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Fix Your Content Day Is Here: Can You Make 10 Fixes?

Small fixes. More accessible courses. Start today!

An image without a description. A scanned reading that a screen reader can't access. A Word document where bold text stands in for headings. Small issues like these can create unnecessary barriers...

Posted: November 10, 2026, 6:00 AM

A human figure with outstretched arms inside a circle of two curved arrows, suggesting movement. Below the figure are two words: digital accessibility.

Remembering Mark Lasuk

Dear members of the UMBC community,   It is with profound sadness that we share the passing of our colleague and friend, Mark Lasuk. Mark, an integral part of the Client Services and Desktop...

Posted: November 9, 2026, 4:32 PM

Concur & Conquer: The Ultimate Travel & Expense Deep Dive

Master travel, requests, and expense reporting

Dear Campus Community, Navigating travel, requests, and expense reports shouldn’t feel like rocket science! Whether you want to master a specific workflow or brush up on your skills, we have you...

Posted: November 6, 2026, 12:08 PM

USM Accessibility in Action - November 2026 Issue

Repost from the USM Kirwan Center for Academic Innovation

November 2026 Issue Brought to you by the USM Kirwan Center for Academic Innovation and the USM Digital Accessibility Work Group Supporting neurodivergent students requires more than good...

Posted: November 4, 2026, 1:30 PM

"USM Accessibility in Action. Accessible by Design. Inclusive for All." text on top of a red, gray, gold, and black wave design.

Reminder: Blackboard Original View Retires December 31, 2026

Migrate, Redesign, or Archive Original View Organizations

As announced in June 2025, Blackboard will retire Original courses and organizations on December 31, 2026. Starting January 1, 2027, all Original content in courses and organizations will be...

Posted: November 3, 2026, 10:00 AM

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Qualtrics to Retire Legacy Reports

Key deadlines and next steps for Results Dashboards

Qualtrics is retiring Legacy Results Reports and transitioning users to Results Dashboards. As of November 1, 2026, users can no longer create new Legacy Results Reports or custom pages, and new...

Posted: November 2, 2026, 3:20 PM

Illustration of Qualtrics XM's transition from legacy results reports to interactive results dashboards by March 31, 2027, showing a traditional report on one laptop, analytics dashboards on another, and an arrow indicating the transition.

Service Alert: Temporary Webex Phone Service Disruption

Affected Service: Webex Phone Service Time Identified: November 2, 2026 at 3:10 PM Please be advised that Webex Phone Service clients may have experienced a brief, temporary disruption while...

Posted: November 2, 2026, 3:10 PM

Oct 2026 HPCF Newsletter

Happy end of October everyone! I'm writing to give everyone an update regarding the UMBC HPCF and other Research Computing projects currently undertaken by DoIT during the month of October....

Posted: October 30, 2026, 4:29 PM