In April 2008 the Department of Education drafted the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA). HEOA deals with unauthorized file sharing on campus networks and enforcement of this act’s provisions began July 1, 2010. Institutions of higher education must make an effort to comply with the provisions of this act. The Educause website provides an excellent […]…Continue Reading Illegal File Sharing and the Higher Education Opportunity Act
Month: July 2010
“Dear James” Exhibit
The exhibit entitled “Dear James,” currently on view in the Davis Family Library Atrium exhibit cases, was curated by Emmie Donadio, Asst. Curator of the Middlebury College Art Museum, in collaboration with Special Collections, and mounted in the Library by Ms. Donadio and Special Collections Assistant Curator Danielle Rougeau.
The artist Ben Schonzeit wrote daily letters […]…Continue Reading “Dear James” Exhibit
Outline for Tasks/To Do Lists Presentation
Google Apps Evaluation Outline
Topic – Tasks, To Do Lists
Chris Norris – Google presenter, Jim Beauchemin – Exchange presenter, Shel Sax- moderator
Thursday, Sept. 2nd, 11:00-12:00 noon, Library 105
Features to be evaluated:
1. Creation
– How are tasks created?
– What is the minimum amount of information required to create a task?
– Can tasks be created based on incoming emails?
2. […]…Continue Reading Outline for Tasks/To Do Lists Presentation
The Grand Moosalamoo Traverse
The Moosalamoo National Recreation Area, the region which encompasses many of the runs on this blog, is one of the wonderfully underutilized outdoor resources in the northeast. This region, roughly delineated by Rt. 125 (the Middlebury Gap road) to the north, the main ridge of the Green Mountains to the east, Goshen and Brandon to […]…Continue Reading The Grand Moosalamoo Traverse
EDUCAUSE Webcast: Google Apps at Brown
Join us in Davis Family Library 145 at 1pm on Wednesday, July 14th for an exciting EDUCAUSE webcast that focuses on Brown’s Google Apps experience!
From the EDUCAUSE website:
“About a year ago, Brown deployed Google Apps to its 6,000 students and has now decided to extend the service to include faculty and staff as well. In […]…Continue Reading EDUCAUSE Webcast: Google Apps at Brown
Outline for Groups/Mailing Lists Presentation
Google Apps Evaluation Outline
Topic – Groups/Mailing Lists
Mark Pyfrom – Exchange presetner, Joe Antonioli – Google presenter, Shel Sax – moderator
Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2:00 – 3:00 pm
Features to be Assessed:
Groups for email distribution
Groups used for any other group purposes within Active Directory, eg. WordPress, Segue
AD allos for nested groups; groups can be members of groups
Non-admin cannot […]…Continue Reading Outline for Groups/Mailing Lists Presentation
Outline for Email Evaluation Presentation
Google Apps Evaluation Outline
Topic – Email
Mark Pyfrom – Exchange Presenter; Adam Franco – Google Presenter, Shel Sax – Moderator
August 31, 1:00-2:00
Features to be assessed:
MTA’s
Local Mail Routing; App server to Internet
Language Support
Mailbox size
Searching
Filtering – server side vs client side
Rules
Folders vs tags
Forwarding
Threaded mail view
Web mail clients
Use of Outlook – plugin
POP, IMAP availability
Spam, Junk Mail
Offline mode
Real case […]…Continue Reading Outline for Email Evaluation Presentation