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Last Call to Register for Techfest!

Learn new skills! Win prizes! Sign up today!

On Wednesday, March 9, from 11:30am - 1:30pm, DoIT's Instructional Technology team is sponsoring Techfest in the University Center (rooms UC 310, UC 312, and the UC Lounge) to bring the campus...

Posted: March 3, 2016, 9:35 AM

Quarterly Patching Friday March 11th beginning at 6:00pm

As part of our ongoing commitment to security, the Unix Infrastructure group will be conducting its quarterly system patching on Friday March 11th beginning at 6:00pm.  While many of the systems...

Posted: March 2, 2016, 4:25 PM

And the Winner Is...

Workshop Topic for March

You voted and the winner for the workshop that will be held in March is... Lesser Known Blackboard Tips & Tricks  Please complete this Doodle poll and vote for the date(s) and time(s)...

Posted: February 29, 2016, 11:17 AM

An Out Of The Box Solution To Shared Files

How Box.com Solved UAA's File Storage Dilemma

In the autumn of 2012, the Office of Undergraduate Education (OUE), a unit in the Division of Undergraduate Academic Affairs (UAA), accepted the limitations of its shared drives, much like...

Posted: February 26, 2016, 5:03 PM

Raley, Kelly Named Employees of Quarter

1st non-exempt, exempt EOQ recipients from same dept.

DoIT would like to recognize our own Pamela Raley and Ed Kelly for receiving the Employee of the Quarter (EOQ) award. The EOQ program recognizes the outstanding qualities and contributions of...

Posted: February 24, 2016, 1:03 PM

Vote for the Workshop Held in March!

What workshop would you like to attend in March?

Please select up to THREE topics you would like to see featured as our March workshop.  The choices are:  1. Assessing Your Learners in Blackboard  2. Blackboard Collaborate 3....

Posted: February 22, 2016, 3:01 PM

Plan Counts report has been modified

The Plan Counts report has been modified to allow selection of the current registering terms. If you require past terms, the link 'Earlier Census Terms' has been placed above the table on the...

Posted: February 19, 2016, 12:43 PM

Downtime Saturday 2/20 at 9:00am for myUMBC, Sites and Wiki

We will taking downtime this Saturday morning at 9:00am for MyUMBC, our sites and wiki web environment starting at 9am. We expect each system to be down for a few minutes, and all work should be...

Posted: February 19, 2016, 11:26 AM