May 1: FA2013 Lab & Lecture Hall Software Requests Deadline Need that certain something installed?
In order to load all lab and lecture hall PCs with our standard set of software (known as an "image"), all requests for additions or changes for Fall 2013 must be received by Wednesday, May 1. For Spring 2014, the lab & lecture hall software "image" deadline is Tuesday, October 1. All software requests must be made each semester (they do not carry over from semester to semester).
To be added to the lab & lecture hall image, DoIT must have the following:
  • Proof of purchase/licenses
  • Media and software installation instructions
Please submit an RT ticket containing the required information or contact 410.455.3838 and a Technology Support Center (TSC) staff member will assist you. If the request is not received by the deadline, there is no guarantee the requested software will be made available.

For an instructor-only demo of software, please use a laptop. If you don't have a laptop, you can reserve and pick up one at AV Services (020 ENGR Bldg).

If you need software installed on the lab image for a one-time purpose (for example, a 2-day workshop in which all users need access to the software), the request should be submitted no less than six (6) weeks prior to the first lab reservation for that class. The software will be removed once you are done.

An e-mail confirmation of the RT ticket will be sent to the requester once the software is installed, typically 1-2 week(s) before the first use of the software; faculty/instructors need to then test the software to ensure everything is working as expected for class. Support for the software is the responsibility of the instructor or department who requested that the software be installed.

Again, proof of purchase and/or license must be provided for as many copies as will be needed for the students in the class. We cannot install software without appropriate proof of licensing.

Although DoIT will make a reasonable effort to get all software packages to work, we can not guarantee that they will. Some packages may not function because of the network, computer hardware, and lab setup. DoIT cannot be held responsible for software that does not work by class time. 

Additional information on this process can be found here.

Please contact the TSC at 410.455.3838 if you have any additional questions.
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Just a reminder that REX will be down today, Thursday, March 21, from 2 pm until Friday, March 22 at 8:30 am for system maintenance.  We will send out another email when REX is available.  This does not affect the Financial reports (T-REX).

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Kevin

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NOTE: Only the email domains below will be affected by this change. Email sent to username@umbc.edu and previously exempted email domains will remain unaffected.

Legacy Email Domains to Be Discontinued on April 4, 2013

In some situations these legacy email domains may have been published thus making continued delivery important to an individual. If you would like to continue delivery of one or more of these legacy email domains please submit a ticket requesting your email be exempted from the changes going into effect on April 4, 2013.

If you would like to request continued delivery to one or more of the five legacy email domains please submit an RT (Request Tracker) ticket via my.umbc.edu/help or contact UMBC’s Technology Support Center at 410.455.3838.

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Those services are:

It is important to note that anyone who has migrated their mail to Google will not experience any disruption during this upgrade.  All of the services listed above will be available for campus use until 10:30am on Wednesday March 20th and will be available again at 11am on Wednesday March 20th once the upgrade has been completed.  If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Technology Support Center at x53838.  We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and wish everyone a good spring break.


TimeLine

Services Offline at 8:30am

Additional Services Offline at 10:30am

All services will be restored by 11am


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Tuesday, April 9, 2013
2:30-3:45pm, including Q&A
Rm. 401, Math/Psyc Building, UMBC

This talk illustrates capabilities in Mathematica 9 that are directly
applicable for use in teaching and research on campus. Topics include:

* Free-form linguistic input & predictive interface features
* 2D and 3D visualization
* Dynamic interactivity & On-demand scientific data
* Example-driven course materials
* Symbolic interface construction
* Statistics & Data anaylsis
* Digital Image Processing, Parallelization, and Control Systems
functionality

Our brand-new Wolfram|Alpha Pro website will be featured, as well. You will
see the following Wolfram|Alpha Pro capabilities:

* built-in CDF interactivity
* automatic creation of interactive models
* ability to upload data (spreadsheets, data, text) for instant and thorough
analysis
* step-by-step solution guide to many problems
* specialized keyboard for mathematical and scientific symbols
* export results to over 60 formats

Current users will benefit from seeing the many improvements and new
features of Mathematica 9...
http://www.wolfram.com/mathematica/new-in-9/
...as well as Wolfram|Alpha Pro...
http://www.wolframalpha.com/pro
...but prior knowledge of Mathematica is not required. ]]> Teaching & Research with Mathematica 9 and Wolfram|Alpha Pro Tuesday, April 9, 2013 2:30-3:45pm, including Q&A Rm. 401, Math/Psyc Building, UMBC This talk illustrates capabilities in... https://beta.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/25878/guest@my.umbc.edu/b01caf253f912eaec28404dd16d66e49/api/pixel Division of Information Technology (DoIT) https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/doit https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/xsmall.png?1727453227 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/original.JPG?1727453227 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/xxlarge.png?1727453227 https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/xlarge.png?1727453227 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/large.png?1727453227 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/medium.png?1727453227 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/small.png?1727453227 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/xsmall.png?1727453227 https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/xxsmall.png?1727453227 Division of Information Technology 0 0 true Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:06:53 -0400 Userpages Downtime Userpages will be down from 9am to 12pm on March 16th The UMBC userpages web server will be taken down for system maintenance on Saturday, March 16 at 9am.  This downtime is expected to be completed in 3 hours.  During this time, any web page hosted via userpages.umbc.edu will not be accessible. This downtime will only affect personal web pages that are served out of your personal AFS directory.  

Important Note: Departmental webpages and main campus web pages will NOT be affected.  These will remain online.

Please contact the TSC at x53838 with questions or any issues you experience after the maintenance.
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How Do I Access Qualtrics?
Access it from any web browser at:  Qualtrics.umbc.edu

How Do I Get Help?

If you require further assistance please submit an RT (Request Tracker) ticketvia my.umbc.edu/help or contact UMBC’s Technology Support Center at410.455.3838.

Background
DoIT has been using Qualtrics for over a year. We use the tool for all of our surveys, most notably the survey attached to the bottom of each resolved RT ticket. This tool was used heavily during the 2012 UMBC campus wide retreat with great success. Recently several faculty from various CAHSS departments expressed an interest in accessing DoIT's pilot of Qualtrics as many of them pay for various online survey tools (e.g. Qualtrics, Surveymonkey, Zoomerang) annually at approximately $500 per faculty member. Unfortunately, DoIT’s license agreement does not allow us to add non-DoIT staff to our instance of Qualtrics.

DoIT  is sponsoring a one year pilot for all faculty, staff and students that are part of the CAHSS. We are hopeful the product and its use will produce a compelling business case for the College to continue funding beyond year 1. If there is no interest beyond year one we simply won't renew the contract.

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DoIT has been working with Blackboard on an issue that requires maintenance and a restart of our main production server this Friday, March 15, at 6 to 9 p.m.

Normally, we would wait until our regular, weekly scheduled maintenance of 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Fridays. However, since we want to continue working with the same Bb support team, and the campus will be starting Spring Break, we want to get an early start to implement and begin monitoring the fix.

In addition, we will be applying the latest bundles and patches that we would have done on March 29, the first Friday after Spring Break (also Good Friday).

No matter what, we need to do this maintenance on March 15, but if the earlier, 6 p.m. start presents a significant disruption, please send email to fritz@umbc.edu.

Thank you,

John Fritz
Asst. VP, Instructional Technology & New Media
UMBC Division of Information Technology
fritz@umbc.edu
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