Importance of the Blackboard Grade Center
Update from 2/1/18 Blackboard Analytics Symposium: Using Bb Predict and UMBC's FYI alert program together is more accurate than using either service alone....
February 10, 2017
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4:08 PM
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Study Abroad Office and DoIT Launch New Tool for Students
16 years ago, the Study Abroad Office (SAO) had a simple software tool called FileMaker Pro to track study abroad requests. However, many of the ‘features’ the tool could not adequately match the...
February 10, 2017
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6:54 AM
Project expands Maryland Open-Source Textbook initiative
The William E. Kirwan Center for Academic Innovation is pleased to announce the High-impact OER Mini-Grant Program, a new funding program designed to strategically support Maryland public...
February 9, 2017
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9:40 AM
Earlier today some users on campus experienced slowness or inability to access certain aspects of the Peoplesoft Student Administration System. We have worked to stabilize the system have...
January 30, 2017
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4:17 PM
How collaboration brought the Schedule Planner to UMBC
It was several years ago that UMBC students decided that the best tool for them to utilize would be a 'schedule builder'. They created a custom program that would look at the list of classes being...
January 24, 2017
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12:19 PM
Interactive tool helps you build the best schedule
The Schedule Planner offered by UMBC is a dynamic tool that can generate multiple possible schedules, and then send them to checkout in PeopleSoft. You can access it by navigating to myUMBC,...
January 23, 2017
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3:16 PM
A master in database performance tuning & web services
DoIT would like to recognize our own Jeremy Gude for receiving the Employee of the Quarter (EOQ) award. The EOQ program recognizes the outstanding qualities and contributions of employees towards...
January 17, 2017
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12:26 PM
With help from DoIT, a new cloud solution was implemented
Student Disability Services (SDS) had a major problem. Their paper system they relied on for years was not keeping up with the increased demand they saw at their office. Rather than look for help...
January 17, 2017
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11:52 AM
DoIT's Technology Support Center will be closed from 12PM-2:30PM, Friday, January 27th to allow our staff to attend our departmental staff meeting. If you need assistance during this time, we...
January 10, 2017
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11:20 AM
We will be upgrading our VPN software this Wednesday evening from 10:00pm to 11:00pm. This change is fairly significant because the VPN will no longer rely on java to launch the client, which...
January 10, 2017
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10:02 AM