November 17, 2009
Bb Maintenance to Fix Email Announcements: 11/20, 10 p.m. to 11/21, 1 a.m.
To address a recent issue with Blackboard announcements not being automatically sent by email when an instructor or manager selects that option, UMBC's Blackboard system will be down from 10 p.m., Friday, November 20, to 1 a.m., Saturday, November 21.
Reminder: Why Blackboard needs scheduled maintenance.
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November 12, 2009
Reminder: LDAP master downtime 11/14/09 10am-4pm
Just a reminder of the scheduled downtime this weekend...
On Saturday 11/14/09 LDAP master will be down 10am-4pm to move to new server hardware.
The following services will be unavailable during this time:
- Calendar (for the first hour only)
- Password changes via Webadmin
- Email forward changes (Webadmin)
- Changing of campus information (Webadmin)
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November 11, 2009
Panasonic HVX200 P2 HD Camera Workshop
On December 9 the New Media Studio will host a presentation on the HVX200 camera by Panasonic rep Jim Jensen. Jim will go over in depth the extensive customizable features on the camera and answer any questions we may have. We will meet at 2pm in ECS 023. We are planning on taping the presentation for future reference. Please pass this on to others (including students) who may be interested.
To reserve a seat in the workshop please visit http://www.umbc.edu/brownbag
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Digital Storytelling Workshop for Faculty Jan. 20-22 2010
A three-day digital storytelling workshop for faculty will be held at UMBC on January 20, 21 and 22, 2010. Staff from the UMBC’s New Media Studio will conduct the workshop, during which participants will learn about the digital storytelling process while creating their own personal story.
Bringing together writing, photography and audio, the digital storytelling process facilitates the telling of personal and reflective stories in the form of digital movies. Through the process of producing their own digital stories over a three-day period, workshop participants gain insight into potential application of this approach in their own teaching. Here are samples from last summer’s workshop.
There are a limited number of seats available for faculty from other area institutions. The fee for non-UMBC faculty will be $500. If you are interested in reserving a seat please contact Bill Shewbridge at shewbrid@umbc.edu . Preference will be given to those who have not taken one of our workshops before, however alumni are welcome to join us if space is available.
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November 6, 2009
GL Linux Servers downtime Monday 11/9/09 6:30am-7am
Critical security patches have been released for our GL Linux systems. The patches have been tested internally with no issues. We will be pushing those out to the GL Lab workstations this morning (Friday 11/6). In order to minimize service impact, we will be taking a small downtime window on Monday 11/9, from 6:30am - 7am to apply the same patches to our GL Login servers.
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