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News
You Can Use
By Claudia Lynch,
Benchmarks Online Editor
We publish a
lot of informative articles throughout the year in Benchmarks
Online. Below is a list of some that may be of
particular interest to people new to campus.
Student focused articles
- Test Your Knowledge about Student
Computing Services (June,
2000)-- What you don't know can hurt you, as
well as those you are trying to assist. Take this
true/false quiz to make sure you're up to speed
on such topics as student E-mail and dorm wiring.
- Save a Tree. . . .E-mail Your Homework
(May,
2000) -- Did you know that the General Access
Labs have printing policies? Well they do, and
they're not just for students either.
- Campus Computing News (July,
2000) -- Ed Turney, guest columnist from the
Student Financial Aid and Scholarships
Department, gives you the scoop on My
Financial Aid, a new Web-based financial
aid application.
- The General Access Lab Manager Top Ten
(July,
2000) -- Find out what the top ten things are
"That Really Make GAL Managers See Red."
- ResNet, UNT's Residential Network
(July,
2000) -- If you plan to live in a residence
hall this year, chances are you will have access
to ResNet, "UNT's residential network."
- Linux Lab (June,
2000) -- A project named "Linux
Lab" was started earlier this year to offer
a UNIX environment for people to work in.
- WWW@UNT.EDU (April,
2000)-- "Student Organizations on the
Web."
- Uploading Your Website: FTP vs.Composer
(February,
2000) -- If you're in charge of a student
organization at UNT or just developing a personal
Web page on people.unt.edu
you pretty much have two choices for
publishing your site. You can either use Netscape
Composer to upload the files or you can use an
FTP program. Find out which choice is the best
for you.
Faculty/Staff focused articles
- Can You Send Bulk E-mail?(July,
2000) -- Only authorized individuals can send
messages from the bulk E-mail system, but just
who is an "authorized individual?"
- Need Statistics for Your Website?
(May,
2000)-- If you have a Website that is hosted
by Central Web Support at UNT, you can get a
detailed statistical report of Web use for that
site.
- Is Your Website in Compliance? (November,
1999) -- There are guidelines for Web
publishing at the University of North Texas.
Please review these guidelines to determine if
your site is compliant.
- FrontPage 2000 (October,
1999) -- FrontPage 2000 is the Web editing
software now supported for faculty and staff by
Central Web Support. Sharon Marek fills you in on
the details in this article.
- WebCT Frequently Asked Questions (and
Answers!) (January,
2000) -- If you have questions about WebCT, a
Web-based course delivery system used here at
UNT, look no further for the answers.
GroupWise
- Mass Document Operations In GroupWise
(July,
2000) -- Sometimes it is necessary to
make changes to a large number of documents
at one time. With "Mass Document
Operations," you can achieve this with
very little complication.
- Routing Messages in GroupWise
(June,
2000) -- Have you ever written E-mail
that you wanted to send to a group of people
in a certain order? Well, here's your
opportunity to start doing it.
- HTML Formatting in GroupWise 5.5
(May,
2000) -- Did you know that the GroupWise
5.5 extended client allows you to
"webify" your E-mail? Now your mail
messages can be just as colorful and creative
as a Web page.
- GroupWise 5.5 Enhancement Pack CD
Available for Home Use (February,
2000) -- The GroupWise 5.5 Enhancement
Pack Client is now available. It is being
installed around campus and you can also
check it out for home use. Significant
updates and new features are highlighted in
this article.
- GroupWise Document Management
(February,
2000) -- Although GroupWise is initially
an E-mail client, there are other features of
GroupWise that are now available to the user
since the recent upgrades. One of these
features is GroupWise Document Management
Services. The document management feature is
actually quite impressive and a good fit with
the functionality of the GroupWise client.
- GroupWise Document Management:
Storing Documents (March,
2000)-- This is the second in a series of
articles on the topic of GroupWise Document
Management.
- GroupWise Document Management:
Creating Documents (April,
2000) -- This is the third in a series of
articles on the topic of GroupWise Document
Management.
- GroupWise Document Management:
Checking Documents In and Out (May,
2000) -- This is the fourth in a series
of articles on the topic of GroupWise
Document Management.
General
- Virus Threats Still Plague Public, UNT
(June,
2000) -- If you thought the "virus
trolls" or whoever it is that dreams up and
periodically releases those things into
cyberspace were going to take a summer vacation,
think again.
- Virus Protection Means Never Having to
Say You're Sorry (May,
2000)-- Protecting your computer from viruses
just might mean never having to say you're sorry.
Read this article to find out how to get
automatic VirusScan updates for your home
computer and what "Crispen's Six Antivirus
Rules" are.
- Is Your Site ADA Compliant? (April,
2000) -- Do you maintain an official Website
at the University? Did you know that state
Websites are required to be ADA compliant? Do you
even know what ADA compliant means? Answers
supplied within.
- WWW@UNT.EDU (June,
2000) -- "Worried about ADA compliance
on your Website?"
- RSS Matters (May,
2000) -- "Web Survey DIY, " a new
support area for survey researchers.
- Remedy: Take the Cure (March,
2000) -- UNT's automated trouble call
tracking system.
- Loads O'Links (March,
2000) -- Once in awhile we like to highlight
UNT Web sites that are of interest to the campus
community but may have escaped your detection.
- Personal Information Online (December,
1999) -- Think you lead an anonymous life?
Think again. This article will help you find out
what information is available about you online
and how it's gathered.
- Think Before You Click (December,
1999) -- A simple click of a button and your
thoughts and words can be sent thousands of miles
in a matter of a few seconds. But has technology
grown so quickly that our means of reasoning have
not had time to catch up?
- Junk Mail and Hoax Viruses (November,
1999) -- Read this article and then forward
it to all of your friends. Really!
- The Network Connection (November,
1999) -- "It's a Myth." More
information about Internet hoaxes.
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