The UMBC Instructional Technology 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...
May 18, 2023
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1:07 PM
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Options support bulk Ultra course creation and conversion
Given UMBC will be migrating to Ultra by the start of Winter 2025, five more departments will fully adopt Ultra for Fall 2023, The following departments join Theater and Gender, Women's, +...
May 18, 2023
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Version 13.0 may require OS update
Panopto has informed us that there is an upcoming mandatory upgrade for Panopto for Mac. On July 20, 2023, Panopto will require Panopto for Mac clients to be upgraded to version 13.0.0. This...
May 17, 2023
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11:59 AM
Updates to ALEKS, Library Reserves, Pearson, & Qwickly tools
Four Blackboard course tools--ALEKS, Library Reserves, Pearson, and Qwickly--are undergoing updates, taking a significant leap forward by transitioning to the latest Learning Tools...
May 16, 2023
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12:57 PM
To all taki users, On Wednesday May 31, 2023 taki will be down and inaccessible from 3:30pm - 5:30pm EDT. Once our work is done on Wednesday, we will make another announcement. As...
May 16, 2023
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12:40 PM
Two more faculty satisfy rigorous peer review process
Two additional faculty have earned Quality Matters (QM) certification of their online or hybrid courses during the Spring 2023 semester following peer reviews as part of theQuality Matters Impact...
May 16, 2023
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10:53 AM
Tool access restriction protects student privacy
At the end of May 2023, access to the Blackboard course roster will be limited to certain roles in a Blackboard course. Currently, the course roster is visible to all users, which means anyone can...
May 15, 2023
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5:38 PM
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Please be aware that DocuSign services in the cloud are experiencing Network issues which are now affecting UMBC DocuSign folks. I have been notified they are working on it and I will share...
May 15, 2023
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1:31 PM
Share course marking practices this MHEC survey
Dear OER Colleagues: The Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC) invites you to participate in a survey designed to assess the landscape of course marking of open educational resources (OER)...
May 11, 2023
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9:15 AM
ICYMI: SP23 LA workshops all recorded
UMBC's Division of Information Technology (DoIT), in partnership with the Office of the Provost, is pleased to announce the call for proposals for the 2023 Learning Analytics (LA) Mini Grants....
May 10, 2023
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11:31 AM