Upgrade to New Clicker Software is Required, Not Recommended Existing Clickers and Receivers WILL work with New Software

As DoIT announced previously, the Turning Technologies (TT) student response system software (a.k.a clickers) has been upgraded to version 5.2.1 this summer.  All current receivers and student clickers are compatible with the new software. However, only the new 5.2.1 version of the software is now installed on lecture hall computers, which had a “permissions” issue yesterday that has been fixed. In addition, only the new 5.2.1 version integrates with the Blackboard grade center.


As a result, we should have announced that the new software upgrade was required for all faculty, whether or not they use the TT software on a lecture hall or on their own laptops. We can't easily support multiple versions of software and use cases (LH computer vs. laptop). In addition, we should have sent this to the UMBC “clickers” email listerserve that is manually updated with email addresses of faculty who require their students to buy clickers at the bookstore. In retrospect, this was an oversight on our part. We apologize and will try to improve our communication going forward.


Background


The new 5.2.1 TT software has been out for a year, but it was released too late for the start of the Fall 2012 semester. In addition, it included a new Mac version that didn't work with our UMBC authentication. By January 2013, the Mac authentication still did not work, so we did not push it out for the Spring 2013 semester. We also didn’t want to do so in the middle of the academic year. We worked on the authentication issue over the summer and announced the new software availability through our update on 8/19.


In addition to our own FAQ, TT offers a webinar on the new software, which has a different initial interface (or "splash screen"), but is essentially the same once you select the TP Anywhere option. Our TT rep has also offered to come to campus for training on the new software on Friday, September 13 (time & location TBA). Finally, there are quite a few other resources we've added to our UMBC Clickers FAQ collection:


Recorded webinars:

Tutorials

http://www.turningtechnologies.com/tutorials

Training Documents

http://www.turningtechnologies.com/training-documents


If you have questions or need assistance, please visit the www.umbc.edu/clickers FAQ collection or submit an RT (Request Tracker) support request on the myUMBC “Help” menu or directly at my.umbc.edu/help.


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After Blackboard is back online, please clear your Internet browser cache and cookies before logging in. Step-by-step instructions are on https://wiki.umbc.edu/x/gIAc
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We've changed the date and time for this downtime.  On Friday, August 23rd starting at 2pm LDAP Master, Kerberos 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.  

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 Friday, August 23rd.  

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.

Thanks!
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UMBC Blackboard Update is provided by the Division of Information Technology for students, faculty and staff. If you have questions or need help, please consult the Blackboard Help tab inside Blackboard or directly at www.umbc.edu/blackboard/help.  You can also contact the Technology Support Center at 410.455.3838 or submit an RT (Request Tracker) ticket via the myUMBC Help Menu or directly at my.umbc.edu/help.

HEADLINES

  1. Fall 2013 Bb Course Shells Created on 7/16/13
  2. DoIT Announces F2F & Virtual Bb Drop Ins for Q&A
  3. Changes in Instructional Technology Support Staffing
  4. Bb Courses Older than FA2007 Will Be Deleted 8/23/13
  5. Bb to be Upgraded from January 8-10, 2014
  6. Reminder of Regular Bb Maintenance Window
  7. TurningPoint Anywhere "Clicker" Software Upgraded
  8. Scantron Test Scoring Service Moves to IMC in ACIV 219
  9. FYI: Tips for Getting IT Support
  10. FYI: Educause Announces CFPs for 2014 Conferences
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Note: The IMC operates with one FT staff member. IMC students may receive exams, but not process or retrieve them. If Joan is not available or the IMC is closed, faculty or teaching assistants may drop off exams in the secure "after hours" drop box that remains in Engineering 104. However, given the distance between the IMC and Engineering 104, this drop box will ONLY be checked after receipt of an RT ticket indicating that exams have been dropped off there. To submit an RT ticket, visit my.umbc.edu/help.


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Although this maintenance window is not always utilized, DoIT Staff will now be regularly implementing server updates on the last Friday of each month. Reminder notices about the downtime will be posted several days in advance. Blackboard instructors should take note of the weekly maintenance window, and as a general rule, refrain from assigning any work that is due on Blackboard during this time. Similarly students should understand that Blackboard may be unavailable each week from Friday 10 pm - Saturday 1 am.   ]]> This is just a friendly reminder to the UMBC campus community of the Blackboard weekly maintenance schedule window from Friday 10 pm to Saturday 1 am. 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Bb shells are available for all courses (designated as lecture, lab, or discussion) listed in the UMBC Schedule of Classes (SOC), provided that there was an instructor of recordlisted. The addition of new course sections and instructors will result in new Bb shells being automatically generated each morning. Student enrollment in Bb will continue to mirror the official registration in SA, and will update hourly. If you are an instructor, and your name is not associated with the course you are teaching in the SOC, please see your departmental scheduling coordinator to get that issue resolved. Additionally in situations where one instructor is teaching multiple sections of the same course, by default all sections will be combined into one Bb course shell. If you want to have separate shells for different sections, or if you need a shell for for a research or independent study course, please submit a new course requestor submit an RT ticket with your request. As a reminder, all Bb course shells are initially unavailable to students until the instructor makes it available ]]> Bb course shells for FA 2013 were created on July 16, and will continue to be updated daily. 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Since the upgrade, the new version offers better overall integration with UMBC’s Blackboard system. Additionally, the latest software includes a number of enhancements from the previous version and is now available for download. Please reference the UMBC FAQ for further information. ]]> Turning Technologies’ student response system (a.k.a clickers) has been upgraded to version 5.2.1 this summer. 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In accordance with the Blackboard Course Retention Policy, all Blackboard courses older than  Fall 2007 will be deleted. DoIT has scheduled this removal for Friday, August 23, 2013. 

Instructors are encouraged to download and keep a copy of the Grade Center for any affected courses. Instructors may also archive an entire course, and keep a local copy for their records. Be aware though that only DoIT system administrators can "restore" an archived course on the UMBC Blackboard production server.

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