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Bb Collaborate Down for Maintenance 10 pm 3/2 - 4 am 3/3

Blackboard Collaborate has published the following notice about their server maintenance scheduled for Saturday, March 2 at 10 pm.  UMBC faculty and students should note that both sessions and...

Posted: February 25, 2013, 5:11 PM

Scantron Test Scoring: Top 10 Best Practices

This is a reminder to the campus that DoIT offers Scantron Test Scanning and Scoring for grading of multiple choice exams or surveys. Jim Keys has put together this “Top 10 Best Practices” list...

Posted: February 21, 2013, 12:43 PM

Student Faculty Ratios by Term – New Report

This report provides ratios of both plans and full-time equivalent (FTE) students per instructional faculty, presented by college and organization. Ratios are presented per full-time, total,...

Posted: February 21, 2013, 11:35 AM

DoIT & Blackboard Sponsor March 8 Focus Groups

UMBC is always looking for ways to gather feedback from our Faculty and Students. We would like to invite you to join a focus group on Friday March 8th to discuss your experience with Blackboard,...

Posted: February 21, 2013, 12:10 AM

Blackboard Down for Maintenance 10 pm 2/22 to 1 am 2/23

UPDATE: Bb service was restored by 11:20 pm 2/22. ----------- The UMBC Blackboard server will be down from 10 pm Friday 2/22 to 1 am Saturday 2/23.  This down time is during the regularly...

Posted: February 18, 2013, 9:01 AM

Known Issue: Blackboard System Being Restarted 2/16

Over the weekend, DoIT has received reports from campus users of issues with the Blackboard system.  Most of these reports involved quizzes or other assessments not loading when students clicked...

Posted: February 16, 2013, 8:54 PM

SCEQ Profile report is now available

The SCEQ (Student Course Evaluation Questionnaire) Profile report is now available in REX. Breadcrumbs are: Home >> Census Data > SCEQ. We will continue to have these reports available...

Posted: February 11, 2013, 4:32 PM

Two-hour Disruption of UMBC Student Administration Today

UMBC’s Student Administration System had a service interruption today that lasted  approximately 2.5 hours.  As of 2 p.m. today, service to the Student Administration system has been restored and...

Posted: February 8, 2013, 3:28 PM

Blackboard Offering 2 New Webinars on Gradecenter & Rubrics

Meet the Gradecenter, 2/11 & The Rewards of Rubrics, 2/18

Blackboard is offering two free, 1-hour webinars that may be of interest to UMBC faculty.  The first is titled "Meet the Grade Center" and will be held on Monday, Feb. 11 at 1 PM.  This will cover...

Posted: February 8, 2013, 2:05 PM

Blackboard Down for Maintenance 10 pm- midnight, Mon 2/11

The UMBC Blackboard server will be down from 10 pm - midnight  Monday, Feb. 11.  This down time is outside the regularly scheduled maintenance window but is necessary in order to fix a known bug...

Posted: February 8, 2013, 11:18 AM