Student Email/Gmail Conversion
Ever logged into your UMBC email and wanted it to be simpler? Have you received emails informing you of recent spam/hacking in the UMBC emails, or been the victim of such? I have good news! Thanks to the SGA blog, I have discovered that the folks at DoIT are hoping to sign a contract with google and transition UMBC student email to gmail, google’s email service. If all goes well, students should be able to start benefiting from this change early next semester in the February-March area. For more details, check out the SGA’s blog.
The business rate is $50/user/year, which is a pretty good deal ($4.17/mo) in and of itself.
But get this. Google Apps for Education is free! Man, Google is awesome. Not sure what edition UMBC will go with (I’d imagine the premier edition, just for tech support implications), but it’s a good move, IMO.
Skynet
Finally! Of course it’s when I’m graduating.
UMBC should try and become the first school to use Google Wave as its e-communications client. That would be sick! And it could prove to be very useful for students; it’s very powerful.
oh and also, FINALLY!!!