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GO Kit Series: Continuity Begins with Clear Communication

Minimize impact of campus closures with a Go Online Kit

This article is a part of Instructional Technology's Planning Your Go Online (GO) Kit series. Explore communication, active learning, and assessment strategies in an online environment to keep...

March 5, 2020 · 11:56 AM

New to VoiceThread? Try These Free Workshops

VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate slides and leave comments in several ways – text, voice, audio file, or...

February 26, 2020 · 11:33 AM

Updated Ally indicators for Ultra courses in February update

Tweaks provided for self-enrolled groups & discussion boards

This month's Ultra update focuses on increasing the visibility of Ally in Ultra courses. Faculty who upload files directly to the Course Content area or within folders and learning modules will...

February 7, 2020 · 12:32 PM

LockDown Browser and Respondus Monitor

Respondus is offering free training webinars on the following tools: LockDown Browser and Respondus Monitor.See the dates, times and descriptions for each event below: Instructor...

February 3, 2020 · 10:40 AM

ATTN: Employees in the Pension Retirement System

Spring 2020 pre-retirement seminars schedule now posted

For employees enrolled in the MD State Retirement & Pension system (the Pension Agency), the Spring 2020 schedule of Pre-Retirement seminars is now available. These seminars are a valuable...

January 21, 2020 · 10:10 AM

Moving from “What is that?" to Data-Informed Practice

A Faculty Member Shares Her Experience Using REX

For all those interested in data-driven decision making, there is a rich trove of data available to research thanks to the data warehouse Reports Exchange (REX). Although all faculty have had...

January 14, 2020 · 10:18 AM

Google Assignments and File Embed Available for Bb Courses

Use Google's Rich Editor to Provide Student Feedback

In January 2018, Box discontinued Crocodoc in favor of the Box inline grading tool. The goal of this transition was to provide a similar and simpler experience users know from the traditional Box...

January 8, 2020 · 11:32 AM

Skillsoft Downtime

This is a reminder that on Saturday January 18th, Skillsoft Cloud Operations will be conducting the 2nd extended maintenance window announced. The upgrades require Skillsoft Hosted Services...

January 6, 2020 · 12:57 PM

Urgent TurningPoint Update for Instructors effective 12/23

ACTION REQUIRED: Transitioning to TurningPoint 8

Turning Technologies is discontinuing their product TurningPoint Cloud for the release of their newest software TurningPoint 8. Starting December 23, 2019, UMBC will transition to...

December 19, 2019 · 1:31 PM

Students like Ultra design, organized courses

User surveys reveal consistent satisfaction with Ultra style

More than 70% of 606 student survey respondents who took a course that used Ultra during the FA2019 semester said they were satisfied with the experience. When asked, students described Ultra as...

December 17, 2019 · 2:20 PM

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