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Ultra enhances test feedback & journal grading for winter

Create HTML content & provide activity logs to support

Four exciting updates come to Ultra for winter courses. Grading enhancements for journals, test feedback release settings, an updated content editor, and support for HTML content are new features...

Posted: December 11, 2020, 11:37 AM

Collaborate update features chat mention & text formatting

Support for up to 1,000 attendees in supersized session

In any online learning experience, it's important for students to be able to engage socially and collaboratively. Interactions with peers and instructors can lead to greater student success....

Posted: December 10, 2020, 9:40 AM

Free VoiceThread workshops available in January 2021

Add media-rich, asynchronous engagement in your courses

VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate slides and leave comments in several ways – text, voice, audio file, or...

Posted: December 9, 2020, 12:27 PM

Phone System Patching Tonight

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...

Posted: December 8, 2020, 2:37 PM

Lumen OHM & Waymaker Learning Communities for Faculty

Learn about a homework system to support OER resources

Hello! I want to make sure you’re aware of next week’s webinar about a unique professional development opportunity for Maryland faculty using Lumen’s Waymaker or OHM courseware. Here are the...

Posted: December 4, 2020, 9:48 AM

Save the Date: PIVOT Special Topics Jan 11-14, 2021

Mark your calendars! The PIVOT Special Topics pathway is designed to supplement existing PIVOT resources and enhance the instructor’s online teaching toolkit.  Dates: January 11-14, 2021 Time:...

Posted: December 2, 2020, 11:23 AM

M.O.S.T. OER Workshop Series

Register for upcoming statewide OER workshops

M.O.S.T. OER Workshop Series  We are excited to offer you the opportunity to register for an upcoming series of webinars on high-demand topics in OER, hosted by the Maryland Open Source Textbook...

Posted: December 1, 2020, 9:31 AM

Job Scams Continue To Target UMBC Community

Scammers Don’t Take Time Off For The Holidays

UMBC’s Division of Information Technology (DoIT) is seeing an increase in the number of job scams targeting the UMBC community.  It is not uncommon for scammers to take advantage of people during...

Posted: November 25, 2020, 7:12 PM

Consider Open Educational Resources (OER) for Spring

An invitation from USM Kirwan Center for Academic Innovation

As the fall semester winds down and you begin turning your attention to spring 2021, I would like to encourage you to think about adopting Open Educational Resources (OER) for your spring...

Posted: November 20, 2020, 11:45 AM

Consider Open Educational Resource (OER) Adoption for Spring

USM M.O.S.T. initiative highlights advantages for students

As the fall semester winds down and you begin turning your attention to spring 2021, I would like to encourage you to think about adopting Open Educational Resources (OER) for your spring...

Posted: November 20, 2020, 11:20 AM