As many of you know, UMBC has had a large number of phishing attacks in the past few weeks. This has resulted in a number of compromised accounts which the attackers are using to setup fake web...
The Central Maryland Association of .NET Professionals (CMAP) will be holding its third GiveCamp Weekend in the ITE building at UMBC. Doug McCaw, class of '99, and a Sr. Software Engineer at...
Blackboard email notifications do not require you to sign in
A new phishing scam is attempting to fool people into providing personal information by claiming that there is a Blackboard notification waiting for them, and provides a link for logging into...
For UMBC Faculty Who Want to Enhance Online/Hybrid Courses
She’s baaack! Karin Readel, UMBC’s former director of instructional technology, will lead a Quality Matters (QM) online workshop from November 6 to 20. UMBC has an institutional membership with...
SkillSoft Topic of the Month: Performance Management Series This series of courses outlines the five phases of a performance management system: planning, monitoring, improving, reviewing, and...
Reduces likelihood of interference with wireless network
The Division of Information Technology has been working with Turning Technologies to determine the optimum channel for clicker use so as avoid conflict with our campus wireless network, which was...
Interpersonal Communication: Communicating with Confidence
The course shows you how the essential elements of trust, credibility, and specific confident communication behaviors bring about confident communication and enhance your influence. It highlights...
Massive summer project makes things faster, better
If you’ve been using the UMBC campus wireless system lately (and our administrative software says that you have), you may have noticed a big improvement in speed and coverage. That’s because this...
Existing Clickers and Receivers WILL work with New Software
As DoIT announced previously, the Turning Technologies (TT) student response system software (a.k.a clickers) has been upgraded to version 5.2.1 this summer. All current receivers and student...