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eMaryland: Becoming the Digital State
The State of Maryland has embarked upon an ambitious project to create the most advanced electronic business environment in the nation, and the University of Maryland is poised to play a unique role in the project. Full article.

Enhance Large Classes with WebCT
Teaching very large classes can be a very large headache, but WebCT makes it easier for both the faculty and the students. Full article.

Blaze a Trail to Graduation with Degree Navigator
Degree Navigator, a new tool available on a pilot basis, helps students and faculty advisors visualize registration offerings and requirements, and it can help them navigate a course of study. Full article.

OIT and Office of Continuing and Extended Education Collaborate on Tek.Xam
How can liberal arts majors prove they know their way around computers? How can job applicants prove their IT credentials to a prospective employer? The Tek.Xam is becoming accepted as a certification of computer proficiency. Full article.

FYI and University Calendar Connect Using New Web Submittal Form
You can now fill out just one online web form to put your event on the university calendar AND to pre-schedule posting of the event on the FYI event notification system. Full article.

University Leaps Ahead Toward the Electronic Workplace
Does the "electronic workplace" mean "paperless" or "less paper" and does it bring time savings with it? The University is moving quickly to implement electronic processes to replace many functions now done with paper. Full article.

WOW!
Warehouse On the Web provides accurate, reliable, and secure data in a fast, easy-to-access manner. Full article.

Computer Tutorial CD Available
A self-paced tutorial CD called SmartForce Career Success 2000 is available for $20 from OIT Software Licensing. Full article.

Customized Training Gives Computer Skills a Boost
Ever wish your students could put up web pages, design presentations, or just find their way around a word processor? The Peer Training program offers customized computer training courses at the time and location of your choice. Full article.

COLUMNS

Message from CIO Don Riley
A message from the university's Chief Information Officer. Full article.

Internet Ethics
Project NEThics seeks to promote responsible use of information technology among the university community. This column will discuss some of the common ethical issues and corresponding interventions that occur in a networked environment. Full article.

IT Counts
Data and statistics describing IT use at the university. Full article.

FEATURES

askIT
Answers to your questions about technology use. Full article.

Email Survey
Do you spend too much time on email? How many messages do you receive each day? Results will be printed in the next edition of IT forUM. Full article.

Help Desk Tips
Answers to frequently asked questions and tips on more effective use of IT. Full article.

Puzzled About OIT?
The divisions of OIT and what they do. Full article.

Message from CIO Don Riley . . .

Welcome to the first issue of ITforUM! We are launching this publication as a new effort to improve our communication with users about the services that OIT provides and how IT is being used at the university. We hope this publication will enhance the services we provide and better equip you to use technology by providing useful and topical information relevant to your personal productivity needs. We also hope this publication will inspire the ambitious use of technology by providing useful tips, as well as examples of ways others are using technology effectively. We also use this forum to make the university community aware of the plans, goals, and strategies that OIT has for the future — in support of the overall university strategic plan and the academic missions.

We also hope that this newsletter will not only be a way for OIT to provide information to the user community, but that it will begin a two-way communication with the community. The newsletter will be offered electronically as well as in abridged hard copy so that readers will have an increased ability respond to surveys and questions posed by OIT. This dialogue will enable OIT to provide better service to its community of users.