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<Title>Top 5 Start of Semester Blackboard Tips</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">With the start of the semester just around the corner, many faculty members are in the midst of getting their Bb courses ready to go for the first day of classes.  Here are the top 5 tips that everyone needs to know about Bb 9.1.</div>
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<Summary>With the start of the semester just around the corner, many faculty members are in the midst of getting their Bb courses ready to go for the first day of classes.  Here are the top 5 tips that...</Summary>
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<Title>Blackboard Upgraded to Bb Learn 9.1; New Features and...</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">Full Title: Blackboard Upgraded to Bb Learn 9.1; New Features and Known IssuesUMBC’s Blackboard Learning Management System was <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2010/04/major_blackboar.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">upgraded to Bb Learn 9.1 over Memorial Weekend.</a>   Approximately 300 faculty members successfully used this new system to teach their courses throughout summer, taking advantage of the many new features available.  These enhancements include the accessibility of the Control Panel, the new Course homepage, the Course Files feature, and drag and drop ability.  Highlights of these new features, as well as some of the known issues are detailed below.</div>
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<Summary>Full Title: Blackboard Upgraded to Bb Learn 9.1; New Features and Known IssuesUMBC’s Blackboard Learning Management System was upgraded to Bb Learn 9.1 over Memorial Weekend.   Approximately 300...</Summary>
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<Title>Fall Bb Course Shells Created on 7/15; Daily Updates...</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">Full Title: Fall Bb Course Shells Created on 7/15; Daily Updates ContinueBb course shells for FA2010 were created on July 15, and continue to be automatically updated daily.  As <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2010/04/change_in_black.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">announced in April</a>, the course creation process has undergone a change.  Bb shells were created for all courses 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 instructor of record 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.</div>
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<Summary>Full Title: Fall Bb Course Shells Created on 7/15; Daily Updates ContinueBb course shells for FA2010 were created on July 15, and continue to be automatically updated daily.  As announced in...</Summary>
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<Title>Secrets of the Faculty Interview. Coming Aug. 20. 10:30 AM</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">PROMISE: Maryland’s Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) and the UMBC Graduate School present a seminar for all graduate students and postdocs: “Secrets of the Faculty Interview” Friday, Aug. 20, 2010 10:30 AM, Commons 331 Guest Speaker: Dr. Philip Rous, Dean of the College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences. Dr. Elliot Hirshman, UMBC’s Provost [...]</div>
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<Summary>PROMISE: Maryland’s Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) and the UMBC Graduate School present a seminar for all graduate students and postdocs: “Secrets of the Faculty...</Summary>
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<Title>Computer Replacement Initiative Deployment Delayed</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">Due to circumstances beyond the control of DoIT, installation of computers as part of the Computer Replacement Initiative (CRI) has been delayed until the end of September. This deployment had been planned to begin at the end of July.
    
    The reason for the delay is that our vendor, Dell, has recently began offering to its corporate customers an "environmentally friendly" shipping option that avoids excessive use of non-biodegradable packing materials. DoIT, as a part of its commitment to sustainability, chose this optional shipping method when the order was placed. Unfortunately, Dell has experienced various difficulties in executing these orders, and has informed us that it will be some weeks before our computers arrive in their "eco-friendly" packing.
    
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<Summary>Due to circumstances beyond the control of DoIT, installation of computers as part of the Computer Replacement Initiative (CRI) has been delayed until the end of September. This deployment had...</Summary>
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<Title>Google Apps for UMBC is Here</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">We are excited to announce that beginning August 30th, faculty, staff and students can opt-in to the new Google@UMBC environment.
    
    Google Apps is a package of online applications that makes communicating and collaborating at UMBC easier and more efficient. The cornerstone of Google Apps is Gmail, Google’s web-based email program, which integrates with Google Docs, for creating and sharing documents, and Google Calendar, for coordinating schedules. All of these services are hosted online, so email, documents, and calendars are always accessible from any computer, anywhere.
    
    The Google contract was signed by the attorney general’s office in July 2010 under the Maryland Education Enterprise Consortium (MEEC) umbrella. UMBC was the first USM school to sign the new contract thus allowing UMBC to offer the Google collaborative tools to the UMBC community.
    
    A <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/umbc.edu/gmail-migration/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><strong>Google@UMBC Web Site</strong></a> has been setup to answer many of your questions.
    
    <strong><u>Timeline</u></strong>
    <strong>August 6th </strong>       All new student accounts will automatically be created on      Google@UMBC. This includes incoming Fall 2010 Freshmen.
    <strong>August 30th</strong>         Faculty, Staff and Students can opt-in, via NEW Web Interface, to migrate their mail to Google
    <strong>January 2011</strong>    Migrate remaining student accounts to Google</div>
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<Summary>We are excited to announce that beginning August 30th, faculty, staff and students can opt-in to the new Google@UMBC environment.  Google Apps is a package of online applications that makes...</Summary>
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<Title>Blackboard Down for Maintenance from 10 pm Fri. 8/13...</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">Full Title: Blackboard Down for Maintenance from 10 pm Fri. 8/13 to 1 am Sat. 8/14The UMBC Blackboard server will be down for three hours of <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2007/09/weekly_blackboa.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">scheduled maintenance </a> starting this Friday, August 13, at 10 p.m. 
    
    <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2010/08/new_version_of.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">myUMBC will also be down</a> during the weekend of August 14 and 15. During this time the campus community will still be able to access Blackboard at <a href="http://blackboard.umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">http://blackboard.umbc.edu</a> or <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/blackboard" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">http://www.umbc.edu/blackboard</a>.</div>
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<Summary>Full Title: Blackboard Down for Maintenance from 10 pm Fri. 8/13 to 1 am Sat. 8/14The UMBC Blackboard server will be down for three hours of scheduled maintenance  starting this Friday, August 13,...</Summary>
<Website>http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2010/08/blackboard_down_12.html</Website>
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<Title>FYI: Bb Courses Older Than FA2004 Will Be Deleted 8/26</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">In accordance with the <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2009/05/faculty_senate.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Blackboard Course Retention Policy</a>, all  Blackboard courses older than Fall 2004 will be deleted.  DoIT has scheduled this removal for Thursday, August 26, 2010 at 5 p.m.  No downtime will be required.
    
    Instructors are encouraged to download and keep a copy of the Grade Center for any affected courses. Instructors may also archive an entire course, and keep a local copy for their records.  Be aware though that only DoIT system administrators can "restore" an archived course on the UMBC Blackboard production server.</div>
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<Summary>In accordance with the Blackboard Course Retention Policy, all  Blackboard courses older than Fall 2004 will be deleted.  DoIT has scheduled this removal for Thursday, August 26, 2010 at 5 p.m....</Summary>
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<PostedAt>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:19:58 -0400</PostedAt>
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<NewsItem contentIssues="false" id="2106" important="false" status="posted" url="https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/gsa/posts/2106">
<Title>Server Failure Results in Blackboard Outage</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">UPDATE:  Service to Blackboard was fully restored at 5:35 p.m. 
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    At 2:50 pm on Monday, August 9th the Blackboard file server crashed.  In consultation with VMWare, DoIT staff members were able to restore the system and expect to have it publicly available  at approximately 5:30 pm.</div>
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<Summary>UPDATE:  Service to Blackboard was fully restored at 5:35 p.m.  ------------------------------ At 2:50 pm on Monday, August 9th the Blackboard file server crashed.  In consultation with VMWare,...</Summary>
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<NewsItem contentIssues="false" id="2107" important="false" status="posted" url="https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/gsa/posts/2107">
<Title>New Door Access System</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">Many people don't know that there is an entire infrastructure of hardware and software behind all the electronic locks that are in use across campus.  Whenever someone swipes their UMBC ID in a door reader, that reader sends a signal back to a server to check whether the door should unlock or not.  The system that we are currently using is based on software and hardware by a company called Lenel. 
    
    Earlier this year, we undertook a project to upgrade the infrastructure to the latest hardware and software. This included both the Office of Residential Life (ORL) and the main campus systems. ORL uses a dedicated version of the Lenel system to manage their myriad of doors. 
    
    The upgrades were necessary to support the latest features and continue to receive support from our vendors. The servers that ran the software were also beginning to fail and needed to be replaced.  By the end of the summer, the entire card access infrastructure will be upgraded to fully redundant virtual servers with all the latest software and features.</div>
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<Summary>Many people don't know that there is an entire infrastructure of hardware and software behind all the electronic locks that are in use across campus.  Whenever someone swipes their UMBC ID in a...</Summary>
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