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Recap of SIG Subcommittee Meetings

Brief recap of the RCA-SIG meetings this past month

This posting is meant as a brief recap of the RCA-SIG meetings that have occured this month. SIG-GPU Subcommittee met Sept 8. SIG-CPU Subcommittee met Sept 11. SIG-UE (User Experience) met Sept...

Posted: September 23, 2026, 10:37 AM

Phishing Alert

A Cautionary Tale from Your Digital Voyage

Hark, travelers of the UMBC network! The Cybersecurity Assurance and Digital Trust Department (CADT) has consulted the Oracle, and troubling omens appear on the horizon. A new set of treacherous...

Posted: September 23, 2026, 10:00 AM

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Assistive Technology Explained: A Look at How Users Experience Your Content

How does an accessible course behave for everyone?

Most faculty design course materials thinking about how they look. But for a significant number of students, how course content looks is only part of the picture -- or not the picture at all....

Posted: September 22, 2026, 10:00 AM

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New in Concur: Delegates Dashboard for Arrangers

A simpler way to manage travel, requests, and expenses

The new Delegates Dashboard provides delegates and assistants with a centralized workspace to manage travel, requests, and expense activity for the people they support. Instead of switching...

Posted: September 18, 2026, 1:15 PM

Restrict File Types in Assignment Submissions in Blackboard's September Update

Preview Outcomes mastery also available in gradebook

A student submits their essay as a Pages file. Another turns in a .zip when you asked for a single PDF. By the time you notice, you're chasing down a resubmission instead of grading. September's...

Posted: September 17, 2026, 3:00 PM

Last Call: Sign Up for PRAC 122 Today and Earn Your Google Career Certificates!

Build career-ready skills with a little extra structure and

PRAC 122 enrollment closes tomorrow, September 18! If you’ve been thinking about enrolling in the Google Career Certificates Practicum, now is the time to sign up. PRAC 122 is a free, 0-credit,...

Posted: September 17, 2026, 11:50 AM

DoIT's Technology Support Center is Hiring

Are you looking for a part-time job? Come work for us!

The DoIT Technology Support Center is looking to hire additional student consultants to work during the upcoming semester and beyond. Please see our job description below and visit our job posting...

Posted: September 16, 2026, 7:53 AM

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Take the #NoMouse Challenge!

Discover how accessible your digital content really is

Here's a quick challenge: close your laptop trackpad, put your mouse to the side, and try to get through the next ten minutes using only your keyboard. Can you navigate to your Blackboard...

Posted: September 15, 2026, 1:01 PM

USM Accessibility in Action - September 2026 Issue

Accessibility moves from planning into practice

Repost from the USM Kirwan Center for Academic Innovation and the USM Digital Accessibility Work Group September 2026 Issue As the fall semester gets underway, accessibility moves from...

Posted: September 14, 2026, 11:38 AM

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REMINDER: HPC SIG User Experience Today

As a continued part of the Shared Infrastructure Governance which advises campus endeavors around research computing, we are pleased to continue the User Experience Committee dedicated to...

Posted: September 14, 2026, 9:54 AM

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