RT will be down beginning 9pm on 6-18-2023 (Sunday Evening) for up to 1 hour. This downtime is needed by our systems folks to apply server updates. FYI Joe Kirby, AVP for Business...
June 15, 2023
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At approximately 3:42pm, DoIT staff became aware of a potential outage with third-party tools on our instance Blackboard Learn. System admins confirmed reports that an AWS outage in US-East is...
June 13, 2023
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4:26 PM
New location for Announcements, plus anonymous test grading
Creating many questions on a test can be a time-consuming process. Instructors might import questions using third-party tools or publisher test banks, if compatible or available. Beginning with...
June 1, 2023
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11:47 AM
Courses before Fall 2020 to be retired beginning 7/1
During Summer 2023, DoIT staff and Blackboard will archive our entire instance of Blackboard, which will save individually backed-up copies of every course and organization through SP2023. Courses...
June 1, 2023
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9:15 AM
No content will be permanently deleted at this time
DoIT will be moving all Panopto videos to archive storage that have not been viewed during the past 18 months. This is regular maintenance in alignment with our service contract. If one wishes to...
May 25, 2023
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8:47 AM
As part of our ongoing commitment to security, the Unix Infrastructure group will be conducting its quarterly system patching on Thursday, May 25th and Saturday, June 3rd. While many of the...
May 22, 2023
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9:33 AM
The UMBC Instructional Technology 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...
May 18, 2023
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1:07 PM
Options support bulk Ultra course creation and conversion
Given UMBC will be migrating to Ultra by the start of Winter 2025, five more departments will fully adopt Ultra for Fall 2023, The following departments join Theater and Gender, Women's, +...
May 18, 2023
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Version 13.0 may require OS update
Panopto has informed us that there is an upcoming mandatory upgrade for Panopto for Mac. On July 20, 2023, Panopto will require Panopto for Mac clients to be upgraded to version 13.0.0. This...
May 17, 2023
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11:59 AM
Updates to ALEKS, Library Reserves, Pearson, & Qwickly tools
Four Blackboard course tools--ALEKS, Library Reserves, Pearson, and Qwickly--are undergoing updates, taking a significant leap forward by transitioning to the latest Learning Tools...
May 16, 2023
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