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RT 4.4.1 Upgrade Completed

The RT upgrade from 4.2 to 4.4 has been completed. Special thanks to Paul Riddle and Jeremy Gude for making this happen. The system may seem a little slow initially as the system rebuilds...

Posted: January 6, 2017, 6:11 PM

Attention TechSmith Mac Users

Server Upgrade Requires Mac Recorder Update

On Tuesday, January 10, from 8:00 - 11:00 AM, DoIT will be performing server maintenance to upgrade our software to version 5.1.2. The update is necessary to remove QuickTime from the server...

Posted: January 6, 2017, 10:37 AM

First Day of Class Getting Started Webinar Series (Clickers)

Webinars being offered by Turning Technologies

Turning Technologies will be offering a series of getting started webinars before the beginning of the spring semester.These 30-minute webinars are designed to assist you with student registration...

Posted: January 5, 2017, 12:16 PM

MCS students and DHMH produce Overdose Prevention series

During the Fall 2016 semester, the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's Overdose Prevention Office worked with MCS television production students at UMBC to interview stakeholders...

Posted: December 21, 2016, 2:03 PM

2016-12-22 RT Scheduled Downtime

Please be aware that RT will be down for systems patching from 5pm - 6pm on Thursday 12-22-2016. For a full list of services being patched please see myUMBC post from DoIT's Senior Director of...

Posted: December 20, 2016, 11:41 AM

System Patching Thursday December 22nd starting at 5:00pm

As part of our ongoing commitment to security, the Unix Infrastructure group will be conducting its quarterly system patching on Thursday, December 22nd from 5pm to 11pm.  While many systems will...

Posted: December 20, 2016, 11:17 AM

LDAP-Master and Webadmin downtime on 12/22

On Thursday, December 22nd starting at 2pm LDAP-Master and Webadmin will be taken down for system maintenance.  During this time account creations and password changes will be unavailable. ...

Posted: December 14, 2016, 11:01 AM

RT 4.4.1 development ready for testing

Testers needed for RT 4.4.1 upgrade

The work for preparing our upgrade from RT 4.2.11 to RT 4.4.1 is ready for testing. The actual upgrade to production is scheduled for the January 6, 2017 weekend starting Friday evening beginning...

Posted: December 7, 2016, 3:47 PM

DEADLINE EXTENDED TechFest 2017: Submit Your Proposal Today!

Share your favorite technologies with the UMBC Community

Last year, the Instructional Technology team held UMBC’s first TechFest. TechFest is designed to bring together UMBC students, faculty, and staff to share their favorite technologies with the...

Posted: December 7, 2016, 12:34 PM

Using Blackboard to Leverage Lynda.com

Assign, Evaluate Prerequisite Skills with Adaptive Release

As announced earlier this semester, DoIT and Visual Arts have partnered on a one-year license to Lynda.com, the popular online software training platform. However, short of simply recommending...

Posted: December 6, 2016, 4:41 PM