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Improved course management tools for Ultra in September

Preview new AI course design assistant tools also coming

As the fall semester starts, the next update for Ultra courses brings improvements to the course management tools and a new stock image resource for course banners. Additionally, faculty will also...

Posted: August 31, 2023, 1:37 PM

Support student success with Ultra’s progress tracking tools

Discover how and when students engage with course content

The success of students in a Blackboard course is often dependent on their level of engagement and their ability to stay on track with course content and assignments. As an instructor, it's...

Posted: August 30, 2023, 9:11 AM

DoIT gl.umbc.edu Server to Require Duo MFA

GL (gl.umbc.edu) is UMBC's student general access Unix system which is often used for classes. Now that all faculty, staff and students are enrolled in Duo, beginning today, logging in to GL...

Posted: August 29, 2023, 4:28 PM

Mastering Blackboard Ultra Gradebook & New Flexible Grading

Best Practices to Prep Your Ultra Gradebook for the Semester

Allocating time to configure the Ultra gradebook before the semester starts can support efficient grading throughout the semester. In the recent Gradebook Hacks: 5 Tips to Prep for the Semester...

Posted: August 29, 2023, 8:47 AM

Baltimore County Public Schools Joins the Cyber Range

MIIC announces that BCPS has joined the Cyber Range

The Maryland Institute for Innovative Computing (MIIC) is pleased to announce that Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS) is now the newest member of the Maryland Education Cyber Range initiative,...

Posted: August 23, 2023, 4:04 PM

Scheduled Downtime of taki Cluster Completed

To all taki users, The taki downtime scheduled for today from 0800-1700 has completed. We have updated the operating system and cluster management software stack. We have run some small jobs...

Posted: August 22, 2023, 5:57 PM

REX Now Available - Maintenance Complete

The REX maintenance has been completed and REX is now available. As a reminder, as part of this upgrade we renamed the servers. What this means to you. If you have bookmarked links to...

Posted: August 19, 2023, 8:45 PM

Reminder: Downtime on taki Tuesday August 22

EDIT: Sorry for confusion (taki downtime scheduled for Tuesday August 22) See myUMBC Posting: https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/hpcf/posts/134453 for background. System Administrators will be...

Posted: August 18, 2023, 8:58 AM