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DoIT Publishes Most Active Fall 2017 Blackboard Courses

UMBC faculty and staff may recall that DoIT used to publish a list of most active Blackboard courses for every term. However, we discontinued this after Spring 2013, when we completed our...

Posted: December 18, 2017, 11:33 AM

Faculty to Pilot Blackboard’s Ultra Experience in SP2018

Learn more about the redesigned next generation Blackboard

Four faculty will redesign and teach courses using Blackboard’s Ultra Experience, the next generation of Blackboard’s learning management system during the SP2018 semester. As part of a unique...

Posted: December 18, 2017, 10:12 AM

MD Open Source Textbook Initiative Mini-Grants Announced

Begin your OER Mini-Grant proposal today!

Today the University System of Maryland 's William E. Kirwan Center for Academic Innovation announced the Maryland Open Source Textbook (M.O.S.T.) 2018 High-impact OER Mini-Grant Program.  Learn...

Posted: December 12, 2017, 12:01 PM

SU2017 Courses Restored to Main Blackboard Site

Final step in cloud transition

All SU2017 courses, which operated in a separate environment during the full Blackboard transition to the cloud, were successfully restored to the UMBC's main Blackboard site in mid-FA2017, per...

Posted: November 21, 2017, 1:26 PM