Speaking of Computers Issue No. 65

April 5, 2004, Issue No. 65

This year, 3038 students or approximately 51percent of all undergrads responded to the Residence Survey relating to student use of technology at Stanford. Residential Education, in collaboration with Residential Computing, conducted the survey, as well as a parallel survey for graudate students living on campus. Read more...

Cutting Out the Spam

Get in a conversation about email, and it won’t be long before someone is talking -maybe more than talking! -about how much junk mail (spam) they get. ITSS gets calls every day from faculty, students and staff asking how they can stem the tide of this problem. For some solutions, read more...

Sundial Calendar Use Increases on Campus

The Sundial calendaring service is gaining widespread acceptance throughout the Stanford campus. Currently, Sundial has over 1400 registered users from approximately 135 departments. The Sundial service offers a fully featured, common calendaring system that is maintained centrally. For details, read more...

New Resources for Stanford Web Masters

The Office of University Communications, which maintains Stanford’s main web site (http://www.stanford.edu/) now offers a set of resources and helpful style guidelines for webmasters of departmental or other official Stanford web sites. For more information...

Too Much to Read, Not Enough Time?

Driving to Stanford in the morning…walking across campus between classes. Your thoughts drift to those articles you have to read, that report to review, and all those emails! “So much reading to do,” you think. “Too bad I can’t do it right now!” Well, you can-with the help of assistive technology. For details, read more...

Stanford Collaborates on Sakai Project

Stanford University has joined forces with three other institutions, the University of Michigan, Indiana University and MIT, to develop the next generation of course management tools. This landmark venture, called the Sakai Project, aims to create open-source course management tools and related software for the higher education community. Read more...

Wireless Access in the Stanford Libraries

For many of us, wireless connectivity would allow for greater mobility in our work or research. The Stanford University Libraries offer just such technology and capability. Read more...

April 5, 2004, Issue No. 65

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