I – Overview

Academic Computings System Group acknowledges the fact that good communication is important to the continued improvement of the University. At some point mass emailing lose effectiveness and are considered spam. Therefore, based on previous experiences, it is necessary to specify requirements associated with each request for mass emailing. These requests will generally require approval, depending on the scope of the addressees. (more…)

The upgrade of WebMail to the latest release of Squirrelmail is complete. There are two new features that I’d like to point out: Addressbook Import/Export and the Important System Information display.

When you enter the Addressbook in WebMail, there are two new options at the bottom of the page: Import Address Book and Export Address Book. The format that is used for import and export is Comma Separated Value (CSV). Many other desktop (Outlook, Thuderbird, etc) and WebMail (Gmail, HotMail, etc) clients can import and/or export this format.

Important system information (New features, system outages, etc) will now be displayed at the top of the page when you are logged into WebMail and also on the login screen. To read the full story, click on the article’s title, this will open the USG blog in a separate window.

If you have any problems with the new version of the WebMail system, contact our helpdesk at 974-1222 in Tampa or toll-free 1-866-974-1222 statewide or online at http://help.acomp.usf.edu

I - Overview

Backups are executed on a daily basis. This document outlines the standards by which student data is recovered from taped archives. (more…)

I - Overview

Academic Computing’s System Group is responsible for the maintenance of system accounts on several different servers. These accounts allow students to send and receive email, and to maintain their own web pages. Often faculty request accounts on these servers in other to observe the same operating environment as their students.

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I - Overview

Academic Computing’s Systems Group is responsible for the general management, installation, and operation of the equipment in LIB618b Server Room.

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I - Overview

Due to the increasing number of hack attempts, viruses, and worms, it is important that workstations and servers, operating systems and software applications, are maintained and updated frequently.

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I - Overview

Increasing amounts of University data are being stored in electronic format. Some of this data may be considered sensitive, such as student records and financial information. Academic Computing’s Systems Group will take appropriate steps to ensure that sensitive data is destroyed from electronic media prior to disposal.

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I - Overview

Academic Computing’s System Group is the custodian for student and student organization data, kept on the student servers, including email and web pages. We also maintain backup data for servers under our care as well as other servers and workstations belonging to other departments.

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I – Overview

Academic Computing’s System Group is responsible for the management of email lists and archives maintained on the server lists.acomp.usf.edu. The purpose of this document is to establish a standard for the request and general maintenance of the email lists and their respective archived information

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Structured Blogging allows you to make your blog entries look differently based on their content. If you review a movie (or a book, CD, performance, etc) on your blog, you can use a standard format which gives the reader more information about the item you are reviewing and presents it in an attractive way. For examples of Structured Blogging content, vist the Structured Blogging website.

To demonstrate how Structured Blogging works, we’ll go through the steps of writing a movie review.

1. Login to your blog and go to the Write page.
2. Click on “Write Review Post”
3. The following fields are required:
   • Review Title — Title to be used for the blog post
   • Product Name — Title of the movie/book/CD that is being reviewed
   • Rating — On a scale from 1 to 5, what would you rate this movie/book/CD/whatever ?
4. When reviewing Movies, books, CDs, or DVDs, details and a cover image can be added automatically. Click on lookup to begin the search.
5. Add the review to a category — I suggest adding a Reviews category to keep your reviews in.
6. Once you write the review and save the post, the review will be posted on your blog. You can see the example post here