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Beginning on January 5, 2021, all new UMD Zoom recordings will be hosted on UMD Panopto servers instead of Zoom servers. UMD Panopto is the institutional platform for lecture capture and media management. This new process enhances security levels of these recordings and consolidates the storage of instructional media.

Beginning Monday, January 11, 2021, UMD community members will no longer be able to access systems that use the university's Central Authentication Service (CAS) from computers running Windows 7 or Macintosh operating systems older than 10.13 (High Sierra). Major university systems that use CAS include UMD Google email, PHR, ELMS, Testudo, Terrapin Express, Box, MyDRL, MyUHC, and library services.

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.

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.

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:

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.