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The TechFest 2019 Schedule Now Available!

Plan Your Day and Reserve a Time in the Escape Room!

On Friday, March 1, 2019, DoIT's Instructional Technology Team will hold its 4th annual TechFest.  TechFest traditionally brings the campus community together to share and demonstrate ways...

Posted: February 13, 2019, 1:29 PM

Roddy Named Manager of DoIT's New Media Studio

The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) is pleased to announce that Dustin Roddy has been named manager of its New Media Studio (NMS). A 2014 graduate of the Media & Communications...

Posted: February 11, 2019, 5:02 PM

Quarterly patching downtime on 2/22/2019 and 3/9/2019

As part of our ongoing commitment to security, the Unix Infrastructure group will be conducting its quarterly system patching on Friday, February 22nd and Saturday, March 9th.  While many of the...

Posted: February 11, 2019, 2:36 PM

Save the Date: USM Events on Open Education Resources

Learn more about in HED

Mark your calendar to attend one of FOUR upcoming events across Maryland on the topic of open educational resources (OER) in higher education, hosted by the Maryland Open Source Textbook...

Posted: February 4, 2019, 3:21 PM

Maryland Open Source Textbook Initiative CFP Released

Participate in the 2019 High-impact OER Mini-Grant Program

The Maryland Open Source Textbook (M.O.S.T.) initiative is pleased to announce a call for proposals for the 2019 High-impact OER Mini-Grant Program to strategically support Maryland public higher...

Posted: February 1, 2019, 9:40 AM

DoIT's Technology Support Center Hiring for the Spring

Are you looking for an on campus job? Come work for us!

The DoIT Technology Support Center is looking to hire additional consultants to work during the Spring. Please see our job description below and visit our job posting on UMBCWorks to apply....

Posted: January 28, 2019, 12:15 PM

Welcome to 2019 - A New Year to Try These Tech Tools

Enhance your teaching toolbox with instructional technology!

It’s no secret that teaching and learning has been expanded to include technology beyond a slide show presentation.  As a matter of fact, today’s students expect it! But do you know what...

Posted: January 28, 2019, 10:43 AM

01-24-2019 9:30 pm Downtime for RT

DoIT will need to take RT offline for approximately 30 minutes at 9:30pm tonight to perform some system maintenance. I apologize for the short notice and appreciate your patience in these...

Posted: January 24, 2019, 5:21 PM

TECHFEST ’19 PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED!

You still have time - new closing date is Friday, February 8

The Instructional Technology Team will celebrate its 4th Annual TechFest on March 1, 2019 and is looking for presenters!  TechFest is designed to bring together UMBC students, faculty, and staff...

Posted: January 18, 2019, 3:35 PM

Webinar: Getting Started with Accessible Math

From the National Center on Accessible Educational Materials

MathML is a markup language used to display equations and other mathematical expressions on the web and in other formats such as ePub and NIMAS. MathML is important for accessibility because it...

Posted: January 18, 2019, 8:18 AM