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Jack Malone retires

Congratulations!

Jack Malone is retiring from DoIT AV Services. When he arrived on campus on September 10, 2001, this was going to be "just a job," but it turned out to be much more. Jack became an informal mentor...

Posted: September 25, 2020, 12:26 PM

Chromebook Extension for Respondus Lockdown Browser in Beta

Currently supports Original courses only

The beta release of a new Chromebook extension for Respondus LockDown Browser is currently available for assessments in Original Blackboard courses. This version of the Chromebook extension also...

Posted: September 25, 2020, 10:23 AM

Taki Shutting Down 9/28 for a Day

Power repair work required at Taki location

Taki will be shutdown for some power work at the Research Park Computer room. Taki will be offline from 9/28 at 8 pm to 9/29 at 5 pm. All jobs will be terminated when Taki is shutdown, so please...

Posted: September 22, 2020, 11:37 AM

New Batch Group Management Tool Available in Bb Ultra

Custom solution works in both Ultra & Original courses

Group management is one of the most important tools in a Blackboard course. For large courses, group management is a critical component of assigning students to groups and managing engagement or...

Posted: September 18, 2020, 12:25 PM

Webex Breakout Sessions

Webex Meetings breakout sessions now available!

Cisco released an update to the Webex Meetings application to include Breakout Sessions within your Meetings. Here you can find information describing the features, roles, and a guide to using...

Posted: September 17, 2020, 2:12 PM

Use Blackboard's Ally Tool to Provide Accessible Content

Attend a product overview and demo on 9/30 from 2 - 3 p.m.

Overview and Demo: Using Ally to Provide Accessible Content Wednesday, September 30 from 2:00 p.m.  - 3:00 p.m. Please attend an overview of Ally, Blackboard’s accessibility software...

Posted: September 14, 2020, 4:07 PM

"Email Configuration Error" Phishing Attack

Phishing Attack Masquerading As Email Delivery Problem

A phishing attack urging users to download undelivered emails was reported to DoIT Security this week. Here is an example of the malicious message.   From: "umbc.edu System Administrator"...

Posted: September 11, 2020, 11:22 AM

Data Breach: LiveAuctioneers

Data Breach On Online Marketplace

On June 19, 2020 an online antique Marketplace, LiveAuctioneers, suffered a data breach. Approximately 3.4 million records were leaked. The records include names, email and IP addresses, physical...

Posted: September 11, 2020, 11:19 AM

Oklahoma Supercomputing Symposium 2020

Free-of-charge all-videoconferencing edition on Wed Sept 30

OKLAHOMA SUPERCOMPUTING SYMPOSIUM 2020 Wed Sep 30 2020, 9:00am-5:00pm Central Time Our first all-videoconferencing edition! Contact: Henry Neeman (hneeman@ou.edu)...

Posted: September 10, 2020, 8:54 AM

Covid-19 Scams Are Still Active

Some More Tips To Identify Contact Tracing Scams

With Covid-19 being something we all face in our daily lives, malicious actors are not giving up on scamming people out of not only their personal and financial information, but are also trying to...

Posted: September 9, 2020, 8:09 PM