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<Title>FYI: Bb Courses Older Than FA2005 Will Be Deleted 8/25</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">In accordance with the <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2009/05/faculty_senate.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Blackboard Course Retention Policy</a>, all Blackboard courses older than Fall 2005 will be deleted. DoIT has scheduled this removal for Thursday, August 25, 2011 at 3 p.m. No downtime will be required.
    
    Instructors are encouraged to <a href="http://ondemand.blackboard.com/r91/movies/bb91_grade_center_working_offline.htm" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">download and keep a copy of the Grade Center</a> for any affected courses. Instructors may also <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/oit/newmedia/blackboard/help/Archive.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">archive an entire course</a>, and keep a local copy for their records. Be aware though that only DoIT system administrators can "restore" an archived course on the UMBC Blackboard production server.</div>
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<Summary>In accordance with the Blackboard Course Retention Policy, all Blackboard courses older than Fall 2005 will be deleted. DoIT has scheduled this removal for Thursday, August 25, 2011 at 3 p.m. No...</Summary>
<Website>http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2011/04/fyi_bb_courses_2.html</Website>
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<NewsItem contentIssues="false" id="6655" important="false" status="posted" url="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/veterans/posts/6655">
<Title>Hybrid Course Redesign Workshop,  June 9, 2011</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">DoIT and the <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/fdc/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Faculty Development Center </a>will be offering the Hybrid Course Redesign Workshop on June 9, from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm in ENG 023. Participants will learn the principles of good course design and apply them to a traditional, face-to-face (F2F) course that could be delivered as a hybrid (part-online, part F2F) course.  Using hybrid delivery to demonstrate best practices of hybrid teaching, this workshop is open to any UMBC instructor considering teaching a hybrid course in any semester.  To register, please go to <a href="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/training/events/6678" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">this event</a> on the myUMBC <a href="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/training/events" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Training site</a>.
    
    The workshop will also help meet the <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/oit/hybrid/requirements/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">requirements</a> for a one-time course-redesign stipend through the Alternate Deliver program (ADP), which is sponsored by both the <a href="http://umbc.edu/provost" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Office of the Provost</a>, and the Office of Summer, Winter and Special Programs (<a href="http://www.umbc.edu/summer/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">OSWSP</a>).</div>
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<Summary>DoIT and the Faculty Development Center will be offering the Hybrid Course Redesign Workshop on June 9, from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm in ENG 023. Participants will learn the principles of good course...</Summary>
<Website>http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2011/04/hybrid_course_r_2.html</Website>
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<PostedAt>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 11:37:02 -0400</PostedAt>
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<NewsItem contentIssues="false" id="6624" important="false" status="posted" url="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/veterans/posts/6624">
<Title>Blackboard Down for Maintenance from 10 pm Fri. 4/29...</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">Full Title: Blackboard Down for Maintenance from 10 pm Fri. 4/29 to 1 am Sat. 4/30The UMBC Blackboard server will be down for three hours of <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2007/09/weekly_blackboa.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">scheduled maintenance</a> starting this <strong>Friday, April 29</strong>, at 10 pm. DoIT staff will be applying MS Windows updates, and a patch provided by Blackboard to fix the known issue of viewing past archives in journals.
    
    Thank you for your patience during this time.</div>
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<Summary>Full Title: Blackboard Down for Maintenance from 10 pm Fri. 4/29 to 1 am Sat. 4/30The UMBC Blackboard server will be down for three hours of scheduled maintenance starting this Friday, April 29,...</Summary>
<Website>http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2011/04/blackboard_down_18.html</Website>
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<NewsItem contentIssues="false" id="6587" important="false" status="posted" url="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/veterans/posts/6587">
<Title>FA2011 Lab &amp; Lecture Hall Software Requests Deadline...</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">Full Title: FA2011 Lab &amp; Lecture Hall Software Requests Deadline is June 1In order to load all lab and lecture hall PCs with our standard set of software (known as an "image"), all requests for additions or changes for Fall 2011 must be received by Wednesday, June 1. For Spring 2012, the lab &amp; lecture hall software "image" deadline is Tuesday, November 1.
    To be added to the lab &amp; lecture hall image, DoIT must have the following:
    
        * Proof of purchase/licenses
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    Contact 410.455.3838 and a Help Desk staff member will enter a ticket.
    If the request is not received by the deadline, there is no guarantee the requested software will be made available.</div>
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<Summary>Full Title: FA2011 Lab &amp; Lecture Hall Software Requests Deadline is June 1In order to load all lab and lecture hall PCs with our standard set of software (known as an "image"), all requests...</Summary>
<Website>http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2011/04/fa2011_lab_lect.html</Website>
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<NewsItem contentIssues="false" id="6586" important="false" status="posted" url="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/veterans/posts/6586">
<Title>SU2011 Bb Course Shells Created on 4/19</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">Bb course shells for SU 2011 were created on April 19, and will continue to be updated daily. Bb shells were created for all courses (designated as lecture, lab, or discussion) listed in the <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/registrar/schedule/index.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">UMBC Schedule of Classes (SOC)</a>, provided that there was an <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2010/08/how_new_employe_1.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">instructor of record</a> listed. The addition of new course sections and instructors will result in new Bb shells being automatically generated each morning. Student enrollment in Bb will continue to mirror the official registration in SA, and will update multiple times daily.
    
    If you are an instructor, and your name is not associated with the course you are teaching in the <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/registrar/schedule/index.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">SOC</a>, please see your departmental scheduling coordinator to get that issue resolved.
    
    Additionally in situations where one instructor is teaching multiple sections of the same course, by default all sections will be combined into one Bb course shell. If you want to have separate shells for different sections, or if you need a shell for for a research or independent study course, please submit a <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/oit/newmedia/blackboard/help/newcoursereq.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">new course request</a>.
    
    As a reminder, all <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/oit/newmedia/blackboard/help/procedures.php" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Bb course shells are initially unavailable</a> to students until the <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/oit/newmedia/blackboard/help/MakeAvail.htm" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">instructor makes it available</a>.</div>
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<Summary>Bb course shells for SU 2011 were created on April 19, and will continue to be updated daily. Bb shells were created for all courses (designated as lecture, lab, or discussion) listed in the UMBC...</Summary>
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<NewsItem contentIssues="false" id="6438" important="false" status="posted" url="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/veterans/posts/6438">
<Title>Known Issue: "Not Enough Space on Disk" Error Message...</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">Full Title: Known Issue: "Not Enough Space on Disk" Error Message (RESOLVED)At approximately 10 am, Friday, April 15, DoIT staff received multiple reports from both faculty and students of a "not enough space on disk" error message on Blackboard.  Typically this error message was returned when users were trying to upload documents, create assessments or complete assignments and quizzes.  The cause of this error was isolated to one of the four Blackboard application servers.  Several key routine "housekeeping" tasks had failed to run on this server, resulting in the disk space usage error.  This server was restarted at approximately 2 pm and the problem has been resolved.
    
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<Summary>Full Title: Known Issue: "Not Enough Space on Disk" Error Message (RESOLVED)At approximately 10 am, Friday, April 15, DoIT staff received multiple reports from both faculty and students of a "not...</Summary>
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<Title>Blackboard Down for Extended Maintenance from 10 pm...</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">Full Title: Blackboard Down for Extended Maintenance from 10 pm Fri. 3/18 to 10 am Sat. 3/19As a part of DoIT's regular <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2007/09/weekly_blackboa.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">scheduled maintenance,</a> <strong>Blackboard will be down for an extended time on Friday, March 18 (10 p.m.) until Saturday, March 19 (10 a.m.)</strong> in order  to reindex the entire database.  This process is the second phase of a 2-step process recommended by Blackboard in order to fix the previously reported <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2011/02/known_issue_bb_1.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">spikes in database utilization</a>. The first phase, replacement of a key database function, was completed on February 11.  DoIT staff are hopeful that the completion of this second step will resolve any lingering Blackboard performance issues.
    
    We are sorry for the inconvenience of this temporary downtime, and we thank you for your cooperation and patience.</div>
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<NewsItem contentIssues="false" id="5694" important="false" status="posted" url="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/veterans/posts/5694">
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    <strong>Oracle Calendar to Google Calendar Migration</strong>
    On June 7th, 2011 the campus will move to Google calendar as the new campus-wide enterprise calendaring solution. Oracle calendar has been the campus’ calendaring solution for the last decade. Unfortunately, Oracle calendar has not kept up to date with current web and mobile technologies.</div>
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<NewsItem contentIssues="false" id="5444" important="false" status="posted" url="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/veterans/posts/5444">
<Title>IHE Journal Publishes Article on Check My Activity...</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">Full Title: IHE Journal Publishes Article on Check My Activity Tool for Students<em>The Internet and Higher Education</em> has published an article about UMBC's Check My Activity (CMA) tool for students in its special issue on web mining in education. For more information, see the following:
    
    Fritz, J., <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.iheduc.2010.07.007" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Classroom walls that talk: Using online course activity data of successful students to raise self-awareness of underperforming peers</a>, <em>Internet and Higher Education</em>, Volume 14, Issue 2, March 2011, Pages 89-97.</div>
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<NewsItem contentIssues="false" id="5272" important="false" status="posted" url="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/veterans/posts/5272">
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    <div class="html-content"><span><p>Campus VPN connections are now possible on iOS4 devices such as the iPad, iPhone and iTouch.<span>  </span>Juniper Networks has release their SSL VPN application called Junos Pulse which can be freely download in the App Store (<a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id381348546" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id381348546</a>) for Apple iOS4 devices. To configure the app for connections to UMBC, press Configuration | Add new configuration.</p>
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    <p>Name: UMBC (or whatever you would like to call it)</p>
    <p>URL: <a href="http://vpn.umbc.edu/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">vpn.umbc.edu</a></p>
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    <p>Now press Save and you’re ready to connect.<span>  </span>After pressing connect, you are presented with the familiar UMBC login page.<span>  </span>Provide your credentials and press the Log In button. You are now connected to the campus VPN and you will see “VPN” in your device's status bar.</p>
    <p>At this point you may place the app in the background by pressing the home button on your device.<span>  </span>When you are ready to log out of the VPN, return to the Junos Pulse app and press Disconnect.</p>
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