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Free 3-day Conference on Labs for Online STEM Announced

Attend Innovating STEM Education 2020 online August 19-21

OLC Ideate Labs for Online STEM: Innovating STEM Education 2020   With COVID pandemic, virtual labs are now a requirement rather than a "nice to have".  There are many technologies and...

Posted: August 10, 2020, 5:49 PM

USM OnTrack: New Online Teaching Resources Page Announced

Check out this updated content on the OnTrack website!

The USM OnTrack website has been updated to include new Online Teaching Resources. USM has revamped the emergency remote teaching web resources shared last spring to focus on the pivot to...

Posted: August 10, 2020, 5:43 PM

Content Editor Updates Enhance Announcements, Embedded Media

Ultra journals now included in course copy

The August Blackboard update introduces an enhanced text editor to the Ultra course announcement tool, allowing faculty to add and display more types of content, embed web links and media, and...

Posted: July 28, 2020, 11:43 AM

FA2020 Courses Created in Blackboard on July 27, 2020

Blackboard course shells for FA2020 were created on July 27, 2020. NOTE: In recognition of the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing social distancing practices, UMBC’s fall session will mostly be online...

Posted: July 28, 2020, 11:23 AM

USM OnTrack Update: Labster will be *NO COST* to Students

Take Advantage of this Virtual Resource in your Fall Course!

USM OnTrack is now providing a system-wide site license for all USM institutions for Labster. As a result, it will NOT be necessary to charge students the $45/course fee. The upgraded...

Posted: July 16, 2020, 10:45 AM