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Is your course ready for Ultra? Try the Ultra Course Preview

Five steps to planning your Ultra roadmap

During the FA2018 semester, UMBC faculty are invited to explore how their current (or “Original”) courses will convert to the Ultra Experience. The Ultra Course Preview conversion tool allows you...

Posted: October 5, 2018, 12:35 PM

Business Process Improvement at the Inner Harbor

UMBC Columbus Center Reaps the Benefits of E-signatures

Any frequent visitor to Baltimore’s Inner Harbor will recognize the striking architecture of the Columbus Center. Located near the Baltimore Aquarium and the Hard Rock Cafe, the Columbus Center is...

Posted: October 4, 2018, 10:17 AM

E-signatures, Digital Workflow Improve UMBC Business Process

Human Resources One of Many Departments Now Using DocuSign

An important, yet often overlooked, business practice is to break down and analyze each step of a given process to look for redundancies, bottlenecks, and particularly inefficient or slow...

Posted: October 2, 2018, 9:53 AM

Rescheduled: Quarterly patching downtime on 9/29/2018

Hello. Patching of the systems in the announcement below has been pushed to Saturday, 9/29/18. All other details remain the same. Original announcement: ---------------------- As part of...

Posted: September 20, 2018, 10:07 AM

Quarterly patching downtime on 9/22/18

As part of our ongoing commitment to security, the Unix Infrastructure group will be conducting quarterly system patching on Saturday, September 22nd for a handful of key services. The schedule...

Posted: September 13, 2018, 10:31 AM

Call for Submissions: Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository

Share your online teaching practices with the world!

The Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository (TOPR) announced a call for submissions for new entries from now until September 15, 2018. Sponsored by University of Central Florida's (UCF) Center...

Posted: September 4, 2018, 11:57 AM

New Feature: People Search

Still In Testing... Feedback Appreciated

You can now search for people in the search bar of myUMBC. We'll see how well this works over the next week or so and may need to make adjustments based on feedback. Enjoy your weekend!

Posted: August 31, 2018, 4:20 PM

New Applying the Quality Matters Rubric Workshops Scheduled

Towson and Salisbury extend invitations to other USM Schools

Salisbury and Towson invite USM faculty and staff to join them for an Applying the Quality Matters Rubric (APPQMR) workshop. In this workshop attendees will learn to use the nationally...

Posted: August 30, 2018, 11:31 AM

Grade Anywhere with Blackboard Instructor Mobile App

Save time & stay connect with students!

Escape your office, save some trees, and head to the coffee shop for a nice latte. Then pull out your iPad because mobile grading for Blackboard assignments is here! If you have a virtual pile...

Posted: August 27, 2018, 3:28 PM

Boot Camps Prepare Faculty for New Bb Course Interface

Almost everything needed to know about the new Blackboard!

About thirty faculty and staff attended two boot camps focused on the new Blackboard course interface before the FA2018 semester started. Informed by a SP18 Ultra experience faculty pilot, the...