Academic Technology @ Smith IT

Smith IT provides supports for many academic technology services for students, faculty and staff.  The main support areas are:

ELMS - Blackboard

Anyone with a UMID login can login to the Blackboard learning management system.  Go to our Blackboard web pages for links to documentation and other news and information.  Any questions can be sent to our BB support team at bbhelp@rhsmith.umd.edu. Walk-in and phone calls to our helpdesk are also welcome.

!!  If you know how to log into BB already, check out the "How to Blackboard - Demos" course you'll see there.  If you are a Smith faculty/staff or BMGT major, you should see it.  If you don't please let bbhelp know. 

SmithApps (used to be MySmith in the MyUM portal)

Access the software applications our faculty have requested for Business School classes from virtually anywhere with internet access.  If you have file space on Smith network drives K: and/or O: you may access files there from SmithApps as well. Log in with your Directory login account

Labs and Classrooms

Where are they, what hours are they open, what hardware and software are there?  Not only VMH info, but links to Satellite info are here too.

Want to host your own Webinar? 

Please fill out an AV Request form and someone will contact you.  Please mention in the comments how many you plan to have connecting to the session and whether you want to collaborate with desktop applications during the session.

Classroom Response Devices - or "Clickers"

Many of our faculty use them regularly for polling, quizzing, or engaging students.  The Office of Smith IT can help Business School faculty get started if they're interested in using this technology for an entire semester or just a class or two.  

Web pages with information about using clickers, our loaner program and other help.

Need Free Images for Your Presentations?  try these:

• Google Images - https://www.google.com/imghp
• Stock.XCHNG - http://www.sxc.hu/index.phtml
• Creative Commons - http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/
• Library of Congress Digital Collections - http://www.loc.gov/library/libarch-digital.html

Getting Started with LinkedIn

Some classes are choosing to use LinkedIn groups. To create a LinkedIn account, go to www.linkedin.com, click on the "Join Now" button, and follow the steps to create an account. 

Please see the Creating and Managing Groups document for information on getting started with Groups in LinkedIn.

To learn more about using LinkedIn, visit http://learn.linkedin.com/