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DoIT Organizational Leadershop Changes

Over the last year, we’ve been reviewing the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) organizational structure and focusing on building a broad and strong leadership team. As part of this effort...

Posted: October 26, 2014, 1:22 PM

UMBC Achieves InCommon Bronze Certification

UMBC has become the third higher-education organization in the country to become certified for the Bronze Identity Assurance Profile under the InCommon Assurance Program. InCommon developed...

Posted: October 25, 2014, 2:42 PM

Alternate Delivery Program Call for Participation Released

Hybrid/Online Course Redesign for Summer and Winter Courses

Faculty who are interested in effective hybrid course delivery are invited to submit a proposal for this innovative faculty support program. The Alternate Delivery Program (ADP)...

Posted: October 22, 2014, 10:34 AM

Active GEP and GFR Classes report updated

The Active GEP and GFR Classes report has been modified to allow for the selection of GEP/GFR/both.  A parameter has been added to indicate whether transfer courses should be included in the...

Posted: October 21, 2014, 3:13 PM

Reminder-Clicker Orders Due to Bookstore by October 24!

Faculty who plan to use clickers for instruction during the ​​Spring 2015 semester will need to have device order(s) submitted to the Bookstore no later than Friday, October 24, 2014. This...

Posted: October 21, 2014, 9:09 AM

VPN malfunctioning after Mac OS X Yosemite upgrade

If you routinely use the UMBC VPN (https://vpn.umbc.edu) and are a Apple Mac user we would strongly recommend waiting and not upgrading to the new OSX Yosemite that came out this past Thursday...

Posted: October 18, 2014, 10:02 PM

Server downtime on October 26th from 8:00am to 12:00 noon

DoIT will be moving several servers to a different location within our data center to provide them with better cooling and to utilize our space and power more efficiently. In order to accomplish...

Posted: October 15, 2014, 8:01 AM

Revamped Alternate Delivery Program Coming Soon

Hybrid/Online Course Redesign for Summer and Winter Courses

If you've considered converting an traditional, face-to-face course for either hybrid or fully online delivery, 2015 could very well be your year!  A new, revamped Alternate Delivery Program will...

Posted: October 9, 2014, 9:38 PM

UPS Malfunction Impacts Campus IT Services

On Wednesday, 10/8/2014, at approximately 10:10 the Engineering building data center suffered a brief power outage. This occurred during routine maintenance of our Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS)...

Posted: October 8, 2014, 12:52 PM

Mocko Named TSC Acting Coordinator

Effective today, Andrea Mocko has agreed to serve as acting coordinator of the Technology Support Center (TSC). Andrea has worked as a full-time specialist since summer of 2012, but has supervised...

Posted: October 6, 2014, 9:10 AM