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Upgrade Alert: RT 6 Has Arrived!

Modern, Faster, and Built for Your Best Work

You may have heard the news: RT is better, shinier, and faster than ever before! The move to RT 6 brings a more intuitive experience to our daily workflows. While there are plenty of technical...

Posted: May 5, 2026, 1:55 PM

UMBC Shield with the text D-O-I-T System Update on a yellow background

Amazon Web Services Recovering from Major Outage

10/22 Update 1:45 pm:  Amazon has fixed the AWS outage issue. Most systems are working normally with only a few systems with updates still in progress. If you are having any technical...

Posted: October 20, 2025, 10:04 AM

YouTube change impacts ad blockers, increases ads on 8/1

Starting August 1, 2024, Google will implement changes that impact ad blocking tools in Chrome and how YouTube videos are viewed. Chrome no longer supports tools that block ads, including...

Posted: August 1, 2024, 10:00 AM

WT2021 Instructional Technology Update

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...

Posted: December 15, 2020, 12:28 PM

FA2020 Instructional Technology Update

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...

Posted: August 19, 2020, 9:22 PM

SU2020 Instructional Technology Update

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...

Posted: May 13, 2020, 11:01 AM

WT2020 Instructional Technology Update

UMBC Blackboard 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 Help FAQs or...

Posted: December 19, 2019, 8:04 AM

FA2019 Instructional Technology Update

UMBC Blackboard 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 Help FAQs or...

Posted: August 20, 2019, 2:00 PM

Blackboard Upgrade Completed

WT2014 courses, placement testing remain on separate server

DoIT has completed the upgrade to Blackboard version 9.1.13. Winter 2014 courses remain on a separate server and will be merged into the main production system after the start of the Spring 2014...

Posted: January 10, 2014, 11:40 AM

Blackboard Down for Maintenance 10 pm 10/25 to 1 am 10/26

The UMBC Blackboard server will be down from 10 pm Friday 10/25 to 1 am Saturday 10/26.  This down time is during the regularly scheduled maintenance window and is necessary for DoIT staff to...

Posted: October 25, 2013, 4:03 AM