Network Slowness Tuesday afternoon around 1-2pm Yesterday afternoon around 1pm the UMBC network experienced slow connectivity throughout the campus. This affected wireless as well as wired connections and user's ability to access UMBC and off-campus services. This was caused by an unintentional network flood initiated by a company in our research park. We were able to stop the flood shortly after 2pm and regular service was restored. We are working with the company to prevent this type of incident from reoccurring in the future, and I'm sorry for any issues or inconvenience this may have caused. 

Damian Doyle
Director - Enterprise Infrastructure and Support
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Mark Cather
DoIT / UMBC

]]> As reported last week, the cellular equipment that supports Sprint caught on fire.  We just received word that the damaged equipment has been replaced and service should be back to normal.  If... https://my3.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/54358/guest@my.umbc.edu/5d6fc199e9f18d94b1d8773da91a6200/api/pixel Division of Information Technology (DoIT) https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/doit https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/xsmall.png?1727453227 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/original.JPG?1727453227 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/xxlarge.png?1727453227 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/xlarge.png?1727453227 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/large.png?1727453227 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/medium.png?1727453227 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/small.png?1727453227 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/xsmall.png?1727453227 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/xxsmall.png?1727453227 Division of Information Technology (DoIT) 3 0 false Mon, 21 Sep 2015 12:05:00 -0400 Sprint Cellular Service on Campus Sprint's Cellular Equipment is Down Earlier today, the Sprint Cellular equipment on campus caught on fire.  Thankfully, the fire was contained and did not spread beyond Sprint's site.  Sprint came to campus to begin repair work, and they report the repairs could take 10-21 days.  Sprint cellular coverage, on campus and in the area around UMBC, my be weaker than usual until the cellular site is back online.  

Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile were not effected.

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To The UMBC Campus Community,

Recently a DoIT student employee contacted members of the campus that they may have a number of files on their computers containing personally identifiable information (PII).  This information may include social security numbers (SSNs), credit card numbers, passport numbers or bank account numbers.  

While this was a legitimate email, it was sent out mistakenly by a grad student working in our cyber security group.

We apologize for the alarm this has caused and we have used this incident to review how we keep the campus informed of the important work we are doing. We will be sharing our plans with the campus community once we have had this process reviewed by our shared governance committees and the VPs and Deans.

If you have continued questions or concerns, or would like to discuss this further, please feel free to reach out to our Chief Information Security Officer, Mark Cather at mark.cather@umbc.edu.

Sincerely,

Jack Suess

VP of IT and Chief Information Officer

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Later in the day, around 4:50pm there was an general network outage that affected both wired and wireless communications for about 2-3 minutes. There was a central piece of equipment that crashed and caused this outage, the exact cause of the crash is still being investigated at this time. 

While we are still working to determine the cause of these events, they do not appear to be related at this time. We are continuing to work to determine exactly what happen so measures can be put in place to prevent similar occurrences in the future. 

We are sorry for any inconvenience these outages may have caused. At this point all services have been fully restored. 

Damian  
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Turning Technologies, the company that supports the TurningPoint clickers, is currently experiencing intermittent performance delays with their server’s connection to Blackboard.  As a result, users are experiencing intermittent delays when trying to connect to the server to complete the following tasks: update participant lists, download participant lists, and export grades. The UMBC Instructional Technology Team is in contact with Turning Technologies’ technical support staff regarding this issue.


In the meantime, faculty can follow the steps below as a workaround to download and/or update your participants lists:


Step 1:  Logon to Blackboard and click on the course where you want to download your clicker participant list.


Step 2:  Under the Tools area, on the course menu, click on Other Bb Tools.


Step 3: Click on the Turning Technologies Registration Tool. 


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Step 4: Click Download TurningPoint Participant List.



Note: If you are working in Firefox you will have to save the file to your hard drive.  If you are working in Chrome or Safari the file will automatically download.  



If you have questions or concerns about this process, please submit an RT Ticket. 

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To learn more about using TechSmith Relay:

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Faculty, staff, and students can now print from their own devices using Pharos Mobile Printing. Previously, in order to print an image or document, users would have to log on into a computer, pull up their file, and then go to a print release station. With Pharos, users can print from a multitude of supported devices, including Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android. Funds for Pharos printing comes straight from your Campus Card Account. 

For Mac and Windows users, you can access Pharos by going to mobileprint.umbc.edu From there, simply login using your UMBC credentials and you will be brought to the Pharos mobile printing interface. 


Now you can upload your files, preview your print jobs, and even customize color pages and choose double or single sided pages. After that, just go to any Pharos station in the Library or in the Engineering building and swipe your Campus ID Card at the printer to print the files you have uploaded.

On iOS, users can follow the same steps as the Mac and Windows version by going to mobileprint.umbc.edu on their iOS device. Users can also visit the App store and download the Pharos Print app. 

After downloading, launch the app and type in mobileprint.umbc.edu for the "Server Address" and 443 for "Server Port" and press "Connect". Then, type your UMBC credentials and log in. Wherever your file is located, you will need to select the “Open In” function and then select “Open in Pharos Print” which will open a window with details on the file and print options. The "Open In" function can be found in several apps, including Google Drive, Box, and Safari. 


The Pharos Mobile Print app is still in development for Android and will be released sometime in 2015. Users can still print using their Android devices by opening Google Chrome by tapping the three vertical dots icon on the top right-hand corner of the screen to bring up “Request desktop site”. From there, go to mobileprint.umbc.edu and follow the same steps listed for Mac and Windows users.


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Between Fall 2015 and Spring 2016, DoIT AV Services is taking the opportunity during the Fine Arts Building renovation to upgrade both seminar and classrooms. Between now and Spring 2016, 26 rooms will have brand new technology making it the largest single project in DoIT AV Services history to be completed in-house.

Classrooms and seminar rooms will feature high resolution HD projectors or flat panel monitors. Some rooms will be equipped with the latest interactive projectors with finger touch interaction and electronic annotation.


In addition, assistive listening features will be integrated in select classrooms. This will allow professors to wear a microphone and transmit their voice throughout the room. Students who need assistive listening have an earbud with receiver that transmits the sound directly to them so they can sit anywhere in the class. All AV room controls will also have braille or audio feedback.

Active learning classrooms will no longer tether students and faculty to wires to present their content, and will introduce a new wireless solution. A small device that will be ethernet connected will be capable of displaying up to four screens at once from a laptop or smart device and will allow markup on each displayed screen. 

It’s simple to join as well, simply by going to a network address and then joining with a 4-digit passcode. David Toothe, Assistant Director for DoIT, said “This is basically an airplay device for all systems, but rather than showing one person's content this allows the content from multiple people to be displayed at once." 

“This is the largest undertaking in our history.” Toothe said, “We’re taking the opportunity to install newer technology that will add a new level of accessibility and flexibility for students & faculty.”
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To continue our managed hosting from Blackboard and access new functionality, UMBC’s Blackboard server will need to be upgraded in late December after the fall semester ends. Apart from ensuring UMBC is using the most recent and supported version of Blackboard, the upgrade will allow us to implement the new Collaborate.

The new version of Collaborate uses the Chrome web browser rather than Java to deliver a superior audio and video experience. Faculty can test drive the new Collaborate now by opening an RT ticket. 

DoIT will provide more updates about during the Fall semester, but we wanted to let the campus know now. If you have any questions, contact Mariann Hawken at mariannhawken@umbc.edu or 410.455.2920.

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