Taki Back Online
Taki Users:

The taki cluster lost IB connectivity early this morning, and this resulted in the loss of access to specific storage areas the computers rely on for normal operation as well as those storage areas users rely on for their workflow.

Slurm jobs that were running at the time of this loss of IB connectivity were lost.

The taki cluster is now back online with full access to 'home' and 'research' storage areas. Additionally, slurm is operating normally.


At this time: Users can assume normal use of the cluster.


Thank you for your patience!

Roy Prouty
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Taki Users:

At this time, we've isolated the issue with taki to the networking infrastructure that facilitates the communication between nodes as well as the hosting of the 'home' and 'research' storage. The user nodes are online, but these storage areas remain unavailable.

Please continue to avoid use of the cluster until the networking issues have been resolved.

Roy Prouty
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Taki Users:

We are aware of an issue rendering users unable to login to taki. We are working to resolve this issue, and we will create another post when the system is available.

Happy Monday!

Roy Prouty
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Quality Matters (QM) is a nationally recognized, faculty-centered, peer review process designed to improve online and blended course quality to benefit online learners. The Applying the Quality Matters Rubric (APPQMR) workshop is QM's flagship workshop on the QM Rubric and the process of using the QM Rubric to review online and hybrid courses.

The Applying the Quality Matters Rubric (APPQMR) workshop is intended for a broad audience, including but not limited to faculty, instructional designers, administrators, and adjunct instructors who wish to understand more about the QM Rubric and process of course review. It is particularly helpful to those new to QM or those considering the adoption of a quality assurance process for online and blended learning. The APPQMR is also the prerequisite for the Peer Reviewer Course, which is required to become a QM Peer Reviewer.

Both face-to-face and online training opportunities are available to UMBC faculty from our sister USM institutions, Towson University, Salisbury University, and Frostburg University.

Face to Face Option - Towson University

Two hands-on Applying the Quality Matters Rubric (APPQMR) workshops are available:

All workshops are held in the Cook Library, Room 404B from 9 AM – 4:30 PM. The cost of the workshop will be $30 (plus parking) and will include a continental breakfast and lunch along with a Quality Matters booklet and other course materials. 

Parking is available on campus in the Towsontown Garage for $12 for the entire day. The individual participant is responsible for his/her own parking fee.

Online Option - Salisbury University & Frostburg University

Salisbury University & Frostburg University invite USM faculty and staff to join a 2- week, facilitated online Applying the Quality Matters Rubric (APPQMR) workshop. Participants need approximately 7-8 hours per week to complete this workshop. Four sessions are scheduled:

The cost associated with the dedicated online APPQMR is $25. To register for the workshop, open an RT ticket with the individual’s name and department. A charge back to the department will occur for each instructor who signs up for the workshop.

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Taki Users:

This coming Tuesday (September 24, 2019), we will be rebooting the user nodes on taki. These reboots will update some of our software modules on the user nodes, allowing users to get a better idea of what is available across the compute and GPU nodes.

Let us know if you have any questions!


Roy Prouty
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Upgrade activities for the Campus Solutions, HR and Finance applications have concluded. The systems are available to the campus for transactions and retrieval of information.  We appreciate your patience and understanding during this important system update.

Thank you.

Molly Burdusi
Quality Assurance Specialist
1000 Hilltop Circle
Sherman Hall 221M
Baltimore, MD  21250
(410) 455-3789
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Two Dates:
  • Friday, October 4 at Anne Arundel Community College, Arundel Mills/Hanover Campus. 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
  • Friday, October 18 at Towson University North East (TUNE). 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. 
LUNCH IS INCLUDED in your registration. 

B.Y.O.C. and learn how to:
  • Identify and fix common accessibility problems
  • Create meaningful alternative text
  • Assess PDF files and video 
  • Locate accessible sources 
Be certain you have access to the course you will assess and fix during this workshop. You will have the option to make real-time edits to course content. 

Click on this link to register  


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In order to facilitate a mandatory Student Administration upgrade, it will be necessary to take down the Campus Solutions, HR and Finance systems.  The systems will be down from Friday, September 13, 2019 5:00 pm, through Sunday, September 15, 2019 5pm.   During that time, you will be unable to retrieve information or perform transactions in the system.  We will make every effort to limit down time, and we will inform the Campus should the upgrade activities conclude earlier than anticipated. Other functions and applications in myUMBC will not be affected.


We apologize for the inconvenience.

Thank you.

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Group management is an invaluable resource in a Blackboard course, especially one with large enrollments. UMBC is closely monitoring the evolution of this important tool in Ultra as we continue on a staged migration path. The September update to Ultra introduces self-enrolled group assignments, providing a useful workflow to support team activities. Faculty will be able to set self-enrollment limits for number of groups and membership size, hide student names for those who've already signed up, and create expiration dates for when students must sign up for their group assignments.

Two additional enhancements are available in September. Ultra courses will have a new Needs Grading filter to help instructors locate submissions and begin grading more quickly. Additionally, instructors can pre-schedule Collaborate sessions in their Ultra courses any time before releasing the course to students. 

The next Blackboard Learn update will be posted to our test site around September 10th and pushed to production around October 3rd. Faculty who are interested in test driving new features before they are released to production should open an RT ticket to request early access. 

As always, if you have any questions, please consider the following options:

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There was a wide range of attendance use, from instructors using the tool only once, to others making use of it consistently throughout the term. The findings from this initial term indicated that students who attend class more regularly were less likely to be identified as at-risk at the semester midpoint and less likely to earn a DFW in their respective courses.

Overall, there was a statistically significant, negative relationship between absenteeism and receiving an FYI during both terms. As attendance increased, the chance of receiving an FYI decreased. During the FA18 term, of the students enrolled in courses that used Qwickly attendance, those who received an FYI attended on average about 8% fewer sessions than those students who did not receive an FYI (78.8% vs 86.6%). There was a similar pattern when looking only at the Math/Stat courses using the tool, although with slightly lower attendance rates. In these courses, students who received a DFW attended class almost 30% less than their peers (47% vs 76%).

There was a minimal reduction in class-level DFW rates for those sections participating in the pilot compared with the same courses taught by the same instructors between the FA17 and SP18 terms (22.24% vs. 23.65%), while overall DFW rates for all Math/Stat courses across these terms held steady during this same time period (19.73% vs. 19.52%). In turn, there was not strong evidence to suggest taking attendance on its own impacts students’ academic outcomes. However, since poor attendance is positively correlated with adverse academic performance, the signal from students’ attendance might be used to identify and remediate risk-behavior patterns, particularly since there remain courses that do not make use of the FYI system.

The data resulting from this pilot indicate absenteeism is associated with poorer academic outcomes, and suggest the signal from this behavior might be leveraged along with existing messaging intervention techniques to remediate the pattern during a semester to positively impact students’ chances of academic success. Kathleen Hoffman, Associate Dean of the College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, notes how the use of the tool is beneficial to "quickly and easily track student attendance” and can help support student self-efficacy since "data gathered in UMBC math classes shows students the direct relationship between their grade in the course and their attendance in class."
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