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<Title>LDAP-Master and Webadmin downtime on 8/9/2016</Title>
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    <div class="html-content"><span>On Tuesday, August 9th starting at 2pm LDAP-Master and Webadmin will be taken down for system maintenance.  During this time account creations and password changes will be unavailable.  Account authentication and logins will not be affected during this downtime.  </span><div><br></div><div>The maintenance window will allow staff to apply needed security and application updates.  The outage window is expected to last two hours with services being restored by 4pm on Tuesday, August 9th.<div><br></div><div>During the outage window account creations will be queued and then processed upon restoration of services.  If you have any questions or concerns, please contact our Technology Support Center at x53838.</div></div></div>
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<Summary>On Tuesday, August 9th starting at 2pm LDAP-Master and Webadmin will be taken down for system maintenance.  During this time account creations and password changes will be unavailable.  Account...</Summary>
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<NewsItem contentIssues="true" id="61245" important="false" status="posted" url="https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/doit/posts/61245">
<Title>Call for Proposals: USM Gamification Symposium</Title>
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    <div class="html-content"><div><span>Do you have a story you’d like to share about</span><span> </span>gamifying<span> </span><span>a course? Would you like to immerse others in some aspect of game playing? Have you tried</span><span> </span>gamifying<span> </span><span>a course and want to share what didn’t work and what would work better? Is there research on gamification – or learning – or design – that you’d like others to consider? </span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span><a href="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/instructional-technology/posts/60895" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">New Designs for Learning: Games and Gamification</a> symposium</span><span> invites interested groups and individuals to propose sessions for its September 29th event at the </span><span>College Park Marriott Hotel &amp; Conference Center</span><span>. </span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Participants include</span><span> instructional designers, faculty, and academic leaders from across the University System of Maryland who are interested in exploring how games and gamification can reinvigorate courses, boost student engagement, and enhance student learning.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span>Three types of sessions are being offered:</span></div><div><ul><li>Hands-on workshops (75 minutes)</li><li>Course showcase (60 minutes)</li><li>360 Talk (6-minutes, 4-5 talks per 45-minute session)</li></ul></div><div>To learn more about each of these sessions, please download and review the document attached to this announcement.</div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span><strong>Deadlines and Notifications</strong></span></div><div><br></div><div>Proposals must be submitted by August 22, 2016. Applicants will be notified about acceptances approximately one week after the submission deadline. Selection will be based on how well the proposal connects to the Symposium themes, communicates its focus and intent, and contributes to building a well-rounded program.</div><div><br></div><div><strong>For More Information</strong></div><div><br></div><div>Questions may be directed to Nancy O’Neill, Associate Director of the Kirwan Center for Academic Innovation, at <a href="mailto:noneill@usmd.edu">noneill@usmd.edu</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>Registration for the event will begin in late August. <a href="http://tinyurl.com/jcl9ywl" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Sign up</a> to be notified.</div><div><br></div><div><em>New Designs for Learning: Games and Gamification symposium<span> is cosponsored by the University of Maryland University College (UMUC) and the Kirwan Center for Academic Innovation, University System of Maryland, with generous support from the Ford Fund for the Future of Learning</span></em></div></div>
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<Summary>Do you have a story you’d like to share about gamifying a course? Would you like to immerse others in some aspect of game playing? Have you tried gamifying a course and want to share what didn’t...</Summary>
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<NewsItem contentIssues="true" id="61227" important="false" status="posted" url="https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/doit/posts/61227">
<Title>FA2016 Courses Created in Blackboard on 7/27/2016</Title>
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    <div class="html-content"><span><p><span>Blackboard course shells for FA2016 <a href="https://wiki.umbc.edu/x/eYHGAw" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">were created</a> on July 27, 2016.</span></p><p><span>Bb shells are available for all courses (designated as lecture, lab, field or discussion) listed in the </span><a href="http://my.umbc.edu/go/schedule" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>UMBC Schedule of Classes (SOC)</span></a><span>, provided that there is an </span><a href="http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2010/08/how_new_employe_1.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>instructor of record</span></a><span> listed. As new course sections and/or instructors are added to the SOC, corresponding Bb shells are automatically generated overnight. If you need a shell for a research or independent study course, please submit a </span><a href="http://www.umbc.edu/doit/blackboard/requestbbshell.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>new course request</span></a><span>.</span></p><p><span>Instructors who teach multiple sections of the same course will find those enrollments merged into one Bb course shell. These sections can be split upon </span><a href="https://my.umbc.edu/go/request-help" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>request by an RT ticket</span></a><span>. Student enrollment in Bb mirrors the official registration in SA and updates hourly. However, courses are not accessible to students by default until the instructor </span><a href="https://wiki.umbc.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1867862" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>makes them available</span></a><span>.</span></p><p><span>If you are an instructor, and your name is not associated with the course you are teaching in the </span><a href="http://my.umbc.edu/go/schedule" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>SOC</span></a><span>, please see your departmental scheduling coordinator to resolve the issue. Once you are listed in the </span><a href="https://my.umbc.edu/go/schedule" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>SOC</span></a><span>, your Bb course shell will be created automatically. If not, please submit a </span><a href="https://my.umbc.edu/go/request-help" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>support request by an RT ticket</span></a><span>.</span></p></span></div>
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<NewsItem contentIssues="true" id="60973" important="false" status="posted" url="https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/doit/posts/60973">
<Title>DoIT Lends a Helping Hand With Community Service</Title>
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    <div class="html-content"><div>Earlier this summer, members from the Instructional Technology team devoted their time with community outreach at the Therapeutic &amp; Recreational Riding Center (TRRC). The center provides physical and occupational therapy services to children and adults with a wide range of physical, mental, and emotional disabilities. </div><div><br></div><div><div>Led by Dr. Sherri Braxton-Lieber, Director for Instructional Technology, the team was tasked with landscaping, which included pulling weeds and freeing up some hidden rose bushes. Braxton-Lieber also works at the TRRC and has supported it for over 10 years.</div><div><br></div><div><h4><em>“The center provides great services and reaches many families…”</em></h4></div><div><em><br></em></div><div><img src="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/doit/posts/60973/attachments/20976" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></div><div><div><em>The area that had been overrun by weeds. They were prickly and very hard to get out, requiring the team to use gloves. </em></div></div><div><br></div><div><div><br></div><div>“The center provides great services and reaches many families, but has no budget for most of the ground maintenance and landscaping activities.” said Braxton-Lieber. </div><div><br></div></div></div><div><div>Brad Boyle, Instructional Technology Specialist, was just one of the several team members helping out. He described the experience as fun, and that it was a nice way to bond with coworkers. “I have done work like this before, and it is nice to be able to help out a place that serves others.” said Boyle.</div><div><br></div><h4><strong><em>“To have any type of positive impact is the most important part of it for me.”</em></strong></h4></div><div><br></div><div><div>Community service such as this helps the center out greatly. Rather than having regular volunteers focus on the landscaping, it frees them up to serve the people who come to the TRRC to the best of their abilities. </div><div><br></div><div>“I see serving others in any way as an important part of my life,” said Boyle. “To have any type of positive impact is the most important part of it for me.”</div></div><div><br></div><div><div>This type of community outreach creates a much different experience than most are used to. Instead of being in an office setting, the Instructional Technology team was outside working together, with each member taking on a different section of weeds, which worked out well to clear them out in an efficient manner. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><h4><em>“... Even the smallest change makes a huge impact!”</em></h4><div><br></div></div><div><img src="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/doit/posts/60973/attachments/20977" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></div><div><em>After dealing with those prickly weeds, the area is now clear and mulch was placed to control the return of the weeds.</em></div><div><em><br></em></div><div><div><div>Holly Owens, Instructional Technology Specialist, said “It’s important to me as a member of the UMBC community to reach out and be involved, even the smallest change makes a huge impact!” Owens had previously only done yard work at her home prior to volunteering at the TRRC and encourages others to go out and make a difference. </div><div><br></div><div>“I think the most fulfilling thing about this is experience is knowing that we made a difference and were able to help others.” said Owens. </div><div><br></div><div>Mariann Hawken, Instructional Technology Specialist, is no stranger to this type of community outreach. On a regular basis, she volunteers for her son’s bowling league, which provides a team experience with free equipment and coaching for disabled players. That same team experience was also present at the TRRC. Hawken said, "<span>It was a nice experience to volunteer, especially as a team."</span></div><div><br></div><div>“Working together ensured we were able to get the job done and it gave our team a chance to do something that required a different kind of collaboration and cooperation.” said Hawken. </div></div><div><br></div><h4>"...they should find something they have interest and passion for and give their time." </h4><div><br></div><div>Braxton-Lieber would love to have this type of service at the TRRC become a yearly commitment but also wants more DoIT employees to get involved anywhere. “There are so many nonprofits in Maryland that need the support,” said Braxton-Lieber. “They should find something they have interest in and passion for and give their time.”</div><div><br></div><div>In a letter to the team, Dr. Helen Tuel, Founding Director at the TRRC, thanked the team for the amount of work they did around the center. Tuel said “Thank you for believing in the work we do and for giving the children in our care hopeful futures full of possibilities with much potential and brimming with success.”</div></div><div><br></div><div><img src="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/doit/posts/60973/attachments/20980" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></div><div><div><em>From left to right: Sherri Braxton-Lieber, Mariann Hawken, Brad Boyle, Indigo (Sherri’s Horse) and Holly Owens.</em></div></div><div><em><br></em></div><div><div>If you want to learn more about the TRRC or volunteer to help out, you can contact Sherri Braxton-Lieber at <a href="mailto:sblieber@umbc.edu">sblieber@umbc.edu</a></div><div><br></div><div>You can also contact Dr. Helen Tuel at <a href="mailto:info@trrcmd.org">info@trrcmd.org</a></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>
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<Title>Humanities Scholars explore Baltimore micro-cultures</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">During the fall semester of 2015, students in  seminar HUM 120 "Documenting Culture in Baltimore" explored three businesses along Baltimore's Paca Street. In this course, first-year Humanities Scholars  created short digital ethnographies exploring micro-cultures in Baltimore City, focusing on community icons like the Trinacria Italian Deli, Krug Iron Works, and Faidley Seafood.  All three have been active in their current location for well over one hundred years. <div><br><img src="http://newmediastudio.umbc.edu/files/2016/07/22033132472_49546761e4_z.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></div><div><br><div>The course was jointly taught by Michelle Stefano, american studies and Bill Shewbridge, media &amp; communication studies, and was based at the New Media Studio. For more information on the class read this <a href="http://news.umbc.edu/starting-at-sparrows-point-humanities-research-amplifies-voices-and-histories-of-baltimore-communities/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">UMBC News feature</a>.  The following videos were produced by the class:</div><div> 
    
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<Title>MCS Production Fellows document Refugee Youth Project</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">In the spring of 2016, students from MCS 484 "MCS Production Fellows" worked with the Refugee Youth Project to create three videos highlighting their work.  RYP provides after-school, summer school, community arts, and mentoring programs for more than 300 students from over 17 different countries in the Baltimore area.  In addition to a general overview of RYP, videos produced focused on the CollegeJUMP and ArtWorks programs. <div><br></div><div><br><div><div class="embed-container"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/T3DPUHM9tn8" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen="webkitAllowFullScreen" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" allowFullScreen="allowFullScreen">[Video]</iframe></div>
    
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    UMBC MCS Production Fellows: Danae Bell, Jesse Clarke, Meg Giunta, Destinee Morris, Marie Oliver, Daniel Armstrong.   New Media Studio: Bill Shewbridge, Dustin Roddy
    
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    <div class="html-content"><div>In the Information Technology and Engineering Building (ITE), room 325B was just a simple conference room. Equipped with just a projector and a single VGA cable for input, the connectivity options were severely limited. A tall audio visual (AV) rack in the corner of the room housed all sorts of outdated inputs, from VHS to DVD. The room was just not equipped to match the technological needs of today, but AV services changed all that by working with the CSEE department to meet their needs.</div><div><br></div><div><img src="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/doit/posts/60898/attachments/20959" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></div><div><div><em>What ITE 325B used to look like. In the corner of the room was a large AV rack with lots of outdated technology and overhead was a loud projector that dimly displayed presentations. </em></div></div><div><em><br></em></div><h3><em>“After over 125 installs, what works best is second nature.”</em></h3><div><br></div><div>Jack Malone, lead technician for DoIT’s AV Services is no stranger to the process of upgrading rooms. His job involves speccing equipment, finding resources, and even installing these upgrades into the rooms. Malone knows what works best with varying rooms, such as ITE 325B. “After over 125 installs, what works best is second nature.” said Malone. “Rooms, for the most part, organize themselves. In this case [for ITE 325B], and rooms like it, our decision is already made as to where to locate our equipment.” </div><div><br></div><div>Once determining where the new equipment is going to go, it’s just a matter of what the room needs. Malone doesn't work alone in figuring out what a room needs, and instead collaborates with another AV Specialist named Danielle Brown.</div><div><br></div><h3><em>“...We plan based on the needs of the department…”</em></h3><div><em><br></em></div><div><div>Brown is also no stranger to AV upgrades. After being a full time AV Specialist for 2 years, she's equipped over 50 spaces with AV upgrades and installs. She wrote the proposal for the project and designed the system in ITE 325B with help from Malone. In addition to that, she got quotes on equipment and selected which vendors to use based on who gave her the best price. </div><div><br></div><div>“Like any install we do, we plan based on the needs of the department and what they ultimately want to use the space for.” said Brown.</div><div><br></div><div>For ITE 325B, the main focus of the department was presentations and conferences. The room was actually equipped to handle that, which helped Brown and Malone quite a bit. “In this case, some of those components were already installed,” said Brown. “so we were able to retain some parts of the existing system and incorporate them into the upgrade to save time and money.”</div></div><div><br></div><div>Before AV Services stepped in, the room was just equipped with a dim projector along with a VGA input. Now, the room features a 90 inch HD television with easily accessible HDMI input, allowing for bright and crisp presentations. Older devices that connect to the TV have their signal upscaled thanks to a newly built in scaler, which helps with image clarity.  </div><div><br></div><div><img src="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/doit/posts/60898/attachments/20961" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></div><div><em>A before and after comparison in the AV rack changes. Gone are the VHS inputs and other older technology. Instead, the new, much shorter and more compact AV housing holds a blu Ray player, a built in scaler that up converts any non HDMI signal to 1080p, and controls mounted on the top of the housing for quick and easy access. </em></div><div><em><br></em></div><div><h3><em>“Elegant infrastructure gets oohs and ahhhs.” </em></h3></div><div><em><br></em></div><div><div>AV Services strives for elegance when they upgrade your room. Malone reflects this with elegant hardware like the built in scaler which allows to convert any source to 1080p, preventing the need to configure your display settings before you project your screen on the TV. “To me, elegant infrastructure gets oohs and ahhs and it blends into the environment.” said Malone. </div><div><br></div><div>What most departments aren't aware of that this type of work can be done in-house rather than contracting these jobs outside of UMBC which is why AV Services wants to spread the word that they are happy to consult with departments to build, design, and install systems. The cost to the department is the equipment provided to them. “At the very least, we can work with them to come up with a low-budget solution. If they decide not to pursue there is no money wasted on labor or consulting costs.” said Brown. </div></div><div><br></div><div><h3><em>“We would love to hear from any department interested in making changes…”</em></h3></div><div><em><br></em></div><div><div>Not every room will be like ITE 325B and AV Services understands that. If they are frequently performing maintenance on a departmental space or have a lot of break-fix tickets coming in from a space, they will contact the department to help them improve the system so they have something that works more reliably.</div><div><br></div><div>There are no set packages to request for your room and AV Services works directly with the department to determine their needs at a cost that saves both time and money. “We would love to hear from any department interested in making changes to their instructional technology.” said Brown. </div><div><br></div><div>If your department has a space they are looking to upgrade, you can submit an RT ticket to the Classroom Technology queue. In addition, you can call and set up a meeting with the AV Services team. </div></div><div><br></div><div><img src="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/doit/posts/60898/attachments/20962" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></div><div><div><em>The renovated ITE 325B conference room. Equipped with a 90” HDTV and support for HDMI input. A distinct advantage of the TV compared to the typical projector is a brighter, more detailed image.</em></div></div><div><br></div><div><em>You can contact Danielle Brown through her email at <a href="mailto:danib1@umbc.edu">danib1@umbc.edu</a></em></div><div><em><br></em></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>
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