What
Services are available in the ITS Student Academic Labs?
All ITS Student Labs are designed for academic purposes. Students can use the
internet for research, work on group academic projects, type papers and access
email accounts; either UDM student account or any other internet based accounts
you may have such as Yahoo, MSN or AOL. As a courtesy to others, students are
allowed to print 20 pages of a single document at one time. If you need multiple
copies of a single document, print one original document and use the copy services
located throughout the University to make additional copies.
When creating documents in the lab, students should become familiar with frequently
saving documents.
It’s always much easier to save to the particular machine you are working
on. However, in the ITS Student Academic Lab setting, students must remember
that there is regular maintenance and re-imaging that is performed on all of
the machines. During this procedure, all documents that have been saved on the
machines are erased. It’s just easier to try to think of these machines
as property of the University and not your very own personal PC.
And remember, when creating those long documents, SAVE, SAVE, SAVE. Always use
one type of backup system or another, be it floppy disks or FTP. In a crunch
and don’t have an FTP account or floppy disks with you? Send it to your
email account. This is not a recommended method, but it works in a pinch.
Please note: academically related
tasks take precedence over non-academic usage. During peak usage
times it may be necessary to ask those students working on non-academic
projects to defer to those students who need to work on academic
projects. Students working on non-academically related tasks are
most welcome to return to the labs during non-peak periods. Students
working together in this manner help create and support the team
spirit approach to the UDM academic process.
The ITS Student Academic Labs are designed and intended for the use of currently
enrolled UDM students and Alumni. Spouses, children, parents, other family members
and friends of currently enrolled UDM students are not permitted to use these
labs.
Also note – The following are unavailable
within the Academic Lab Setting:
Zip Drives, CD Burners, Software Installation, USB Keys, Kazaa, Morpheus or any
type of music sharing.
Internet Stalking is a crime as is Piracy. Anyone found participating in any
of these activities will be dealt with accordingly.
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