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New Process To Request Merged Course Shells
Blackboard course shells for Summer 2025 were created on April 24, 2025. All Summer 2025 courses listed in the UMBC Schedule of Classes (SOC), regardless of designation as lecture, lab, etc, or...
Posted: April 25, 2025, 9:30 AM
Blackboard course shells for Summer 2024 were created on April 22, 2024. UMBC is committed to providing a consistent learning experience for everyone. The Ultra Course Preview setting is enabled...
Posted: April 30, 2024, 11:57 AM
Blackboard course shells for SU2023 were created on April 27, 2023. UMBC is committed to providing a consistent learning experience for everyone. The Ultra Course Preview setting is again enabled...
Posted: April 27, 2023, 11:18 AM
Blackboard course shells for SU2022 were created on April 29, 2022. The Ultra Course Preview setting is again enabled in SU2022 courses, which allows faculty to convert a new Original course to...
Posted: May 3, 2022, 9:14 AM
Blackboard course shells for SU2021 were created on April 27, 2021. The Ultra Course Preview setting is again enabled in SU2021 courses to allow faculty adoption with anupdated support schedule...
Posted: April 28, 2021, 10:11 AM
Blackboard course shells for SU2020 were created on April 21, 2020. NOTE: In recognition of the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing social distancing practices, UMBC’s summer session will be offered...
Posted: April 22, 2020, 3:22 PM
Blackboard course shells for SU2019 were created on April 26, 2019. The Ultra Course Preview setting is again enabled in SU2019 courses to allow faculty adoption. The Ultra Course Preview tool...
Posted: May 2, 2019, 10:25 AM
Blackboard course shells for SU2018 were created on April 25, 2018 About Course Creation Bb shells for SU2018 are available for all courses (designated as lecture, lab, field or discussion)...
Posted: April 26, 2018, 3:08 PM
Summer courses using new cloud environment
Blackboard course shells for SU2017 were created on April 18, 2017, on a separate Bb server. Why? In preparation for UMBC’s migration to Blackboard’s new cloud infrastructure, summer courses will...
Posted: April 28, 2017, 3:56 PM
Blackboard course shells for SU2016 were created on April 24, 2016. Bb shells are available for all courses (designated as lecture, lab, field or discussion) listed in the UMBC Schedule of...
Posted: April 25, 2016, 7:59 AM