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New Door Access System

Many people don't know that there is an entire infrastructure of hardware and software behind all the electronic locks that are in use across campus. Whenever someone swipes their UMBC ID in a...

Posted: August 3, 2010, 3:23 PM

New Scantron Forms For Fall

Starting this Fall, the Department of Information Technology will begin using new, green Scantron test scoring sheets that have been customized for UMBC. These forms utilize Campus IDs for...

Posted: August 3, 2010, 2:42 PM

Changes to myUMBC for August 2, 2010

Group Subscriptions, Tweaks, and Bug Fixes

We just posted an update with the following changes: Group Subscriptions - Groups can now subscribe to other groups. When you subscribe, your group will pull in the public content from the group...

Posted: August 2, 2010, 10:27 PM

myUMBC Groups-a-Go-Go

Almost on Schedule.... Like Any Good IT Project. 🙂

If you're reading this, the group works! Thanks for taking a second to check out the myUMBC Fan Club group.  We're going to use this group as our way to stay connected to you UMBC community. So...

Posted: July 31, 2010, 9:08 PM

DoIT Extends Summer Blackboard 9.1 Dropin Sessions -...

Full Title: DoIT Extends Summer Blackboard 9.1 Dropin Sessions - Aug & Sept.Now that the upgrade to Blackboard 9.1 has been completed and summer faculty are using the new version, DoIT is...

Posted: July 26, 2010, 3:48 PM

DoIT Linux GL servers and Linux Lab Image for Fall 2010

The DoIT Linux lab workstations and GL Linux login servers will continue to run Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 for the Fall 2010 Semester. Release notes, additional information and updates can be...

Posted: July 19, 2010, 10:11 AM

EDUCAUSE Next Gen Learning Initiative to Focus on...

Full Title: EDUCAUSE Next Gen Learning Initiative to Focus on College Readiness and Completion7/14/10 UPDATE EDUCAUSE has moved the first program briefing scheduled for today to July 27 at 4 p.m....

Posted: July 12, 2010, 11:13 AM

Take a Two-Week, Online Course in "How to Teach an...

Full Title: Take a Two-Week, Online Course in "How to Teach an Online Course"Since most faculty teach the way they were taught--and most weren't taught online--the best way to start is to first...

Posted: July 7, 2010, 6:41 PM

Blackboard Down for Maintenance from 10 pm Fri. 7/2...

Full Title: Blackboard Down for Maintenance from 10 pm Fri. 7/2 to 1 am Sat. 7/3The UMBC Blackboard server will be down for three hours of scheduled maintenance starting this Friday, July 2, at 10...

Posted: June 30, 2010, 4:43 PM