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FA2025 Instructional Technology Update

The UMBC Instructional Technology Update is provided by the Division of Information Technology for students, faculty and staff. If you have questions or need help, please consult the Blackboard...

Posted: August 12, 2025, 12:46 PM

Meet AVA: Blackboard’s AI-Powered Virtual Assistant for Faculty

AVA supports feedback and frequently asked student questions

This fall, UMBC faculty will have the opportunity to test Blackboard’s new AI Virtual Assistant (AVA), a suite of tools designed to support common teaching tasks.  AVA Feedback Assistant will...

Posted: August 12, 2025, 12:29 PM

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New Online Form Available to Request Merge of Blackboard Course Shells

Improved Process Supports Instructor Course Management

DoIT is pleased to announce a new form to help faculty manage their Blackboard course shells with greater efficiency. As part of our ongoing updates to the course creation and enrollment process,...

Posted: August 11, 2025, 4:47 PM

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UMBC to Migrate from Panopto to YuJa by March 2026

New video platform offers captioning, quizzing, analytics

As part of a campus-wide upgrade to its video capture and media management tools, UMBC will begin transitioning from Panopto to YuJa starting this fall. The migration will run through March 25,...

Posted: August 11, 2025, 3:41 PM

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Quarterly Patching Downtimes - 8/15 & 9/13

As part of our ongoing commitment to security, the Unix Infrastructure group will be conducting its quarterly system patching on Friday, August 15th and Saturday, September 13th.  While many of...

Posted: August 11, 2025, 11:00 AM

Reminder: New Webex site URL for Students

The site URL for students within Webex will change on 8/11

Effective 8/11/2025, all students will transition to a new site for Webex meetings: umbc-students.webex.com  The functionalities and features of this new site URL will remain consistent with...

Posted: August 7, 2025, 9:50 AM

System Downtime

To All PeopleSoft Finance / PAW / Travel System Users

To All PeopleSoft Finance / PAW / Travel System Users, Please note that the Finance system will be down for a planned quarterly PeopleSoft update from Friday, August 8th, at 5:00 PM,...

Posted: August 5, 2025, 1:20 PM

Southwest Promotion

If you’re planning university-related travel between July 18, 2025, and October 31, 2025, you could earn up to 10,000 Rapid Rewards® bonus points with Southwest Airlines—points that also count...

Posted: August 4, 2025, 10:16 AM