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New Communication Tower Being Built

DoIT is pleased to announce that in early August the new communications tower began construction. This comes after many years of work to replace the tower that is now behind courthouse. The...

Posted: August 3, 2016, 10:29 AM

DoIT's Technology Support Center Now 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 2, 2016, 11:33 AM

LDAP-Master and Webadmin downtime on 8/9/2016

On Tuesday, August 9th 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.  Account...

Posted: August 1, 2016, 1:57 PM

Call for Proposals: USM Gamification Symposium

Explore how games boost engagement & enhance learning

Do you have a story you’d like to share about gamifying a course? Would you like to immerse others in some aspect of game playing? Have you tried gamifying a course and want to share what didn’t...

Posted: July 29, 2016, 1:52 PM

DoIT Lends a Helping Hand With Community Service

Outreach at the Therapeutic & Recreational Riding Center

Earlier this summer, members from the Instructional Technology team devoted their time with community outreach at the Therapeutic & Recreational Riding Center (TRRC). The center provides...

Posted: July 19, 2016, 11:20 AM

Humanities Scholars explore Baltimore micro-cultures

During the fall semester of 2015, students in seminar HUM 120 "Documenting Culture in Baltimore" explored three businesses along Baltimore's Paca Street. In this course, first-year Humanities...

Posted: July 17, 2016, 10:21 AM

MCS Production Fellows document Refugee Youth Project

In the spring of 2016, students from MCS 484 "MCS Production Fellows" worked with the Refugee Youth Project to create three videos highlighting their work.  RYP provides after-school, summer...

Posted: July 16, 2016, 12:25 PM

RT Feature Highlight: Articles

Save time typing common phrases and canned responses in RT

Chances are there are things you have found yourself typing over and over again RT. If you type them enough, you may have even come up with various methods to save time typing them whether it be a...

Posted: July 14, 2016, 11:45 AM

"Mill Stories" documentary wins Telly Award

The film, "Mill Stories: Remembering Sparrows Point Steel Mill," co-produced by the UMBC New Media Studio and Maryland Traditions, has been named a Bronze winner by the 37th Annual Telly...

Posted: July 13, 2016, 10:04 AM

Setting New Technology Standards in Existing Seminar Rooms

How AV services can upgrade your seminar room technology

In the Information Technology and Engineering Building (ITE), room 325B was just a simple conference room. Equipped with just a projector and a single VGA cable for input, the connectivity options...

Posted: July 11, 2016, 7:00 AM