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UDL at the Heart: Designing Learning with Every Student in Mind

Small design changes. Massive student impact.

Students don't all learn in the same way. They bring different experiences, strengths, needs, expectations, technologies, and approaches to learning into our courses. Yet many course designs still...

Posted: September 8, 2026, 10:00 AM

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[Online-Insights] 5 Ways to Co-Create Communication Norms

Establish expectations early to build community and trust

Every student arrives in an online course with their own sense of what "respectful" or "professional" communication looks like, shaped by culture, prior schooling, workplace norms, and plenty of...

Posted: September 3, 2026, 3:45 PM

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Build Career-Ready Skills with Google Career Certificates 🚀

Build skills, explore a career, or strengthen your résumé

Through UMBC’s partnership with Google and higher education partners, eligible students, alumni, faculty, and staff can access online, self-paced professional certificate programs designed to help...

Posted: September 2, 2026, 8:25 AM

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HPC Drop-in office hours

To all chip users, We are pleased to announce that the High-Performance Computing Facility (HPCF) is launching new drop-in office hours to provide more direct support for the chip cluster...

Posted: September 1, 2026, 3:08 PM

5 Things to Check After Blackboard Ally Gives You the Green Light

Ally catches a lot. A few important checks still need you.

You launched the Ally course accessibility report, worked through the flagged issues, and watched your score climb to 85% or higher. Green across the board! It feels like the job is done. But a...

Posted: September 1, 2026, 2:59 PM

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August HPCF Newsletter

Happy end of August everyone! I'm writing to give everyone an update regarding the UMBC HPCF and other Research Computing projects currently undertaken by DoIT during the month of August....

Posted: August 31, 2026, 3:18 PM

Celebrating Chris Moss: Calm Under Stage Pressure

Ensuring every graduate shines at Commencement.

We are proud to announce that Christopher (Chris) Moss has been awarded the DoIT Gritty Award for his tireless, high-stakes coordination of UMBC’s Commencement ceremonies and his incredible...

Posted: August 31, 2026, 1:10 PM

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Progress in Motion: Sites Digital Accessibility Update

Celebrating campus wins and keeping the momentum strong!

Thank you to everyone involved in our website remediation process! This is a team effort that is actively making our websites easier for everyone to use. Thanks to the hard work of webmasters and...

Posted: August 27, 2026, 10:00 PM

August 25th chip and RRStor Downtime Completed

To all chip users, The downtime for the chip cluster scheduled for August 25th has been successfully completed, and the cluster is now back online and accessible. We appreciate your patience...

Posted: August 25, 2026, 4:42 PM