The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) is gearing up for the start of the 2007-08 school year. This week, volunteers from each of the six departments that comprise DoIT gathered for a "working breakfast" to review course material that will be presented to more than 2,600 students in 120 sections of Freshman Seminar 101, a mandatory technology orientation class for SB freshmen.
Organizing this large initiative is Tara Burst-Mazovec and her colleagues in Teaching, Learning + Technology. Tara reached out to other employees within DoIT and asked for assistance in leading the classes. She got great response and will now be able to cover all 120 sections of the seminar which spans a full month from the start of September to the first week in October. Each class will run between 40 and 50 minutes in length. CIO Rich Reeder is even going to teach some sections.
Freshman Seminar 101 introduces students to:
- SOLAR and all its capabilities
- Student E-Mail (MySBmail)
- Computer Labs (SINC Sites)
- Microsoft Campus Agreement
- MSDNAA
- Purchasing a Computer Using Their Educational Discount
- MySBfiles (formerly known as the SB Drive)
- Blackboard