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Take Attendance Qwickly with New Tool in Blackboard

Track attendance in gradebook & send students absentee email

A popular request from faculty is a tool to track student attendance. Many instructors who teach large classes use clickers to assign points for student engagement as a proxy for attendance....

Posted: December 5, 2016, 4:02 PM

Blackboard Upgrade Scheduled Dec. 26, 6:30 AM - 6:30 PM

System-wide update planned

Blackboard engineers will perform a system upgrade and maintenance on Monday morning, December 26, 2016, from 6:30 AM to 6:30 PM. Blackboard will be offline during this period. The downtime...

Posted: December 2, 2016, 9:49 AM

Beat the Next Snow Day with the Skill Builder Boot Camp

Everything you need to know about Blackboard in 2 days!

Concerned about Mother Nature's icy influence this winter? New to UMBC or teaching with Blackboard? Need to refresh your skills? Interested in an existing technology or resource? The Skill...

Posted: December 1, 2016, 1:05 PM

WT/SP2017 Courses Created in Blackboard on 11/29/2016

Blackboard course shells for WT/SP2017 were created on November 29, 2016. Bb shells are available for all courses (designated as lecture, lab, field or discussion) listed in the UMBC Schedule of...

Posted: December 1, 2016, 12:55 PM

Nearly All UMBC Students Own Laptops AND Smart Phones

Findings Mirror 2016 National Study of Students and IT

For 10 of the past 11 years, UMBC has participated in the annual “Undergraduates and IT” study conducted by the Educause Center for Applied Research (ECAR). According to the 2016 ECAR findings,...

Posted: November 30, 2016, 1:46 PM