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Instructor Training for Respondus 4 & the Test Bank Network

Learn how to quickly create and manage online exams!

Quickly Create Online Exams: Respondus 4 and the Test Bank Network Respondus is a powerful tool for creating and managing exams that can be printed to paper or published directly to Blackboard....

Posted: January 17, 2019, 3:33 PM

Instructor Training for LockDown Browser & Respondus Monitor

Learn about alternatives for in class and online assessment

Respondus LockDown Browser is a custom browser that locks down the testing environment within a learning management system. Used at over 1000 higher ed and K-12 institutions, LockDown Browser is...

Posted: January 10, 2019, 1:04 PM

SUBMIT YOUR TECHFEST ’19 PROPOSAL SOON!

Come share your favorite technologies and best practices.

The Instructional Technology Team will celebrate its 4th Annual TechFest on March 1, 2019 and is looking for presenters!  TechFest is designed to bring together UMBC students, faculty, and staff...

Posted: January 9, 2019, 4:02 PM

Submit Your TechFest ’19 Proposal Today!

Come share your favorite technologies and best practices.

The Instructional Technology Team will celebrate its 4th Annual TechFest on March 1, 2019 and is looking for presenters!  TechFest is designed to bring together UMBC students, faculty, and staff...

Posted: December 17, 2018, 3:52 PM

UMBC Blackboard Use Differs from Most Schools

Findings based on Bb's "course archetypes" research

Earlier this year, Blackboard released a “course archetype” system administrator’s tool that allows institutions to see how the company’s Learning Management System (LMS) software is being used...

Posted: December 11, 2018, 11:23 PM

A student at a computer in the Albin O. Kuhn Library, perhaps working on the Blackboard course.