myUMBC Updates: Now in Beta!

We've made the myUMBC beta server available for testing/preview! Log in and take a look at what's new and let us know what you think.

Topics will remain at least through the next year, no need to change links or documentation this time...whew
Events was pulled out from the Community menu
Community is no longer a menu, it now just shows pawpular, commented, or recent posts from public groups

Activity Feed filled with the latest posts from groups you're following. Note: Updates only go back about a month. Once in production you'll see all past updates.
Right-Hand Column

Outstanding alerts will show prominently at the top of the right-hand column
Guide card available for students, but looking for feedback on what might be useful for Faculty and Staff
Events from followed groups, attended events, and other upcoming events
Featured Groups - to be replaced with new topical groups that are intended to replace Discussions
Pawpular posts from public groups

Renamed Tabs: Home, Posts, Events, Files, People
Activity Feed, new events card
New Follow / Notifications dropdown on every page
Group Admins can Pin and Mark Important all posts, events, and files
New single posting setting on Group Settings
Discussions, Media, and Spotlights archives are linked to from the bottom right of the Posts tab

Email notifications don't get sent from the beta server. You'll just have to trust us that they work.
We removed the ability to set a default role. This was to ensure that you always see content/updates specific to your role at the university. This mostly affects staff who set their default role to student to see what's going on, but would then miss updates targeted at staff. You can still change your role to any other role, under your name.
All notification settings you previously had for groups have been set to the default of "Important Only".

Updated mobile start page to match the new layout, note the two tabs: Updates and More