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New Course Management Features in Poll Everywhere

Available for all presenters on Jan. 6th

On Jan. 6th, Poll Everywhere will launch a new course management feature to simplify how instructors use polling and to improve the process of synchronizing grade data with Blackboard's...

Posted: November 25, 2024, 8:01 AM

Omega

Omega is no longer a preferred travel agency of UMBC

Effective immediately, Omega is no longer a UMBC’s preferred travel agency for university-related travel. While any existing bookings with Omega will be honored, we encourage all future travel...

Posted: November 22, 2024, 2:05 PM

Downtime

PS Finance, Approx. 3 hours on Friday, 11/22/24 @ 5PM

To All PeopleSoft Finance / PAW / Travel System Users, Please note that the Finance system will be down for quarterly system maintenance.  The system will be down Friday, November 22nd,...

Posted: November 22, 2024, 12:38 PM

WT/SP2025 Courses Created in Blackboard on November 22, 2024

Prepare your Ultra courses for the upcoming term

Blackboard course shells for WT/SP2025 were created on November 22, 2024. All courses now use Ultra per our earlier announcement.  Course Materials Publisher Integration Updates in December...

Posted: November 22, 2024, 12:36 PM

Quarterly patching downtime - 11/22 & 12/7

As part of our ongoing commitment to security, the Unix Infrastructure group will be conducting its quarterly system patching on Friday, November 22nd and Saturday, December 7th.  While many of...

Posted: November 22, 2024, 8:25 AM

DoIT Gritty Award Announcement

Congratulations Eric Ludy

We are proud to announce that Eric Ludy has been awarded the DoIT Gritty Award for his exceptional work in managing the complex Federal Student Aid system changes to UMBC's Peoplesoft Campus...

Posted: November 21, 2024, 11:53 AM

Travel updates and Holiday Cutoffs.

Travel Travel Services: Travel Inquiries Please direct all travel-related inquiries to TravelServicesAP@umbc.edu, a shared inbox monitored by the Business Services team. To ensure timely...

Posted: November 20, 2024, 10:26 AM

Scheduling Downtime for ada GPU Cluster

To all HPCF Users, On Wednesday Nov 27 from 0900-1200, the ada cluster will be taken offline. During this time, DoIT will be physically installing new GPU hardware. General notes for...

Posted: November 19, 2024, 10:35 AM

Downtime complete

To all HPCF Users: We have completed the required maintenance as a part of this downtime. Keep an eye out for correspondence from hpcf-admin@umbc.edu. DoIT will be working with a number of...

Posted: November 14, 2024, 11:41 AM