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Second Blackboard Ultra Experience 2-Day Boot Camp Scheduled

Learn how to develop courses in the new Blackboard interface

Due to the popularity of our Blackboard Ultra Experience 2-Day Boot Camp scheduled for 8/15 & 8/16, now filled to capacity, we have scheduled a second Boot Camp for Tuesday, 8/21, and...

Posted: July 18, 2018, 10:47 AM

DoIT's Dustin Roddy Receives UMBC Athletics' Gritty Award

Limelight shines on behind-the-scenes producer

During its annual "Gritty Awards" last Wednesday, May 7, UMBC Athletics went "off script" and surprised DoIT's Dustin Roddy, by awarding him the 2017-18 Leon Upshur Memorial Award for "outstanding...

Posted: May 15, 2018, 9:57 AM

Using AI to Nudge Students to Study Groups and Tutoring

Spring StudyTree Pilot Continues in 2018-19

UMBC's Division of Information Technology (DoIT) partnered with the Learning Resource Center (LRC) and several faculty members during the Spring 2018 term to pilot an artificial intelligence (AI),...

Posted: May 11, 2018, 12:20 PM

TechSmith Relay to be Discontinued 12/31/18

TechSmith, makers of our self-hosted instance of TechSmith Relay, has announced it will no longer support a self-hosted version of its software. As such, the current institutional solution for...

Posted: May 11, 2018, 12:07 PM

Stata Quantitative Research Software Now Available

CAHSS Purchases Site License

The College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) has purchased a site license for the quantitative research application Stata. This software is available to all UMBC faculty, staff,...

Posted: May 11, 2018, 9:43 AM