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Quality Matters Regional Conference Call for Proposals

Share your ideas & best practices with the QM community

The Quality Matters Regional Conference East is currently accepting proposals for its spring conference, which will be held at Towson University on March 22-23, 2018.  The conference theme is...

Posted: September 21, 2017, 9:40 AM

DocuSign Maintenance

DocuSign will be down from 5:00pm and 10:00pm this Thursday!

This week, on Thursday evening between 5:00pm-10:00p, there will be maintenance work for UMBC's DocuSign solution. As part of the maintenance, new accounts will be provisioned to allow for...

Posted: September 20, 2017, 2:38 PM

Fall 2017 Begin Term Census data is now available in REX

IRADS has released the official data for Fall 2017.  It should now appear as a Term option in the Census Data reports in REX.  As a reminder, in REX official Day 10 numbers are labeled with a...

Posted: September 14, 2017, 10:23 AM

Equifax Data Breach

What People Should Know About the Equifax Breach.

As many have seen, Equifax had a breach of the personal information of approximately 143 million people.  This is one of the largest breaches of personally identifiable information ever.  Here are...

Posted: September 12, 2017, 10:40 AM

New Active Learning Classrooms in Sondheim

Sondheim 101 and 409: Flagship Active Learning Classrooms

The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) and Facilities Management (FM) began working with the Classroom Committee in 2016 to study the possibility of converting two large classrooms,...

Posted: September 6, 2017, 3:06 PM

Upcoming myUMBC Training Sessions

What if I told you there was a better way to use myUMBC?

Every month this semester we will host a training session where we'll walk you though the ins and outs of myUMBC. Be sure to sign up and tell your friends! Sep 13 @ Noon Oct 4 @ Noon Nov 1...

Posted: August 31, 2017, 9:31 AM

DoIT's Technology Support Center Hiring for the Fall

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 Fall. Please see our job description below and visit our job posting on UMBCWorks to apply. The...

Posted: August 31, 2017, 8:15 AM

UMBC Blackboard Update: FA2017

UMBC Blackboard Update is provided by the Division of Information Technology for students, faculty and staff. If you have questions or need help, please consult the Blackboard Help tab inside...

Posted: August 25, 2017, 3:37 PM

DoIT Upgrades New Media Studio to HD

More Modern Facilities Are "A Boon to Students"

Over the summer, DoIT replaced all of the New Media Studio’s analog, standard-definition TV production equipment to high definition (HD). This included three new Sony HD cameras and related...

Posted: August 25, 2017, 3:34 PM

Blackboard Instructor Mobile App Now Available

Connect with students on the go

A new Bb Instructor mobile app was released for iOS and Android devices last month, just before the annual Blackboard World conference. Designed to simplify the teaching experience, the Bb...

Posted: August 24, 2017, 10:08 AM