s dozen checklist. 1. Review new tools & features in Blackboard. Our Blackboard site is upgrade twice a year so check...
January 16, 2018
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2:26 PM
Faculty wanted for Maryland Open Source Textbook Initiative
2018 High-impact OER Mini-Grant Program Informational Webinars The Maryland Open Source Textbook (M.O.S.T.) initiative is seeking proposals for its 2018 High-impact OER Mini-Grant Program to...
January 9, 2018
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12:10 PM
UMBC Blackboard Update is provided by the Division of Information Technology for students, faculty and staff. If you have questions or need help, please consult the Blackboard Help tab inside...
December 18, 2017
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2:33 PM
Fresh look for mobile devices, accessible to screen readers
Blackboard will be updated on Friday, January 5, 2018 beginning at 5 PM EST as part of DoIT’s biannual Blackboard update. No downtime is expected: Blackboard should remain online and available,...
December 18, 2017
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1:04 PM
UMBC faculty and staff may recall that DoIT used to publish a list of most active Blackboard courses for every term. However, we discontinued this after Spring 2013, when we completed our...
December 18, 2017
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11:33 AM