Fidelity July Webinar How to get a handle on your debt: July 26th at 12pm
Ask Fidelity Q&A Session: Understanding Your Debt So You Can Take Control

Would you like to get a handle on your debt, once and for all?  Discover real strategies to help you prioritize what to payoff first and tips for managing your spending.

Date: Tuesday, July 26, 2022 Time: 12:00 pm EST 

Register today*

*To register for this event, please click Register today and then select Virtual Event from the Select Event Type pull down menu.

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The July update to Ultra courses brings ten new features and improvements, focusing on assessment, grading, and content creation. As with previous updates this year, the continued focus aligns with faculty feedback and requests to strengthen essentials features and settings in core Ultra tools.

ASSESSMENT & GRADING
  • Calculating & Displaying Points in Gradebook Overall Grade - The Overall Grade will support and display a points-based calculation (e.g., 745/800). The setup wizard guides the instructor to select points or weighted calculation, and includes examples of each calculation type. 

    example of points-based gradebook set-up
  • Prohibit backtracking of test questions - This option allows instructors to force a sequence through questions in an assessment. If students skip a question, an alert informs them that they cannot go back to the question.
  • Edit points earned on an assessment question - Instructors can now change the points a student earns on an assessment question. The points field supports negative and positive values with up to two decimal points.
  • Download grade center history - The first phase of this feature, provides a download (.xls or .csv) of changes to grades in the gradebook.
  • Copy question banks between courses - The first phase of question banks improvements allows you to copy question banks from Original to Ultra courses and Ultra to Ultra courses.
  • Recategorize discussions & journals - There is now a "Grade category" selector in the settings panel for graded discussions and journals to allow reassigning of the category to another default or a custom category.
CONTENT & ENGAGEMENT
  • Inline file rendering of files in Course Content, Folders, and Learning Modules - Various files will now render inline in Course Content, folders, and learning modules. As with files uploaded to Ultra Documents and Assessments, instructors can set the behavior of these files for users to view and download (default), view only, or download only. 
  • Original Blank Pages converted to Ultra Documents - When Original courses are converted to Ultra courses, Blank Pages will be converted to Ultra Documents. 
  • Accessibility improvements of math formulas - Ultra will render math formulas as images in Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) format, allowing users to zoom in or enlarge formula images without losing quality. This change improves accessibility for users with low vision.
  • Messages Improvement: Larger Panel for Reading & Writing - Messages will use a larger panel for viewing and composing messages rather than the smaller panel.
Faculty should see these updates in courses around July 7-8, 2022. UMBC FAQs will be updated over the next few weeks before fall classes start and Blackboard help documentation is also available. Please sign up for one of our What's New in Ultra for Teaching & Learning webinars in August to learn more about these exciting new features!

We'll have 1-2 more updates to share after the Blackboard conference in mid-July and the August release announcement -- with those notes, we'll update our parity tracker to confirm the increased compatibility with Original courses by the end of 2022. 

The next update to our test environment will take place on July 19, 2022. Faculty who are interested in test driving new features before they are released to production should open an RT ticket to request early access. Additionally, our Ultra feature tracker is updated and now includes a filter for functional category (e.g., assessment, course management, grading) so you can sort only those items you might be interested in tracking the status. Please watch the FAQs, including the What's New with Ultra page, and myUMBC for additional information about Ultra. 

As always, if you have any questions about teaching, learning, and technology at UMBC, please consider the following options:
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The Learning and Talent Development Committee will be launching the 2nd annual Professional Development Week from October 17-21, 2022. 

We invite you to submit workshop proposals for the week-long conference which will run at various times through out the week. Workshop proposals are due July 29, 2022. This is a wonderful way to showcase your ideas and talent with the broader USM system. If you have multiple presentation ideas, please submit a NEW proposal form for each new idea.  We look forward to receiving your submissions!
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WEBINAR: The Kids Are NOT Alright
Date: Tuesday, July 12th 
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm EST
Register Today
 
About this Event 
When schools finally fully reopened, there was a presumed return to normalcy, to things being OK.  But our kids are not OK. Especially our teens. They've experienced trauma that's continuing to impact them and as their parents, you've been witnessing this first-hand.  Social anxiety, depression, isolation, mood swing...or perhaps your kid seems too OK for everything they've experienced.  You're not alone and there are steps you can take to spot the signs, talk to your kids and get them support.  

Our guest, Jennifer L. Hartstein, PsyD, is a nationally known child, adolescent and family psychologist.  A frequent guest on the national morning news shows, she's often cited in print media, and is an in-demand speaker at conferences. Parents of teens and college kids, this webinar is specifically for you.  Please join us.
 
These Care webinars are free to attend, and a recording will be shared afterwards.

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On Saturday, June 25, Panopto Cloud customers will be upgraded to the latest cloud release. The vendor anticipates up to 3 hours of downtime, with a target start time of 9:00 PM EDT. See the cloud upgrade FAQ article for more information. There will be several platform enhancements, including additional  captioning options, content retention and archiving, new user roles, and faster video creation and publishing. 

Panopto Support 
Please register for the Panopto Essentials webinar on June 24 at 2:00 PM.

Please submit an RT ticket should you have any questions or concerns.

Instructional Technology Team
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MAS has created a new training short to explore various internal control activities on campus.

MAS TRAINING SHORT

Internal Control Activities are not just separation of duties; they are also: 

1) Authorizations

2) Approvals

3) Internal Verifications

4) IT Controls, and 

5) Physical Controls

Please reach out to MAS with questions or concerns regarding potential improvements in your business processes.

 
Kind Regards, 

Management Advisory Services

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During Summer 2022, DoIT staff and Blackboard will archive our entire instance of Blackboard, which will save individually backed-up copies of every course and organization through SP2022. Courses offered before and including AY18-19 will be retired by the end of FA2022. 

Beginning July 1, courses offered from the following terms will be scheduled for retirement:

  • Any courses older than five years
  • Fall 2018
  • Winter 2019
  • Spring 2019
  • Summer 2019

The Blackboard system's overall performance and efficiency will improve by removing files and database transactions from the content server and database. AY19-20, AY20-21, and AY21-22 will remain on the server. Fall 2022 will begin a new academic year of data retention (AY22-23).

FAQs about Course Retirement

Is my content gone forever?

No, Blackboard archived courses captured all course data, files, student submissions, discussions, grades, etc. through SP2022. These archives will reside on a secure cloud storage location.

When will I lose access to courses that are being retired?

The archiving process will begin on July 1st. Faculty can place an RT ticket to have their course content restored through November 2022. 

Can I save a copy of my own courses?

Yes -- and it is strongly encouraged! Instructors can export (course content) and/or archive (course content & student data) their courses. You should also download a copy of your gradebook. We recommend saving these files to UMBC’s cloud storage  to ensure long-term access in the event you change computer systems.

Can I restore (regain access to) only course content?

Yes. Course content consists of files and course structure (menu, folders, etc.). Faculty can only import course content to an existing Blackboard course shell.

Can I restore course data?

Course data consists of student submissions, discussions, and grades. We generally prefer not to restore full courses to avoid reinstating user accounts and confusing students with old content. If you must restore archived course data, please open an RT ticket with justification included.

How long will you keep the retired courses?

We will keep the retired courses for approximately 2 years after Blackboard archives the courses. Faculty who may need content beyond 2 years should plan to save copies of their exported courses to UMBC Box or other cloud storage.

As always, if you have any questions about teaching, learning, and technology, please consider the following options:

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Summer brings four enhancements to Ultra course including three focused on assessment and grading.
  • Enhancement to Overall Grade Weighting: Instructors can weigh individual items (e.g., tests, assignments) separately from their categories. This includes discussions, which previously remained locked into their categories.
  • Set Running Total: Toggle a new setting in the Overall Grade column to let students know if the final grade displayed is a running total. 
  • Create Multiple Attempts for Group Assessments: Allow more than one attempt for group assignments. Previously, you could only set multiple attempts for individual assignments, not for groups.
Robust content creation is important for effective course design, including how that content is displayed to students. Currently, when file attachments are added to Ultra Documents and Assessments, students must download the files to view the content. With the June update, instructors can set the behavior for file attachment:
  • view and download: Students can view the file within Ultra AND download it to their own devices
  • view only: Students can ONLY view the file on screen 
  • download only: Students can ONLY download the file 
Example of inline file rendering in Ultra document
Image 1: Example of inline file rendering in Ultra document

For courses that are in progress this summer, this feature will be automatically enabled to "view/download" when it goes into production (scheduled for June 2-3). Settings chooses when uploading new content will only copy over to another course. Please review the related FAQ for additional information.

Additionally, the Ultra developers listened to your feedback about the "Choose at least one correct answer" clause when creating multiple choice questions -- this text was visible to instructors during question creation, question editing, and grading, but it was not not visible to students. They've taken that text out to avoid confusion. 

Finally, as with Original courses, the maximum file upload is limited to 75 MB per individual file, which is generally sufficient for most individual PowerPoint and PDF files. Also, since media tends to be quite large and Blackboard is not a streaming service, audio and videos should always be uploaded to Panopto for encoding and distribution to students. 

The next update to our test environment will take place on June 21, 2022. Faculty who are interested in test driving new features before they are released to production should open an RT ticket to request early access. Additionally, our Ultra feature tracker is updated and now includes a filter for functional category (e.g., assessment, course management, grading) so you can sort only those items you might be interested in tracking the status. Please watch the FAQs, including the What's New with Ultra page, and myUMBC for additional information about Ultra. 

As always, if you have any questions about teaching, learning, and technology at UMBC, please consider the following options:
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The first system-wide Administrative Professionals Conference was well received, and well attended. UMBC had the second highest attendance of the event! Go UMBC! Those that attended needed to choose between three simultaneous sessions in each time block. The good news for you, and for those that could not attend, is that all of the sessions were recorded. 

All videos are on a YouTube Channel and accessed via single sign through the USM Learning & Talent Development site:

Keynote Panel Discussion (with our own CHRO, Valerie Thomas)
Imparting Your Value through Sharing Your Story (with UMBC's Sarah Swatski)
Facilitating Brainstorming & Collaboration for Problem-Solving
Who Is Writing the Career Development Chapter of Your Biography? (with UMBC's Melody Wright)
Self-Care and Balance for the Professional
Upgrade Your Work with these Overlooked Apps
The Productive Professional
Fostering Belongingness in the Workplace
Conducting Vibrant Online Meetings in a world of Zoom Fatigue

Some sessions have additional resources or handouts that can be accessed here. 

We look forward to seeing everyone in the USM Professional Development Week events during the week of October 17-21. More details to follow. 
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10/6/22 Update: 

To clarify, during the 2022-23 academic year, while DoIT pilots the Poll Everywhere institutional license, we will continue to also support Point Solutions (formerly Turning Technologies) per student subscription model sold at the UMBC Bookstore, which have also been discounted.


Beginning next Fall, DoIT will support a campus-wide pilot of Poll Everywhere, an audience response system that can be utilized in face-to-face and online courses instead of traditional, physical clickers. There will be no cost to faculty or students to use Poll Everywhere. 

Instead of owning a physical clicker, students will participate in polls by using their mobile devices, often referred to as BYOD (bring your own device). Without hardware constraints of physical clickers, faculty can utilize a number of question types including open-ended questions, clickable image questions, ranking, Q&A, surveys, and competitions in addition to standard multiple choice or true/false questions. Faculty can prepare polls before classes using a web-based interface and share questions and results with other colleagues as well. Poll responses can be graded and the scores can be passed back to the Blackboard gradebook. Lastly, Poll Everywhere can be used during synchronous, online class meetings since no other hardware is needed. 

Without the barrier of purchasing a clicker or a supplemental software license, DoIT hopes to promote and better support active learning strategies through the implementation of classroom response systems.

More information about the pilot, transition, and training opportunities for PollEverywhere will be announced on the Instructional Technology myUMBC group over the summer. 

As always, if you have any questions about teaching, learning, and technology at UMBC, please consider the following options:

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