It is my pleasure to both introduce and welcome the three newest members of the Instructional Technology team in DoIT: Chimaobi (Mobie) Nwaokomah (pictured at left), Laura Wyatt, and Collin...
August 12, 2019
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Win a Kindle Fire!
The Ultra Course Redesign Challenge offers faculty an opportunity to share their redesigned courses using the new Ultra interface for a chance to win a Kindle Fire. The challenge is open to any...
August 9, 2019
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1:58 PM
Cengage & Wiley fully supported in Ultra courses
Several publisher integrations will be updated at the end of summer to leverage modern infrastructure functionality, which will change the way faculty access those tools. Both Cengage Mindtap...
August 6, 2019
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8:06 AM
Organizations also come to Ultra next month
In the August update to Ultra courses, faculty can create question pools to help build assessments quickly and better support academic integrity. Instructors can add questions to from all existing...
July 30, 2019
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11:21 AM
Learn what’s coming to Ultra & Collaborate next month
This month’s update to Blackboard will provide access to UMBC’s Google Drive. Faculty, staff, and students will be able to view their Google cloud storage from their Ultra courses, user profile,...
July 3, 2019
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12:30 PM
Mandatory Client Upgrade
As announced in April, please be sure to upgrade to the Panopto 6.0 recorder by July 18. You can download the recorder directly from our instance of Panopto. Please Note Panopto for Windows...
June 25, 2019
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9:27 AM
Learn what’s coming to Ultra & Collaborate next month
The June update to Blackboard brings delegated grading to Ultra courses. Renamed “parallel marking” in Ultra, this feature is designed to minimize bias when paired with anonymous grading. Parallel...
May 30, 2019
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Supporting the UMBC Mission and Vision
Using Open Educational Resources (OER) is not just about inexpensive textbook alternatives, it is about advancing student retention, grades, and graduation rates. Given UMBC’s Mission and Vision...
May 10, 2019
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11:22 AM
Lessons learned from DoIT's "bird's eye view"
Dear UMBC Faculty, This year, we learned UMBC’s Blackboard usage is much different and (I think) better than most colleges and universities, but one of the things I still like to do with DoIT's...
May 8, 2019
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4:21 PM
Learn more about inclusive education & digital access
Founded in 2012, Global Accessibility Awareness Day is dedicated to driving conversations and building awareness on the importance of accessibility. The seventh annual Global Accessibility...
May 6, 2019
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