More than a dozen first-year composition instructors said they haven’t seen “LOL,” “ZOMG” or “:)” in students’ writing, but one English teacher said she would appreciate it — and no, she didn’t add a “jk.” Ondra Krouse Dismukes teaches freshman English online, and though she doesn’t want students to use Internet jargon in essays, she [...]

Lugging textbooks from class to class may soon be a thing of the past. Macmillan, a major textbook publisher, will release new software in August called DynamicBooks, which will allow professors to edit online textbooks for their courses.  Edits could include adding multimedia and notes, omitting entire paragraphs or chapters and changing information. “I would [...]

Complain about UGAMail no longer — your voice has been heard.   In summer 2010, the University will update its e-mail system with new features, such as increased storage space, a calendar, online file storage, file sharing and real-time chat with other users. “They’ll have some level of integration with their fellow students, faculty and [...]

With the University adopting a new e-mail system this summer, students may be using their University e-mails even more — but they might want to think twice before pressing the send button. The University Security Operations Center, an office of Enterprise Information Technology Services, can access private content on the Web; however, they only do [...]

Prospective University students can now access admissions information and other features on their Apple iPhone or iPod Touch. 

The Office of Undergraduate Admissions, working with other campus units, developed an application that can be downloaded for free from iTunes for use on the two Apple devices. Prospective students can review their application status and make [...]

If you ever wondered what the inside your brain looks like, just ask the graduate students in the neuroscience department. On Wednesday, the Undergraduate Neuro-science Organization hosted a tour of the Bio-Research Center in the Paul D. Coverdell Center. Undergraduates were allowed to look at three different imaging machines, given a brief explanation of their function [...]

Computers at the Miller Learning Center are back up and running after a virus deprived students of one method of on-campus computer access, according to Enterprise Information Technology Systems. Brian Rivers, director of security, network operations and infrastructure, said the computers at the MLC were infected with the Conflicker worm, a type of virus that [...]

When the University announced it was switching from its long-standing online learning management system WebCT to eLearning Commons, Kelly Wright was a bit concerned. “I’ve been used to dealing with WebCT and it took me a while to get comfortable with it,” said Wright. “Now I’m having to re-teach myself on another system that some [...]

Although the Recording Industry Association of America is no longer keeping track of students violating copyright infringement laws, the University’s Enterprise Information Technology Systems still is. In August 2008, the RIAA decided to end all new lawsuits against University students, yet student information and IP addresses are still collected by EITS. “Any time we’re aware [...]

Tech-savvy students may have more creative ways to cheat in class — but technology could also catch them in the act. Stanford University recently found a trend toward cheating in computer science classes. Though data for the University shows no overwhelming occurrence of cheating in one college, the Terry College of Business’s Management Information Systems [...]