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Changes to myUMBC for August 19, 2010

Backend tweaks and a rant about magic tricks or something...

Well... not exactly nothing, just mostly behind the scenes changes.  Nothing I will bore you with. Two things though: We changed how myUMBC logs you out a bit to try and resolve some problems...

Posted: August 20, 2010, 1:24 AM

Changes to myUMBC for August 18, 2010

Attack of the Numbers!

Things are moving along nicely and we're slowly but surely ironing out kinks in myUMBC.  Thanks for everyone who's sent us feedback. Its invaluable. We can't fix what we don't know is broken....

Posted: August 19, 2010, 2:21 AM

Changes to myUMBC for August 17, 2010

A What's New Guide! and bug fixes

People are still getting used to the new myUMBC and finding things we've missed, so we spent most of the day fixing problems and answering questions.  We do have a few updates though: What's New...

Posted: August 18, 2010, 1:49 AM

Changes to myUMBC for August 16, 2010

Now in a variety of colors! AND Everybody's a critic!

Thanks for all of the feedback so far, we're listening and doing the best we can to make everybody happy. Its not easy, but we're trying. We couldn't do too much today as we spent most of the day...

Posted: August 17, 2010, 1:04 AM

Changes to myUMBC for August 15, 2010

Early Morning Edition

So, some of you may have noticed that the new myUMBC is NOW LIVE!! We're pretty freakin' excited about it, and have received a lot of positive feedback.  The most negative thing we've heard a few...

Posted: August 15, 2010, 9:02 AM

Computer Replacement Initiative Deployment Delayed

Due to circumstances beyond the control of DoIT, installation of computers as part of the Computer Replacement Initiative (CRI) has been delayed until the end of September. This deployment had...

Posted: August 13, 2010, 12:41 PM

Google Apps for UMBC is Here

We are excited to announce that beginning August 30th, faculty, staff and students can opt-in to the new Google@UMBC environment. Google Apps is a package of online applications that makes...

Posted: August 12, 2010, 8:02 PM

Changes to myUMBC for August 11, 2010

If you like it then you shoulda put a bow on it!

Today's phrase was "put a bow on it", meaning, lets wrap this myUMBC thing up and call it done.  And we did. From this point forward, no more new features, just fleshing out some missing content...

Posted: August 12, 2010, 1:48 AM

Changes to myUMBC for August 9 & 10, 2010

A Two-fer!? And boy is it ever!

I was lazy last night (read: sleep deprived) and didn't write a post, so you get all of yesterday's goodness mixed in with today's: Start - The new Start page has been enabled.  We hope you like...

Posted: August 10, 2010, 11:43 PM

Blackboard Down for Maintenance from 10 pm Fri. 8/13...

Full Title: Blackboard Down for Maintenance from 10 pm Fri. 8/13 to 1 am Sat. 8/14The UMBC Blackboard server will be down for three hours of scheduled maintenance starting this Friday, August 13,...

Posted: August 9, 2010, 6:32 PM