IT Public Alerts - Calendar View
06/15/2026 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
The Experience Student Portal—the new face of Self-Service Banner, commonly known as SURFS—will go live on Monday, June 15, 2026.
Designed for students, instructors, and advisors, this intuitive, card-based platform will serve as the entry point for accessing key university systems, including Blackboard, Mediasite, and Degree Works. While the appearance and navigation will be updated, core functionality will remain familiar.
Visit the website link below to learn more, and watch for a go-live announcement in The Elm on June 15.
06/16/2026 6:00 AM - 7:00 AM
The Center for Information Technology Services (CITS) will be performing maintenance on the DNS and DHCP management server on Tuesday, June 16th, 2026, between 6:00am and 7:00am. No downtime is anticipated.
06/20/2026 1:00 AM - 2:00 AM
Quantum Financials will be unavailable on Saturday, June 20, 2026, from 1:00 AM to 2:00 AM for scheduled legislative updates.
06/27/2026 1:00 AM - 5:00 AM
Mediasite will be undergoing maintenance by the vendor on June 27, 2026 1:00 AM - 5:00 AM EST. The application may be unavailable for brief periods during this maintenance window.
06/28/2026 4:00 AM - 7:00 AM
Our campus Internet Service provider, MDREN, will be performing network maintenance on Sunday, June 28th, 2026, between 4:00am and 7:00am. No downtime is expected but users may notice some network latency with internet connections during the maintenance window.
06/30/2026 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
The Center for Information Technology Services (CITS) would like to inform instructors, students, and educational technology staff that the multimedia discussion platform VoiceThread, which is integrated with Blackboard, will be retired at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB). The campus-wide license for VoiceThread will end June 30, 2026, after which it will no longer be available for campus-wide use. Details of this news can be found as part of a recent announcement in The Elm (click 'more info' below).
07/12/2026 4:00 AM - 7:00 AM
Our campus Internet Service provider, MDREN, will be performing network maintenance on Sunday, July 12th, 2026, between 4:00am and 7:00am. No downtime is expected but users may notice some network latency with Azure, OCI, and internet connections during the maintenance window.
07/29/2026 11:00 PM - 07/30/2026 1:00 AM
Blackboard will be undergoing maintenance by the vendor on July 29, 2026 11:00 PM EST. The maintenance downtime is expected to last approximately two hours. The Blackboard application will be unavailable during this maintenance window.
