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Downtime Complete

To all users, We have successfully patched a critical vulnerability on the system. Jobs that were running were cancelled. We understand this is frustrating and we sincerely apologize for the...

Posted: April 30, 2026, 8:37 PM

Emergency Downtime: Critical Vulnerability

To all users: We will be taking an emergency downtime to patch a critical vulnerability that was announced this morning. During this time users will not be able to login. You should also expect...

Posted: April 30, 2026, 3:29 PM

Raise a FA26 Bb Course Ally Score by Fixing the Prior Version

"Strive for 85" with Digital Accessibility

As announced last month, UMBC is working toward a campus-wide goal of highly accessible courses by the end of 2026. To help, DoIT recommends that faculty identify accessibility gaps in prior...

Posted: April 22, 2026, 3:23 PM

UMBC "Strive for 85" Ally Course Accessibility Goal

myUMBC Groups: We Heard You and We've Been Busy

A new editor, accessibility, scheduling, archiving, more...

If you manage a myUMBC group, you've probably noticed some things look a little different lately. We've been working on a big round of improvements to the editor and groups experience, and I...

Posted: April 22, 2026, 7:00 AM

SU2026 Courses Created in Blackboard on April 16, 2026

New Process To Request Merged Course Shells

Blackboard course shells for Summer 2026 were created on April 16, 2026. All Summer 2026 courses listed in the UMBC Schedule of Classes (SOC), regardless of designation as lecture, lab, etc, or...

Posted: April 16, 2026, 12:37 PM

Sun with "Bb" initials for Blackboard

Unscheduled Downtime Resolved

To all chip users, The RRStor filesystem has been restored. We thank you for you patience while we worked on this issue.  If you notice any further complications, please send an RT ticket...

Posted: April 16, 2026, 10:55 AM