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Educause Publishes Video Demo of UMBC "Check My...

Full Title: Educause Publishes Video Demo of UMBC "Check My Activity" Tool for Students The final 2010 issue of EDUCAUSE Quarterly includes a brief (5 minute) video demo of UMBC's "Check My...

Posted: February 4, 2011, 12:58 PM

Student Access to Blackboard Courses

Students must be officially registered in a UMBC course via myUMBC in order to be auto enrolled in a Bb course shell. Auto enrollment takes place multiple times daily, so students will appear in...

Posted: January 25, 2011, 4:48 PM

Known Issue: Bb Course Auto Enrollment (RESOLVED)

The auto enrollment script that takes students who are officially enrolled in SA and places them into the corresponding Blackboard course shell stopped working on Thursday, Jan. 13. It was...

Posted: January 25, 2011, 4:38 PM

Update and Tips on Blackboard Faculty Support

As I announced this past summer, DoIT is no longer using Presidium Learning for Blackboard faculty support (it is intended only for 24/7 support of students). Instead, DoIT's Help Desk and...

Posted: January 25, 2011, 4:11 PM

Known Issue: Instructors Can't Import Bb Course Over 250MB

DoIT has confirmed a known issue that affects faculty trying to export an old Blackboard course and import it into a new, empty shell: The export works fine, but if the resulting file is larger...

Posted: January 24, 2011, 11:29 PM

Blackboard Down for Maintenance from 10 pm Fri. 1/21...

Full Title: Blackboard Down for Maintenance from 10 pm Fri. 1/21 to 1 am Sat. 1/22The UMBC Blackboard server will be down for three hours of scheduled maintenance starting this Friday, January 21,...

Posted: January 21, 2011, 7:43 AM

SP 2011 Blackboard Drop-in Sessions

DoIT is offering drop in Blackboard Drop-in sessions to assist and help faculty prepare for the spring semester. The following one hour drop in sessions will be held in Engineering 025. DoIT...

Posted: January 12, 2011, 4:48 PM

UMBC Blackboard Update: WT2011

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

Posted: December 3, 2010, 4:27 PM

FYI: EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 1/12 - 1/14

The 9th Annual EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference will be held at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel from January 12 -14, 2011. This year's conference is titled "Setting a New Course...

Posted: December 3, 2010, 3:55 PM

WT2011 & SP2011 Bb Course Shells Created 12/1

Bb course shells for both WT and SP 2011 were created on Dec. 1, and will continue to be updated daily. Bb shells were created for all courses (designated as lecture, lab, or discussion) listed in...

Posted: December 3, 2010, 12:46 PM