Hi everyone, I’m writing to give everyone an update regarding the UMBC HPCF, particularly the new Retriever Research Storage System (RRStor). The Research Computing team within DoIT works to...
June 26, 2025
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Account stealers and fake job scams use multiple methods
DoIT has detected several sophisticated email phishing scams attempting to steal user account credentials across campus. These scams have directed users to enter their username and password into...
June 24, 2025
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6:45 PM
Track who's reading your announcements and more
How do you know if students actually read that important course announcement? What if you could make your content more accessible by adding image captions or rendering complex math more clearly...
June 24, 2025
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1:11 PM
Are you looking for a part-time job? Come work for us!
The DoIT Technology Support Center is looking to hire additional student consultants to work during the upcoming semester and beyond. Please see our job description below and visit our job posting...
June 17, 2025
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10:24 AM
IMPORTANT
Date: June 12, 2025 Time: 3:45 PM The Division of Information Technology is aware of a widespread outage with a major cloud service provider that is currently impacting access to a number of...
June 12, 2025
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3:47 PM
Improve accessibility in your CourseArc content
CourseArc offers new AI-powered features to make content creation smarter and faster. From generating alt text and long descriptions to transforming outlines into full lessons and creating quizzes...
June 10, 2025
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8:41 AM
UMBC users will use: voicethread.com
Please note that after June 30, 2025, your UMBC VoiceThread account may be accessed via: https://voicethread.com Currently UMBC users may access VoiceThread via: https://umbc.voicethread.com. ...
June 9, 2025
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DoIT will power down the old Rolm based phone system
On Monday, June 9th, DoIT will be permanently shutting down the retired Rolm based phone system. Now that the campus has been migrated to the Cisco VoIP phone system, no impact to services or...
June 6, 2025
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2:35 PM
You may have noticed something new in RT! Starting today, we're turning on the rich text editor by default. Many RT Power Users knew that you could turn this on in your profile settings, by...
June 4, 2025
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9:41 PM
Track unread discussions & student activity
The June 2025 update to Blackboard Ultra brings a fresh set of enhancements designed to support instructional efficiency, student engagement, and accessible course design. From new question types...
June 3, 2025
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12:56 PM