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Level Up Your Course: Join Us for Blackboard Week (August 10th–14th)

Daily webinars to optimize your Fall courses

As we gear up for the FA2026 semester, Instructional Technology is hosting Blackboard Week from August 10th to August 14th. Whether you are completely new to Blackboard or a seasoned pro looking...

Posted: July 28, 2026, 10:00 AM

Blackboard Launches New Gradebook on August 7

Same grades, less clicking.

After a year-long redesign with faculty feedback sessions – including on-site at UMBC – Blackboard will launch a new gradebook starting August 7, 2026. The redesigned gradebook grid view will...

Posted: July 20, 2026, 10:00 AM

FA2026 Courses Created in Blackboard on July 15, 2026

Reminder: New Course Creation & Student Enrollment Process

Blackboard course shells for Fall 2026 were created on July 15, 2026. All Fall 2026 courses listed in the UMBC Schedule of Classes (SOC), regardless of designation as lecture, lab, etc, or...

Posted: July 16, 2026, 8:00 AM

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