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Blackboard Courses Scheduled for Retirement from Server

AY14-15 & AY15-16 courses to be removed in late January 2020

During the summer of 2019, Blackboard archived our complete site, which provided individually backed-up copies of every course and organization through SP2019. As previously completed for courses...

Posted: August 14, 2019, 8:01 AM

Check your course materials for accessibility with Ally

New course report available in Blackboard for FA2019

Are your course materials accessible? Where would you go to check? Could you easily remediate your files for your current or future students? Meet Ally, an accessibility tool that automatically...

Posted: August 13, 2019, 1:36 PM

DoIT Expands Ultra Faculty Ambassador Program

Nominate a peer expert today!

Are you passionate about teaching with technology? Do you have an Ultra course adoption story to share with other faculty? Would you like to be part of a growing community of Blackboard...

Posted: August 13, 2019, 9:54 AM

DoIT Welcomes 3 New Staff to Instructional Technology

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...

Posted: August 12, 2019, 11:06 AM

Join the M.O.S.T. Regional Open Educational Resource Forum

Discuss OER accessibility, quality, student success

Are you new to open educational resources (OER) and interested in learning how to adopt or scale OER in your course or across your institution? Register to join the Maryland Open Source...

Posted: August 12, 2019, 10:01 AM