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Display files in Ultra Docs, Improve Weighted Grades in June

Feedback matters: Continued focus on assessment & grading

Summer brings four enhancements to Ultra course including three focused on assessment and grading. Enhancement to Overall Grade Weighting: Instructors can weigh individual items (e.g., tests,...

Posted: May 31, 2022, 11:21 AM

DoIT Pilots Poll Everywhere as BYOD Clickers

Use mobile devices to participate in live polls

10/6/22 Update:  To clarify, during the 2022-23 academic year, while DoIT pilots the Poll Everywhere institutional license, we will continue to also support Point Solutions (formerly Turning...

Posted: May 18, 2022, 12:08 PM

Quality Matters Impact Program - Call to Participate

Faculty can apply for Fall/Spring cohorts

The Quality Matters Impact program formally recognizes courses that meet Quality Matters (QM) standards and demonstrate exemplary online/hybrid course design. An extension of the award-winning...

Posted: May 18, 2022, 10:22 AM

Instructional Technology Certified as QM Master Reviewers

Certification facilitates Quality Matters reviews at UMBC

As part of UMBC's effort to recognize exemplary course design through the Quality Matters Impact (QMI) pilot, a partnership with the Provost's Office launched in FA2021 as an extension of the...

Posted: May 18, 2022, 9:13 AM

Coming Soon: Badging 100 and the Edu-Work Alignment

Webinar series highlights badging creation process at UMBC

This summer Instructional Technology kicks off a webinar series designed to support those who want to learn, create, and issue digital badges that validate learner accomplishments, skills, and...

Posted: May 17, 2022, 1:35 PM