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January-February 2004
Get Started with Blackboard: Digitize your Classes with Online Courseware
The Blackboard Working Group
As every new semester starts, more faculty adopt Blackboard as an instructional tool. Faculty who have not yet adopted Blackboard may do so at any time.
Improving Emergency Response: Georgetown Leads Internet2 VoIP Disaster Recovery Working Group
A university located in the nation's capital faces a special urgency to keep its community secure. Technology plays a large role in that challenge; in emergencies, keeping people connected is essential to keeping people safe.
The Safety Column: Why Free Downloads Are A Bad Bargain
The truth about most free downloads is that they';re not free. You pay for the software by sending records of the sites you visit and the products you buy online to marketers and spammers. And you may not even know it.
Faculty Achievement Celebrated on Innovations Day
Mindy McWilliams
On Thursday, November 20, CNDLS and the Georgetown teaching and learning community held the second annual "Innovations Day: A Celebration in Teaching and Learning at Georgetown".
Computing at Home: Tips and Best Practices
Raphael Terranus
In recognition of the fact that computer labs and offices are not the only place we work, University Information Services (UIS) would like to take this opportunity to present information and resources for all of Georgetown University's home computer users.
Power Mac G5: The World's Fastest?
Apple's new innovation, the G5 64-bit processor, has doubled the size of desktop computers' usual 32-bit processing channel. Unlike the standard processor data can travel to and from the G5 processor at the same time, generating processing speeds of up to 16 gigabytes per second.
Computer Maintenance Tips
When a new semester starts most of us clean out our file cabinets and desks. We at UIS suggest that you clean out your computer as well! Get your semester off to a great start with a well-functioning computer free of clutter.
New System for Hoya Computing: Database Provides Faster Searches, Easier Borrowing
Nora Mexia Mead
The Hoya Computing Software Lending Library has recently stopped tracking circulation through Lauinger Library's online catalog, GEORGE. Circulation is now tracked by an in-house database covering the Software Lending Library's full range of Windows and Mac software.
News Briefs and New Resources
Successful GUMail Upgrade; Recordings for Hospital Numbers Deactivated; Training Updates; New Broadcast Communications Web Site
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