What's New & Changing at Northwestern
March 2007
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NU Blog Now Available
NU Blog, a new service from NUIT Academic Technologies, was designed with collaboration and extension in mind. Exclusively available through Northwestern's Course Management System, NU Blog offers faculty and students a more convenient way to share their reflections within a class environment.
Since its Winter Quarter launch, at least 15 courses have expressed interest in the service. Academic Technologies is currently working on adding a course blog feature where users can collaboratively converse in a central blog, rather than through their individual blogs.
Though not every course offers NU Blog, students will know if the service is activated for specific classes as it will automatically be visible within the course site. Talk to your instructor to explore whether or not NU Blog would be an effective addition to your class.
New Webmail: Coming Soon
A more stabilized WebMail will be available for the Northwestern community on Thursday, March 29. Though most of the look and feel of WebMail will be familiar, users will experience slight aesthetic changes including an added top navigation bar and collapsible menus.
NUIT has made efforts to minimize the impact of the new WebMail on the Northwestern community. Key system and functionality improvements will be addressed in the future with a major e-mail system overhaul, timing yet to be determined.
To make the transition more convenient and ensure enough time to get familiar with the slightly different interface, we invite you to attend an upcoming NUIT Tech Talk. These workshops feature previews and demonstrations of the new WebMail. If you are unable to attend a Tech Talk, video of a previous session will be available on the Tech Talk archives page on the NUIT Web site. Register now for the Evanston Tech Talk or the Chicago Tech Talk.
For more information, visit New WebMail: Coming Soon in the news section of the NUIT Web site.
