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Reminder: Blackboard Downtime on March 14, 2021
Bb will be unavailable for 14 hours
Blackboard engineers will perform a system upgrade and maintenance on Sunday, March 14, 2021, from 9:00 AM ET to 11:00 PM ET. Blackboard will be offline during this period. Read more at our Bb...
March 14, 2021 · 8:23 AM
GO Chat Recap: Engaging New Students Online
Here's what you missed from our Go Online Chat!
For our February GO Chat, we reflected on the transition from face-to-face programs for UMBC first-year students to a new online delivery required by COVID-19. Summer and Winter Bridge Programs,...
March 10, 2021 · 9:59 AM
Essential Update to Respondus Lockdown Browser Available
A new update to Respondus Lockdown Browser (RLDB) is available for students to download and install. Outdated versions of Respondus Lockdown Browser may not allow students to save short answer and...
March 9, 2021 · 4:06 PM
Free Virtual Conference: UMD Disability Summit, April 12-14
Access and Crisis: Disability and the Collapse of Everything
In the wake of the 30th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act many are questioning how to continue to carry this energy forward. How can we foreground access in crisis? There are many...
February 25, 2021 · 1:28 PM
Faculty Survey Suggests Shift in Pre/Post-Pandemic Teaching
31% increase in those open to non-traditional approach, FA21
"I teach mostly grad students. I did not expect to find any positives about remote teaching - in 35 years of teaching I had NEVER done it and did not plan on doing it before retirement [...] It is...
February 24, 2021 · 11:05 AM
Chromebooks Supported for Ultra Tests & Respondus LDB
Beta extension available for Original & Ultra tests
An updated release of a beta Chromebook extension for Respondus LockDown Browser is now available for assessments in both Original and Ultra Blackboard courses. This version of the Chromebook...
February 24, 2021 · 10:58 AM
Submit a Proposal for the M.O.S.T. 2021 OER Grant Prost
Faculty and Institutional OER grants available
The Maryland Open Source Textbook (M.O.S.T.) Initiative is pleased to announce a Request for Proposals for the 2021 OER Grant Program. For 2021, M.O.S.T. is seeking proposals for two grant...
February 12, 2021 · 9:43 AM
Registration Open for 2021 M.O.S.T. State Summit
Open Educational Resources for Advancing Equity & Inclusion
Registration is now open for the 2021 M.O.S.T. State Summit, which will take place virtually April 8-9, 2021. The theme of the 2021 conference is Using OER to Advance Equity and Inclusion. The...
February 12, 2021 · 9:39 AM
Students favored OERs and would enroll in OER course
OERs met most student needs despite concerns with relevancy
Post by Susan Biro, Acting Manager of Online Learning, DoIT In a survey of more than 900 students from fall 2020 who completed courses that utilized no-cost or low-cost Open Educational Resources...
February 12, 2021 · 9:34 AM
Registration Open for 2021 M.O.S.T. State Summit
Open Educational Resources for Advancing Equity & Inclusion
Registration is now open for the 2021 M.O.S.T. State Summit, which will take place virtually April 8-9, 2021. The theme of the 2021 conference is Using OER to Advance Equity and Inclusion. The...
February 11, 2021 · 12:08 PM

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