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<Title>myUMBC Password Change Required of Faculty/Staff</Title>
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    <div class="html-content"><strong>Last Updated : August 12, 2011</strong>
    As part of preparation for the Legislative Audit of IT services at UMBC we are <strong>requiring all faculty and staff to change their password by October 11th, 2011.</strong>
    
    In the last audit UMBC had a finding due to password management. UMBC utilizes the password model developed by the National Institute of Standards, 800-63. Over the last three years we have streamlined and improved this process. However, DoIT wants to make certain that we are in compliance and the best way to ensure that is to require a password change prior to the fall semester. We anticipate that for most people the password change process will take a few minutes of time.
    
    <strong>Starting the week of August 15th</strong>, when you access myUMBC or any web-based resource requiring your password, you will be notified that you must change your password. We know that there may be times you are trying to get something done quickly and have built into the password change process the option of deferring to change your password up to ten times. After the tenth time you will be placed in the password change process automatically.
    
    <strong>NOTE:</strong> <em>If you changed your password in the prior 180 days you will be exempted from this mandatory password change.</em>
    
    Also, as part of the password change process you will be required to select  additional security questions that will be used in the event you forget your password and need to get it reset. We will also be asking for your cell phone number. As a precaution, we use your cell phone number to alert you via text message if your password is being reset. In addition, we will allow you to call into our user support from that phone number to get your password reset. This is very helpful for faculty and staff that may work off-campus and need there password reset.
    
    To support campus users we have developed two resources:
    <em> How do I change my myUMBC password? <a href="https://wiki.umbc.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1867939" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">https://wiki.umbc.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1867939</a>
    
    <em> How do I setup my security questions to recover a forgotten password? <a href="https://wiki.umbc.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1867908" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">https://wiki.umbc.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1867908</a>
    
    We appreciate your cooperation in this important audit activity.</em></em></div>
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<Summary>Last Updated : August 12, 2011 As part of preparation for the Legislative Audit of IT services at UMBC we are requiring all faculty and staff to change their password by October 11th, 2011.  In...</Summary>
<Website>http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2011/08/myumbc_password.html</Website>
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<Title>myUMBC Update</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">On July 29, 2011 the myUMBC system was updated to improve the myUMBC groups system. One important change provides a new group category of institutional group. An institutional group must be requested by a staff or faculty member and allows you to "enroll" people in a group. 
    
    A second change is that group news and group events are automatically added to your start page so they are easy to follow. 
    
    Finally, if you are using Google calendar, we have now integrated the "Calendar" item in the dashboard with Google calendar. Hovering your mouse over the Calendar menu item will show your calendar for the day. Clicking the entry will open Google calendar.
    
    For more information on all the enhancements in this update of myUMBC please go to <a href="http://my.umbc.edu/about/whatsnew#" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">http://my.umbc.edu/about/whatsnew#</a>.</div>
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<Title>Update: DoIT Support for OSX Lion</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">Summary:  DoIT is waiting for Apple to provide us with codes to allow faculty and staff to download OSX Lion from the App Store. While OSX Lion offers many interesting features, DoIT will not be supporting this till mid-September and encourages faculty and staff to hold off installing it unless they are comfortable supporting themselves. If you receive a new machine we will do our best to work with you but don't recommend upgrading an existing machine at this time.</div>
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<Summary>Summary:  DoIT is waiting for Apple to provide us with codes to allow faculty and staff to download OSX Lion from the App Store. While OSX Lion offers many interesting features, DoIT will not be...</Summary>
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<Title>DoIT IT Support Changes - Help Desk &amp; AV Moving</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">Starting this summer, there will be a number of significant changes occurring in the way DoIT provides support to the campus community. The driver for this change is the new Retriever Learning Center (RLC) that will be opening in the Library this fall. The RLC will have a significant technology component and will provide 24-hour space for students. As part of this DoIT is making significant changes to our Helpdesk and establishing a student-focused unit named the Technology Support Center adjacent to the RLC. 
    
    This is one of the most exciting and important initiatives for students that has occurred on campus. So, to support the RLC, DoIT will be making the following changes.</div>
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<Title>myUMBC Fall 2011 Update: Now LIVE</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">We're very proud to present the myUMBC Fall 2011 Update.  While many of the changes will be less obvious than others, we hope you'll enjoy the enhancements we've made.<div><br></div><div><div>Some things to check out:</div><div><div><div><ul><li>New Groups Directory</li><li>Following for closed groups</li><li>Enhanced Pawpularity (aka Community Moderation)</li><li>Group content on the Start page</li><li>Google Calendar in the Dashboard</li><li>Streamlined Topics menu</li><li>Many little changes to groups to make them easier to manage</li></ul><div>For more details, take a look at <a href="http://my.umbc.edu/about/whatsnew" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">What's New</a>.</div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div>Take care,</div><div>The myUMBC Team</div></div>
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<Title>Wimba Classroom Upgrade from 10 pm 8/6 to 7 am 8/7</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">Blackboard Collaborate has announced that UMBC's Wimba Classroom will be upgraded to version 6.1.4 during an extended maintenance window from Saturday, August 6 at 10:00 PM to Sunday, August 7 at 7:00 AM.  The maintenance release will address server-side enhancements of Wimba Classroom.  During this time, services, including live sessions and recordings, will not be available.
    
    Thank you for your patience during this upgrade.</div>
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<Title>Blackboard Down for Maintenance from 10 pm Fri. 8/5...</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">Full Title: Blackboard Down for Maintenance from 10 pm Fri. 8/5 to 1 am Sat. 8/6The UMBC Blackboard server will be down for three hours of maintenance from 10 pm Friday, Aug. 5 to 1 am Saturday, Aug. 6. DoIT staff will be performing MS Windows Server maintenance and updates during this time.
    
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<Summary>Full Title: Blackboard Down for Maintenance from 10 pm Fri. 8/5 to 1 am Sat. 8/6The UMBC Blackboard server will be down for three hours of maintenance from 10 pm Friday, Aug. 5 to 1 am Saturday,...</Summary>
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    <div class="html-content">In an effort to maintain and streamline our account management, DoIT will be implementing new procedures focusing on account deactivation beginning in August 2011. Accounts are deactivated when the user becomes unaffiliated with UMBC. When an account is deactivated, the user will be unable to log in and access to campus computing resources will be removed. This includes email. Notification of a pending account suspension will be sent to the user’s UMBC email address as well as the user-supplied email address given for account maintenance. This is not a phishing attack. The email will refer back to this article as well as provide the recipient with the UMBC Technology Support Center phone number (410.455.3838) in case the recipient would want to verify the authenticity of the email or ask questions about the email.
    
    The following specifies at what point an account becomes deactivated after the UMBC affiliation (e.g. Faculty, Staff, Emeritus, Alumni, Non Alumni, Other) is lost.
    
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<NewsItem contentIssues="true" id="7733" important="false" status="posted" url="https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/doit/posts/7733">
<Title>myUMBC Fall 2011 Update: Now in BETA</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">We've been a little more quiet this summer than we would have liked, but its not because we don't' love you all.  We've just been hard at work putting some finishing touches on updates to myUMBC.  We are very close to being done, but we have a few more bugs to squash.<div><br></div><div>In the meantime, check out the beta:</div><div><h4><a href="http://beta.my.umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><strong>http://beta.my.umbc.edu</strong></a></h4><div><br></div><div>Some things to check out:</div><div><ul><li>New Groups Directory</li><li>Following for closed groups</li><li>Enhanced Pawpularity (aka Community Moderation)</li><li>Group content on the Start page</li><li>Many little changes to groups to make them easier to manage</li></ul></div></div></div>
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<NewsItem contentIssues="false" id="7594" important="false" status="posted" url="https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/doit/posts/7594">
<Title>FA2011 Bb Course Shells Created on 7/11</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">Bb course shells for FA 2011 were created on July 11, and will continue to be updated daily. Bb shells were created for all courses (designated as lecture, lab, or discussion) listed in the <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/registrar/schedule/index.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">UMBC Schedule of Classes (SOC)</a>, provided that there was an <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2010/08/how_new_employe_1.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">instructor of record</a> listed. 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 multiple times daily.
    
    If you are an instructor, and your name is not associated with the course you are teaching in the <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/registrar/schedule/index.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">SOC</a>, 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 <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/oit/newmedia/blackboard/help/newcoursereq.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">new course request</a>.
    
    As a reminder, all <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/oit/newmedia/blackboard/help/procedures.php" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Bb course shells are initially unavailable</a> to students until the <a href="https://wiki.umbc.edu/x/VoAc" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">instructor makes it available</a>.</div>
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