In November 2019, members of the ATEX lab and DIT's Senior IT Accessibility and UX Specialist, Ana Palla-Kane, presented at the Women Advance IT conference at the University of Lincoln-Nebraska. The conference highlights the contributions of women in the field of IT.

In this article in the Chronicle of Higher Education, check out how DIT survey design and implementation strategies, led by Dr. Megan Masters, improved the implementations of classroom technology, by asking for input from the users themselves. For more information on this and other surveys related to using technology for teaching and learning at UMD, visit our Academic Technology page. 

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.

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:

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.

The Division of IT is upgrading Wi-Fi equipment in South Campus Commons, Graduate Hills, and Graduate Gardens apartments begininning in January 2021. We recognize that high-quality W-iFi is essential for remote learning during COVID-19, and we have worked over Winter Break to acquire equipment and make plans for these improvements. When complete, residents will experience the following enhancements:

UMD Zoom offers the ability to provide live Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) transcripts in real time for meetings and webinars. Once enabled, the feature provides the ability to show in-session ASR transcriptions of all spoken content, based on the session audio. The transcriptions appear during the meeting in a side panel visible to all participants.

Keep your momentum going and join us in May to get a jump on preparing your summer and fall courses. Review webinar descriptions and sign up today!

Visit the ITL Conference website to learn more about plans for this year’s two-day event May 24-25. Registration is now open for the keynote and panel presentations, we look forward to seeing you online!

As of March 2018, UMD and Adobe are making it easier for students, staff, and faculty to get the most from Adobe’s Creative Cloud software with two big changes to the way you log in and renew/install products. First, we’ve implemented a sign on process that’s integrated with our Central Authentication System (CAS). When signing into Adobe Creative Cloud, you should now choose the “Enterprise ID login.” You will then be directed to log in with your UMD Directory ID and password.