There are widespread reports of Internet outages across the east coast that started around 11:30am this morning. These are affecting access to various services including Gmail, Blackboard, WebEx,...
January 26, 2021
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1:21 PM
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What everyone should know about Salesforce
In this first of a series of updates, we’ll give a brief description of what Salesforce is, provide an overview of UMBC’s goals for the project, and summarize what we’re currently working on and...
January 19, 2021
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5:09 PM
Are you looking for a part-time job? Come work for us!
The DoIT Technology Support Center is looking to hire additional consultants to work during the Spring semester and beyond. Please see our job description below and visit our job posting on...
January 6, 2021
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12:21 PM
Upgrades to Instructional Spaces for Remote Learning
In the spring of 2019, DoIT's AV Services department engineered and installed a software-based video conferencing system in Engineering 025 as a pilot project. Based on the success of this...
December 15, 2020
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3:55 PM
The UMBC Instructional Technology Update is provided by the Division of Information Technology for students, faculty and staff. If you have questions or need help, please consult the Blackboard...
December 15, 2020
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12:28 PM
Email, Calendar and Docs are unavailable until 8:00am
This morning Google had a widespread outage that affected all of their services, including Gmail, Calendar, Google Docs, Google Meet and Youtube. Service was quickly restored by approximately...
December 14, 2020
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8:23 AM
Tonight after 8pm the VoIP phone system will be updated
Tonight after 8pm the VoIP phone system will receive software updates. This update is in effort to enable new features and services needed to support an ongoing project for the campus. We...
December 8, 2020
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2:37 PM
As part of our ongoing commitment to security, the Unix Infrastructure group will be conducting its quarterly system patching on Friday, November 20th, Saturday, November 21st and Friday,...
November 17, 2020
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12:28 PM
UMBC is working to enable Webex Assistant for all of UMBC
In the coming weeks all UMBC faculty, staff and students will have Webex Assistant enabled by default for all Webex Meetings. Webex Assistant is a suite of features that improves meeting...
October 27, 2020
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12:56 PM
Doing the right thing with analytics
In the inaugural episode of the Educause Exchange Podcast, Associate Provost and Deputy CIO Bob Carpenter contributes his views on how UMBC should use analytics and predictive models to support...
October 26, 2020
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2:19 PM