Updates from DoIT:
Upgrade Alert: RT 6 Has Arrived!
Modern, Faster, and Built for Your Best Work
You may have heard the news: RT is better, shinier, and faster than ever before! The move to RT 6 brings a more intuitive experience to our daily workflows. While there are plenty of technical...
Posted: May 5, 2026, 1:55 PM
April HPCF Newsletter
Hi everyone, I'm writing to give everyone an update regarding the UMBC HPCF and other Research Computing projects currently undertaken by DoIT. Summary Critical Vulnerability Patched...
Posted: May 5, 2026, 10:20 AM
Redesigned Groups, Cascading Release Conditions in the May Ultra Update
Smarter tools for course design and student support
Have you ever spent more time wrestling with Blackboard's Groups tool than actually designing the group work itself, especially in a large course? The May Ultra update delivers meaningful...
Posted: May 5, 2026, 9:03 AM
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
The Final Cut: Rithik Kavanakudy Reflects on a Legacy of Digital Storytelling
A Graduating DoIT Student Employee Story
Rithik Kavanakudy, a UMBC student majoring in Media Communication Studies and Information Systems, shares his enriching internship experience on the Division of Information Technology’s (DoIT)...
Posted: April 29, 2026, 9:52 AM
Blackboard's Groups tool gets a major redesign that makes managing students faster and easier
Preview it on our test server before it goes live on May 20
Have you ever wrestled with Blackboard's group management -- spending too many clicks trying to organize students, waiting for pages to load in large courses, or losing track of who's assigned...
Posted: April 27, 2026, 10:49 AM
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
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
James Hyatt: A Digital Story of Growth, Confidence, and Professional Readiness
A Graduating DoIT Student Employee Story
James Hyatt, a UMBC senior studying Media and Communications, has been an important member of the Division of Information Technology’s (DoIT) Communications team. His journey working for DoIT...
Posted: April 16, 2026, 4:45 PM
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