Welcome to the Center for Instructional Technology and Online Learning.
Our staff is happy to help you in any way possible. Below is a list of services we offer to faculty and staff.
- Support Blackboard Learning Management System (LMS) and other instructional software which can be found on the Teaching Online page.
- Provide professional development workshops
- Design courses which are in alignment with Quality Matters standards.
- UMES Online Teaching Certification
- Develop Assessment materials for classes
- Develop Interactive materials for classes
- Training & Development for ePortfolios
- Training & Development for Surveys
- Help troubleshoot student problems on LMS
For Blackboard Help open a Help Desk Ticket Select Blackboard as the inquiry type.
Meet our Staff
Mrs. Catherine Passeri
Interim Director of Instructional Technology & Online Learning
Engineering and Aviation Complex - 3072
410-651-8314
Ms. Tracey DiRusso
Interim Instructional Technologist
Engineering and Aviation Complex - 3073
410-651-7574
State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement
At UMES, we are committed to continually improving our online courses. UMES participates in “The State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement.” Some of the benefits for students of our institutional participation in SARA include greater access to online
programs, better quality of distance education, and reduced institutional costs (which keeps everyone’s costs lower),
Currently, 47 states and the District of Columbia participate in SARA (Florida, Massachusetts, and California do not participate). “The State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement is a voluntary agreement among its member states and U.S. territories that
establishes comparable national standards for interstate offering of postsecondary distance-education courses and programs. It is intended to make it easier for students to take online courses offered by postsecondary institutions based in another
state” (NC-SARA.org). For more information, you can visit NC-SARA.org.