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<Title>User Course List to be Updated in Blackboard in Early August</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">An upcoming enhancement to the Course list page will provide term-specific subsections and a new filter to help users quickly organize and locate courses. This update will be applied to UMBC’s Blackboard site over the August 2-3 weekend. <div><br><div>The <a href="https://wiki.umbc.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=73894006" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">new Ultra base navigation</a> presents courses on a dedicated landing page called Courses. The Current Courses section allows easy access to Blackboard shells that are continuously open or currently open. After the early August update, term-specific subsections will appear at the top of the page, listed according to the dates assigned in Blackboard based on UMBC’s academic calendar. Additional tools are available to filter, search, or navigate to other terms. </div><div><br></div><div><img src="https://umbc-test.blackboard.com/bbcswebdav/institution/myumbc/v3900.7_NewCourseList_v2_800.png" alt="Screenshot of New Course List in Blackboard's Ultra base navigation" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></div><div>Image: Screenshot of New Course List in Blackboard's Ultra base navigation. <a href="https://umbc-test.blackboard.com/bbcswebdav/institution/myumbc/v3900.7_NewCourseList_v2.png" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">View larger version</a>.</div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Additional information about the Courses page is posted to <a href="https://wiki.umbc.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=73894812" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">this FAQ</a>, which will be updated with the new interface once the enhancement is in place.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div>As always, if you have any questions, please consider the following options:</div><div><ul><li><a href="http://www.umbc.edu/faq" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Check our extensive FAQ collection</a> </li><ul><li><a href="https://wiki.umbc.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=42533516" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">New Features</a> | <a href="https://wiki.umbc.edu/display/faq/Known+Issues+with+Blackboard" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Known Issues</a> | <a href="https://wiki.umbc.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=71697555" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Updates &amp; Fixes</a></li></ul></ul></div><div><ul><li><a href="http://my.umbc.edu/go/request-help" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Open a ticket via RT</a></li><li>Follow the <a href="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/instructional-technology" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Instructional Technology</a> &amp; <a href="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/doit" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">DoIT</a> myUMBC groups</li><li><a href="http://doit.umbc.edu/itnm/staff/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Request a consult</a> with instructional technology staff</li></ul></div></div></div>
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