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Blackboard Offers Free Virtual Conference July 12-14

Follow BbWorld via live streaming sessions & recordings

Once a year Blackboard hosts the BbWorld conference over several days for faculty, students, administrators, instructional technology specialists, training professionals, developers, and system...

Posted: July 8, 2016, 9:25 AM

Save the Date: 9/29 USM Gamification Symposium

Explore how games boost engagement & enhance learning

Join instructional designers, faculty, and academic leaders from across the University System of Maryland in exploring how games and gamification can reinvigorate courses, boost student...

Posted: July 6, 2016, 9:47 AM

Clicker License Codes to be Emailed to UMBC Students

License codes will be sent out to students starting May 23

As the campus begins the migration to TurningPoint Cloud this summer, students who purchased and registered their clickers on Blackboard prior to March 1, 2016  will receive Turning Account...

Posted: May 20, 2016, 12:28 PM

Online Learning Consortium Offers Free Faculty Training

Expand Your Online Knowledge During Summer 2016

Through a University System of Maryland partnership with the Online Learning Consortium (OLC), DoIT is pleased to offer an exceptional online training opportunity to UMBC full-time and part-time...

Posted: May 11, 2016, 10:09 AM

DoIT Test Scoring Services Moving to Library on June 1

Scored, paper exams to be shredded after final grades due

As of June 1, 2016, DoIT’s Test Scoring Services (Scantron) will no longer reside in the International Media Center (IMC), but will be relocated to the Technology Support Center (TSC) on the first...

Posted: May 5, 2016, 2:31 PM