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Print a Rubric for Saving or Grading in Blackboard’s November Update

Also available: Find any student in a group set

It’s week eight, and a student emails asking to move to a new project team. Every student in your 30-person group set is already assigned, so finding her means opening group after group until her...

Posted: October 29, 2026, 11:07 AM

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October 27th chip and RRStor Downtime Completed

To all chip users, The downtime for the chip cluster scheduled for October 27th has been completed, and the cluster is now back online and accessible. We appreciate your patience while we...

Posted: October 27, 2026, 6:02 PM

6 Ways to Make Humanities Content More Accessible

The text matters. So does whether students can reach it.

A student pulls up the assigned primary source the night before class: a scanned nineteenth-century pamphlet, photographed at an angle, half the page lost in shadow. She can make out maybe...

Posted: October 27, 2026, 12:00 PM

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Before You Snooze

Why security updates should not wait

When an update interrupts your work, “remind me later” can be tempting. But software updates are not only about new features. Many contain fixes for security weaknesses in your operating system,...

Posted: October 26, 2026, 1:00 PM

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Fix Your Content Day: A campus-wide day of course accessibility fixes

November 10th: 1,600 fixes. 160 courses. One day.

Fix Your Content Day is a campus-wide accessibility sprint happening on November 10, 2026. For one day, faculty and staff across UMBC will come together, virtually and in person, to tackle...

Posted: October 22, 2026, 10:00 AM

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Drop In Office Hours Cancelled Today

To all chip users, Please be advised that today's drop in office hours have been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience that this has caused. As always, you can still reach us virtually...

Posted: October 22, 2026, 8:37 AM

Upgrade & Downtime: RT System

Scheduled maintenance & security updates

Planned System Maintenance Notice Date: October 21, 2026 Time: 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM EDT Please be advised that the RT system will undergo scheduled maintenance tonight from 9:00 PM to 11:00...

Posted: October 21, 2026, 1:30 PM

SECURITY ADVISORY: PHP Updates Needed for Web Systems

Action Required: Keep Campus Websites Secure and Operational

What is Happening? Newly identified safety flaws have been discovered in PHP—the underlying engine that powers a massive portion of the web, including publishing tools like WordPress, Drupal,...

Posted: October 21, 2026, 12:56 PM