Please be aware that DocuSign services in the cloud are experiencing Network issues which are now affecting UMBC DocuSign folks. I have been notified they are working on it and I will share...
UMBC's Division of Information Technology (DoIT), in partnership with the Office of the Provost, is pleased to announce the call for proposals for the 2023 Learning Analytics (LA) Mini Grants....
Monthly training sessions hosted by Poll Everywhere
Poll Everywhere offers monthly instructor training sessions that are open to the UMBC community and Poll Everywhere users at other institutions. Sessions address the following topics:...
As part of planned diversity, equity, and inclusion improvements from Blackboard, the first phase of pronoun support will display student pronouns in courses in time for summer 2023 courses....
It's an exciting month over here in Workplace Learning!
We are in the home stretch of the Spring semester here at UMBC and we continue to offer lots of opportunities for faculty and staff learning and wellness. From a wellness perspective, the...
Optimize your success with multiple Ultra resources
As UMBC gears up to fully adopt Blackboard Ultra by the Spring 2025 term, multiple training and support resources are available to help instructors become familiar with Ultra and successfully...
Blackboard course shells for SU2023 were created on April 27, 2023. UMBC is committed to providing a consistent learning experience for everyone. The Ultra Course Preview setting is again enabled...
Additional improvements for grading, outreach, assessments
As the spring semester concludes, the May update to Ultra brings several enhancements to assessments, grading, engagement, and content creation. Test questions are some of the most valuable...
The Department of Human Resources cordially invites you to join us for UMBC's first HR Week, from May 8th - 12th. Like many departments on campus we have experienced a good deal of change in the...