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...
January 26, 2023
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5:41 PM
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I am pleased to introduce and welcome the newest member of the Instructional Technology team: Mr. Benedictus (Ben) Amudzi. Ben joins the team as an Instructional Technology Specialist. He is...
January 23, 2023
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9:54 AM
Departments may request Ultra as default when shells created
In a recent survey of Ultra users last semester, faculty and students expressed satisfaction with Ultra. During the Fall 2022 semester, faculty increased their use of Ultra in greater numbers. The...
January 20, 2023
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9:29 AM
Consistent praise for Ultra's clean interface, ease of use
In a recent survey of faculty who used Ultra during the FA2022 semester, 86.5% of faculty who responded said they would use Ultra again, citing its ease of use and consistent experience for...
January 19, 2023
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11:44 AM
Learn about Panopto's advanced recording features
Did you know you can join a recording that is already in progress as well as resume a recording from a different device? Or, that you are able to lock down or set preferred recording settings in...
January 19, 2023
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10:15 AM
IMPORTANT
In order to facilitate a mandatory upgrade to the RT server environments, it will be necessary to take down the RT (Request Tracker) system. The system will be down from Friday, January 13, 2023...
January 12, 2023
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11:43 AM
Faculty and institutional grant opportunities available
The Maryland Open Source Textbook (M.O.S.T.) Initiative is pleased to announce a Request for Proposals for the 2023 OER Grant Program. For 2023, M.O.S.T. is seeking proposals for two grant...
January 10, 2023
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11:39 AM
Scammers get creative
Recently the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) received notification of two phishing campaigns at other universities. While neither of these has been reported at UMBC, we are posting this...
January 6, 2023
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4:44 PM
No content will be permanently deleted at this time
To comply with recent changes to product licensing, beginning 01/30/23, all Panopto videos that have not been viewed during the preceding 18 months will be moved to archive storage. If one wishes...
January 5, 2023
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10:04 AM
New option to create model essay response for graders
Test pagination was introduced to Ultra courses last year, creating new ways to present clusters of questions to students that focused on content or reduced cognitive load. In this month's update,...
January 5, 2023
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9:57 AM