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Raise a FA26 Bb Course Ally Score by Fixing the Prior Version

"Strive for 85" with Digital Accessibility

As announced last month, UMBC is working toward a campus-wide goal of highly accessible courses by the end of 2026. To help, DoIT recommends that faculty identify accessibility gaps in prior...

Posted: April 22, 2026, 3:23 PM

UMBC "Strive for 85" Ally Course Accessibility Goal

myUMBC Groups: We Heard You and We've Been Busy

A new editor, accessibility, scheduling, archiving, more...

If you manage a myUMBC group, you've probably noticed some things look a little different lately. We've been working on a big round of improvements to the editor and groups experience, and I...

Posted: April 22, 2026, 7:00 AM

SU2026 Courses Created in Blackboard on April 16, 2026

New Process To Request Merged Course Shells

Blackboard course shells for Summer 2026 were created on April 16, 2026. All Summer 2026 courses listed in the UMBC Schedule of Classes (SOC), regardless of designation as lecture, lab, etc, or...

Posted: April 16, 2026, 12:37 PM

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Unscheduled Downtime Resolved

To all chip users, The RRStor filesystem has been restored. We thank you for you patience while we worked on this issue.  If you notice any further complications, please send an RT ticket...

Posted: April 16, 2026, 10:55 AM

Unscheduled Downtime

To all chip users, We are working with the vendor to pin down the issue that is preventing users from accessing chip and utilizing the RRStor network storage. We will provide more updates as...

Posted: April 16, 2026, 10:18 AM

Meet the Seniors Behind UMBC’s Cybersecurity

Grace and Ouwen reflect on their DoIT journey and road ahead

Like many other departments on campus, the Division of Information Technology relies on the support and talent of student employees in its work initiatives. These opportunities allow aspiring...

Posted: April 15, 2026, 10:09 AM

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Storage System Performance Update

To all chip users, The DoIT Research Computing & Data (RCD) Team is continuing to work on the storage system performance issues that have been impacting the chip cluster since early February....

Posted: April 10, 2026, 6:35 PM

Workshop: Alt Text as Poetry

Repost: RSVP at the Original Event Post here Alt Text as Poetry Workshop (This workshop is recommended for faculty and staff who are the site administrators for their department/program...

Posted: April 10, 2026, 11:12 AM