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May 9, 2017
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11:30 AM
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Existing Bb Mobile Learn app discontinued in August 2017
With the upcoming retirement of the Bb Learn mobile app in August 2017, we encourage UMBC students who wish to access their Blackboard courses via mobile device to download and use the Blackboard...
May 8, 2017
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11:55 AM
Essential tips for summer faculty
This summer, UMBC takes Blackboard to the cloud. Summer courses will be hosted in a separate environment while we prepare for the migration of our main site. Here are seven important things to...
May 5, 2017
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10:59 AM
Apply to become the New Turning Technologies Intern
We are opening up a search to hire a UMBC student as a Turning Technologies Intern starting in Fall 2017. The responsibilities of this intern include: Support successful usage of Turning...
May 1, 2017
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9:06 AM
Summer courses using new cloud environment
Blackboard course shells for SU2017 were created on April 18, 2017, on a separate Bb server. Why? In preparation for UMBC’s migration to Blackboard’s new cloud infrastructure, summer courses will...
April 28, 2017
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3:56 PM
Behind the scenes of student-produced basketball games
A year ago, Athletic Director Tim Hall and VP of IT Jack Suess had a vision to bring together UMBC students, young alumni, and outside professionals for sports production. Eli Eisenberg, President...
April 26, 2017
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12:38 PM
NMS, MCS & the USFS partner to document research and impact
An ongoing collaboration between the USDA Forest Service (USFS), UMBC’s Department of Media & Communication Studies and New Media Studio is giving students an opportunity to explore and...
April 4, 2017
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7:45 PM
Get your orders into the bookstore for fall 2017
Faculty who plan to use clickers for instruction during the Fall 2017 semester will need to have device order(s) submitted to the Bookstore no later than Monday, April 24. This deadline allows...
April 3, 2017
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8:33 AM
Get a Bird's Eye View of Your Course Across Campus
In recent years, the Office of Institutional Research and Decision Support (IRADS) has installed or built a nifty set of “bird’s eye view” reports about teaching & learning in the campus’...
March 28, 2017
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2:09 PM
Summer migration for improved services & next gen tools
During the Summer 2017 term, UMBC will migrate its learning management system currently hosted by Blackboard to Blackboard’s new cloud infrastructure known as Software as a Service (SaaS)....
March 8, 2017
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10:45 AM