Frequently Asked Questions

Harassment Prevention for Employees provides an overview of the types of behaviors that can give rise to harassment claims, including those based on gender, race, color, national origin, religion, age, and disability, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act (and ADA Amendments Act), and the University's nondiscrimination policies and procedures.

The Title IX for Higher Education course provides an overview of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the federal law that prohibits sexual harassment of members of the University community. Compliance with this law is required for all educational institutions (kindergarten through higher education). The Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) has indicated that failure to comply with Title IX can have serious repercussions for institutions, including loss of federal funding, and has sanctioned schools nationwide for failing to meet the standards under Title IX. Sexual assault also is a form of sexual discrimination prohibited under Title IX. More information about Title IX at UMB can be found in the University's sexual misconduct policies and procedures.

All UMB employees must take both the Harassment Prevention and Title IX training courses. This includes anyone on the UMB payroll, such as graduate students, postdocs, hourly, and student workers.

All members of the UMB community, including affiliates and students, must take the Title IX training course. 

Currently, residents who are employed through University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) and any employees of Faculty Physicians Inc. (FPI) can use the same course as UMB Affiliates.

Before accessing the Learning Hub, or beginning a course in the eLearning system, please disable your pop-up blocker.

If you continue to have trouble, email eLearning@umaryland.edu with a detailed description of your issue (description of screen, error message, etc.).

Human Resource Services (HRS) and OAC will maintain tracking information and provide reports to supervisors, as requested. 

If a supervisor would like to verify completion by their employees, OAC prints completion reports at the end of each month and can provide the last available report upon request. Supervisors should encourage their employees to sign in to eLearning. The online training has been assigned to all employees as part of their eLearning profile. Reminders will be sent directly from the Learning Hub to any employee who has signed into eLearning connection but has not completed the training.

UMB must maintain continuous compliance with Title IX requirements. Therefore, this training must be completed every academic year.

OAC has been meeting with schools and departments since April 2013 regarding Title IX training and the upcoming all-staff electronic training. In 2013, OAC presented in-person Title IX training at the deans and vice presidents meeting, at the law school’s faculty council meeting, and at the all-employee/staff meetings for the schools of nursing, social work, and pharmacy, and for URecFit. In 2014, OAC presented Title IX training to employees of the counseling center and student health.

Title IX training is required by the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) for all employees. Given the large number of UMB employees, online training is the best method to reach the majority of the University community.

The Learning Hub system requires the username and password that employees use to enter their timesheets. OAC understands that some employees do not complete timesheets through myUMB and are unfamiliar with the portal and mechanism for logging in. Please contact eLearning@umaryland.edu to address any access concerns.

Supervisors should communicate this message to any staff without UMB email addresses in the same way other communications are sent to those staff members. OAC can provide informational flyers for any units that may have this issue. Please contact TitleIX@umaryland.edu.

The Department of Education can withhold federal funding from any institution that doesn’t comply with Title IX. Since 2001, the Department of Education has issued guidance to schools with steps to follow in order to comply with Title IX; one such step is Title IX training for all employees.

Every UMB employee must take this training. While the intention is not to single out individual employees, the failure of any one UMB employee/department/lab/unit to comply means the University, as a whole, could lose federal funding. UMB employees who fail to timely complete required training may be subject to appropriate disciplinary action. Again, it is highly recommended that employees access the eLearning system well in advance of the annual deadline to ensure that any issues or concerns will be resolved well ahead of the deadline. 

Supervisors should help lead the push for compliance by their employees. Ensuring employees complete mandatory training is a metric upon which a supervisor may be evaluated as part of informal and formal performance evaluations. 

Your online training information is stored for UMB’s records — you do not need to send confirmation of completion to OAC.

If you would like to save or print proof of completion for your own records, the certificate of completion becomes available at the end of the training. You can print or save the certificate from that new window. 

• Login help: eLearning@umaryland.edu
• In-person training or general questions: TitleIX@umaryland.edu