In support the college’s initiative to enhance the digital accessibility of course materials, SMCM is transitioning to Ultra course view in Blackboard Learn beginning with Winter 2026 Term.\u00a0 Ultra Course View offers important accessibility tools as well as coaching for faculty and alternative formats for students. For more information, resources and training opportunities, please see the Ultra Transition page<\/a>.<\/p>\n To enhance cybersecurity and safeguard College systems, the Office of Information All students, faculty, and staff are required to complete cybersecurity training.\u00a0 You will receive an individual notice with the training link and deadlines.<\/p>\n 100 GB pipe to support data analytics projects.<\/p>\n New Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone system have replaced analog telephones. Investing in the future of St. Mary\u2019s College of Maryland and enhancing the overall student\/staff\/faculty experience, SMCM is replacing the antiquated Jenzabar system with software that embraces Cloud architecture. This Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) effort will improve productivity, increase efficiencies, streamline processes, and decrease the overall cost of doing business. The new ERP will be phased in over two years starting with HR and Finance operations and culminated with the Student go-live on October 8, 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Blackboard Ultra Transition In support the college’s initiative to enhance the digital accessibility of course materials, SMCM is transitioning to Ultra course view in Blackboard Learn beginning with Winter 2026 Term.\u00a0 Ultra Course View offers important accessibility tools as well as coaching for faculty and alternative formats for students. For more information, resources and training Find out more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":199,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-5085","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/199"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5085"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5404,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5085\/revisions\/5404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Cybersecurity<\/h2>\n
Multi-Factor Authentication – 2025<\/h3>\n
\nTechnology (OIT) is implementing Multi-Factor Authentication<\/a> (MFA) for all faculty, staff,
\nand students. Starting December 1, 2025, MFA will be required to access College accounts.
\nThis added layer of protection ensures that only you can access your information\u2014even if
\nyour password is compromised.<\/p>\nCybersecurity Training<\/h3>\n
100 GB Infrastructure<\/h2>\n
Telecommunications Upgrade<\/h2>\n
\nPhone usage tutorials and more information.<\/a><\/p>\nERP Migration<\/h2>\n