News
One Button Studios
Eight One Button Studios are now available across campus! These are simplified recording studios that allow you to create high-quality video projects without having to know anything about lights and cameras. You only need to bring a flash drive with you and push a single button to start the recording.
New Secure Share Service
Do you have a large attachment or confidential document that you need to share? Don’t send that Personally Identifiable Information in an email attachment! Secure Share is a new service that can help. Secure Share is not a document storage service. Recipients will be notified via email that a file or message is being shared with them. They will be provided with the URL for the Secure Share site where they can retrieve the files or messages.
Official All-in-One Mobile App for UMD
New in Fall 2020, the University of Maryland app is the official mobile app for the university, offering up-to-date information and content specific to the user's select experience. The UMD app delivers access to popular institutional services and resources, including:
Mail Reflector Changes
Effective December 1, 2020, no new mail reflectors are being created, and all new requests for an email group/list are being processed as Google Groups or Listserv lists.
To salvage the semester, college professors make a rapid pivot to teaching online
In March 2020, when the university transitioned to remote instruction, Marcio A. Oliveira, Assistant Vice President for Academic Technology and Innovation, stressed the importance of faculty being flexible, patient and creative in designing and implementing their courses.
COVID-19 Resources
For UMD-specific details about COVID-19 response, please visit umd.edu/4maryland. For information about resources to operate remotely during the prolonged campus closure: