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GO Chat Recap: Engaging New Students Online

Here's what you missed from our Go Online Chat!

For our February GO Chat, we reflected on the transition from face-to-face programs for UMBC first-year students to a new online delivery required by COVID-19. Summer and Winter Bridge Programs,...

Posted: March 10, 2021, 9:59 AM

Essential Update to Respondus Lockdown Browser Available

A new update to Respondus Lockdown Browser (RLDB) is available for students to download and install. Outdated versions of Respondus Lockdown Browser may not allow students to save short answer and...

Posted: March 9, 2021, 4:06 PM

Using Analytics to Improve Student Success

Nudging math students to tutoring

Mathematics is a powerful tool.  We use applications from math all day, every day, like when we drive over a bridge or look at our email.   Math is very difficult for many people, and they...

Posted: March 4, 2021, 1:53 PM

Why are Cyber Criminals Targeting Universities?

Universities Are Seen As 'Soft Targets' For Fraud

Phishing emails, spoofing and forgery schemes have found a hunting ground for cyber attacks within institutes of higher education just like UMBC. Below are some reasons why universities are...

Posted: March 3, 2021, 4:29 PM

Impersonation Scam - Fake Job Offer

“Student Job or Research Assistant Position”

Yes, The Offer Really IS Too Good To Be True.  Below is an example of a job scam reported to the Department of Information Technology (DoIT). The scammer, impersonating one of several faculty...

Posted: March 3, 2021, 4:18 PM

Simplifying the Webex experience

Simplifying the Webex experience

Early next week, the week of 3/8/21, the Webex app, formerly Webex Teams, will receive an upgrade enabling all features contained in the Webex meetings app. This change makes for a more simple...

Posted: March 3, 2021, 11:01 AM

Salesforce Implementation Update #2: Ready for Launch

Exciting news!

In this second of a series of updates we’ll give a brief description of Salesforce, UMBC’s goals for the project, and summarize what we’re currently working on and what’s next. Salesforce is a...

Posted: March 2, 2021, 12:06 PM

Free Virtual Conference: UMD Disability Summit, April 12-14

Access and Crisis: Disability and the Collapse of Everything

In the wake of the 30th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act many are questioning how to continue to carry this energy forward. How can we foreground access in crisis? There are many...

Posted: February 25, 2021, 1:28 PM

Faculty Survey Suggests Shift in Pre/Post-Pandemic Teaching

31% increase in those open to non-traditional approach, FA21

"I teach mostly grad students. I did not expect to find any positives about remote teaching - in 35 years of teaching I had NEVER done it and did not plan on doing it before retirement [...] It is...

Posted: February 24, 2021, 11:05 AM

Chromebooks Supported for Ultra Tests & Respondus LDB

Beta extension available for Original & Ultra tests

An updated release of a beta Chromebook extension for Respondus LockDown Browser is now available for assessments in both Original and Ultra Blackboard courses. This version of the Chromebook...

Posted: February 24, 2021, 10:58 AM