Privacy Policy Virtual Information and Listening Sessions
The University of Maryland is developing a new data privacy policy to establish clear principles and expectations related to the appropriate use of university community members’ data. The IT Council of the University Senate is interested in student, faculty, and staff feedback before finalizing the policy. You’re invited to attend a virtual information and listening session to provide your input and have your questions answered. Please use one of the links below to join the UMD Zoom meeting at the appropriate time:
Planned Outage of IT Services August 1, 2021
Many UMD IT services will be intermittently unavailable on August 1 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.
IT Highlights for Instructors
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Welcome! To get started, activate your Directory ID and account services and learn how your UMD Gmail account works.
IT Highlights for Students
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Welcome! To get started, visit identity.umd.edu to set up your Directory ID and passphrase, multi-factor authentication, TERPmail password, and verified phone (for easy passphrase resets in the future).
Information For
Scheduled Network Testing July 25
On Sunday, July 25, 2021 between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m., the Division of Information Technology will conduct a series of disaster recovery tests focusing on core portions of the network. The State Office of Legislative Audits requires that disaster recovery planning and testing be conducted annually. Conducting such tests is essential to ensuring that IT services can withstand failure large and small.
New UMD Zoom Features
University of Maryland community members can now enter their preferred display name and pronouns in the UMD Zoom platform. These options are available on the Zoom Profile page, and instructions are provided in this support article: Change Your Display Name and Add Pronouns in Zoom. Note that the chosen display name and pronouns will be retained rather than being mapped every time the user signs into Zoom using the UMD Central Authentication System (CAS).
New UMD VPN Service Now Available
UMD’s current Cisco AnyConnect virtual private networking (VPN) service will be retired on October 15, 2021. Its replacement is GlobalProtect VPN, which is now available to UMD community members. If you use UMD's VPN service, we encourage you to switch as soon as possible!
Webex Video Conferencing Service to End in 2022
The University of Maryland’s centrally provided Webex Web Conferencing service will be discontinued June 15, 2022. The service has provided video and audio conferencing for university community members for several years, but given the fiscal constraints of continued state budget cuts, it is not prudent to continue paying for multiple overlapping services.
Independence Day 2021 Service Modifications
Division of IT offices — including Campus Information Services (301.405.1000), the Service Desk (301.405.1500), Classroom Support (301.405.2500), and Terrapin Tech (McKeldin Library) — will be closed Monday, July 5, 2021 in observance of Independence Day. Offices will reopen according to regular or summer hours of operation on Tuesday, July 6. Additional service modifications are listed below.