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Alternate Delivery Program Call for Participation Released

Hybrid/Online Course Redesign for Summer 2020

Faculty interested in developing an effective hybrid or fully online course are invited to submit a proposal for this innovative faculty support program. The Alternate Delivery Program (ADP)...

Posted: October 14, 2019, 1:15 PM

Partial points coming to test questions to Ultra in October

Bulk download of student submissions also available

Calculating the grade on an Ultra tests becomes more flexible in the October update when the partial points feature is introduced. When creating a question in an assessment, instructors can enter...

Posted: October 2, 2019, 2:43 PM

Join this Webinar!: Navigating the OER Provider Landscape

Don't miss it - hosted by the M.O.S.T. and MarylandOnline

Join us on Tuesday, October 8, 2019 from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. for a webinar jointly hosted by the Maryland Open Source Textbook  (M.O.S.T) Initiative and MarylandOnline, entitled Navigating the OER...

Posted: October 2, 2019, 1:14 PM

Restoration of Full Internet Connectivity for the Campus

I wanted to let everyone know that Friday morning, repairs were completed to the fiber optic cable that was damaged early last week.  (https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/doit/posts/87008) Once the...

Posted: September 29, 2019, 11:58 PM

Combining Machine and Human Intelligences for Interventions

Bb Predict and FYIs Inform Behavioral Nudges

Over the past three full semester terms, UMBC has implemented a predictive analytics pilot “nudge” campaign using Blackboard (Bb) Predict. Beginning in the Spring 2018 term, we selected high...

Posted: September 25, 2019, 3:11 PM

Reduction in off-campus network speeds due to cable cut

Monday 9/23 at around noon a contractor working just outside of UMBC cut through a set of fiber optic networking cables that provide network service to UMBC's main campus, and to our IMET facility...

Posted: September 24, 2019, 3:32 PM

Taki back online (9/24/2019 12:10pm)

Hello all. Thank you for your patience while we sorted through the issues with Taki.  We believe the cluster is now back online and working normally.  The source of the issue was with bad...

Posted: September 24, 2019, 12:11 PM

Taki update (09/23/2019 7:30pm)

Hello all. We are continuing to work on sorting out the issues with networking on taki.  We believe we're having hardware issue with the infiniband switch and are working on solutions.   As of...

Posted: September 23, 2019, 7:49 PM

Taki networking issues ongoing

Hello all. We're currently working on infiniband networking issues on Taki that are preventing access to various storage nodes.   We hope to have another update shortly. Thanks!

Posted: September 23, 2019, 3:39 PM

Taki Back Online

Taki Users: The taki cluster lost IB connectivity early this morning, and this resulted in the loss of access to specific storage areas the computers rely on for normal operation as well as...

Posted: September 23, 2019, 12:08 PM