CourseWork Integrated with Stanford Syllabus
Stanford Syllabus was released to the Stanford community in Fall 2006. Conceived by the Committee on Undergraduate Standards and Policy (C-USP), funded by the Provost's Office, and developed by Academic Computing... Read more
Changes to HelpSU with the Remedy 7 Upgrade
In February, IT Services upgraded to the new version of Remedy, the software behind HelpSU. You probably didn't notice the change unless you're a support team member who uses Remedy every day. For everyone else, there are a few changes that may interest you... Read more
Socrates Goes Global
On Monday, February 11, 2008, researchers encountered something new while searching the Stanford University Libraries' catalog, Socrates, for materials in Arabic and Hebrew... Read more
Student Computing @ Stanford: Results from Annual Residence Evaluation
The results from the 2007-2008 undergraduate residence computing survey (part of the annual residence evaluation conducted by the Office of Residential Education) are now available... Read more
Find High Quality Information More Quickly: Use Federated Search Prototypes Developed for Stanford
Effective and intuitive ways of discovering information are a growing challenge in the age of the digital library. With the sheer abundance of resources present, the issue is no longer finding related resources, but rather finding the most relevant resources to further insights and research work... Read more
Big Fix Power Management Tool: Get It Today
The Big Fix Power Management Tool was released to campus in January and, to date, thirteen percent of the Big Fix users across campus have adopted the tool. An initial application has been made to PG&E for $40,000 in rebates. But there are still more rebate funds available... Read more
New Features and Tools in the Integrated Email and Calendar Services
IT Services continues to work on the new integrated email and calendar services powered by the Zimbra Collaboration Suite. Highlighted Features Early testing has begun and some of the new features promise big gains for the Stanford community... Read more
Academic Technology Lab: New Developments
The Academic Technology Lab (ATL), a resource center for faculty, instructors and TAs interested in using multimedia to improve teaching, learning and research at Stanford University, has recently adopted a new consulting model... Read more
CLOCKSS Works
Researchers increasingly access journal articles online, but the real possibility exists that, due to natural disaster or human/computing failure, digital content might not always be available. Libraries and publishers have joined forces in an initiative called CLOCKSS... Read more
Making Room for Net Savviness in the Residences
Since the introduction of the Macintosh computer in 1984, Residential Computing has been offering an Introduction to Computing at Stanford class (now CS1C), a one unit pass/no credit course taught by local Resident Computer Consultants (RCCs) in the residences... Read more
Axess Upgrade This Summer
PeopleSoft, the software that runs most of the functions accessed via the Axess portal at Stanford, will be undergoing some changes this summer. On August 11, 2008, Stanford will upgrade from PeopleSoft version 8 to PeopleSoft version 9, and everyone who uses Axess will see some changes.... Read more
New Stanford Homepage Coming June 2008
Some of Stanford's main Web sites will have a fresh look beginning this summer. Launching in June will be a redesigned homepage for the University, as well as new Web sites for the offices of Undergraduate Admission, Financial Aid and Visitor Information... Read more
