Advancing Student Success with Open Educational Resources
Supporting the UMBC Mission and Vision
Using Open Educational Resources (OER) is not just about inexpensive textbook alternatives, it is about advancing student retention, grades, and graduation rates. Given UMBC’s Mission and Vision...
Posted: January 22, 2020, 9:23 AM
Moving from “What is that?" to Data-Informed Practice
A Faculty Member Shares Her Experience Using REX
For all those interested in data-driven decision making, there is a rich trove of data available to research thanks to the data warehouse Reports Exchange (REX). Although all faculty have had...
Posted: January 14, 2020, 10:18 AM
Google Assignments and File Embed Available for Bb Courses
Use Google's Rich Editor to Provide Student Feedback
In January 2018, Box discontinued Crocodoc in favor of the Box inline grading tool. The goal of this transition was to provide a similar and simpler experience users know from the traditional Box...
Posted: January 8, 2020, 11:32 AM
Urgent TurningPoint Update for Instructors effective 12/23
ACTION REQUIRED: Transitioning to TurningPoint 8
Turning Technologies is discontinuing their product TurningPoint Cloud for the release of their newest software TurningPoint 8. Starting December 23, 2019, UMBC will transition to...
Posted: December 19, 2019, 1:31 PM
Students like Ultra design, organized courses
User surveys reveal consistent satisfaction with Ultra style
More than 70% of 606 student survey respondents who took a course that used Ultra during the FA2019 semester said they were satisfied with the experience. When asked, students described Ultra as...
Posted: December 17, 2019, 2:20 PM
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