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Home: my.umich.edu Introduction About my.umich.edu What is my.umich.edu? Why is my.umich.edu needed? When will it be available? More frequently asked questions (FAQs) Communications Monthly brown bag meetings: information and schedule Brown bag presentations (view outlines and download .ppt files) News articles Policies & guidelines Previews 27 July 2000 30 August 2000 6 October 2000	my.umich.edu: Project Update Presented by Linda Place at my.umich Project Brown Bag Meeting, July 12, 2001   Download PowerPoint file Overview Recently added applications Already in production Upcoming new applications In beta testing this month Performance improvements New directions Recently Added Applications UM.CourseTools Announcements Direct output from UM.CourseTools Anyone can add the mini view. If you are not a student, then you see a "No courses available" message Address Book Offered in the compose screen (if not in use); you can click a link to have an address book created for you. Clicking the link creates an address book mini view on the same page as your e-mail mini view Integrated with U-M Directory & e-mail Imports from typical campus e-mail clients Steps for Adding Services New services don't just "pop" up They are announced in the my.umich updates panel You can add them through page customization They are vailable through List of Services They must be added to pages by customization If you have ideas for how we might communicate with people about new services, please send them to my.umich.suggestions@umich.edu. Upcoming New Services News E-mail 2 Sponsored services (IT Com) Residence hall long distance auth code Residence hall telephone statements News New & improved! Defaults to The Michigan Daily Uses RSS format (is widely used for news on the Web) Includes 13 categories of news sources (Arts, Business, Entertainment, Health, International, Local, National, Politics, Science, Society, Sports, Technology, U-M) Includes specific newspapers and aggregations of news sources You can add your own preferred channels/news sources E-mail 2 -- General E-mail 2 is an entirely new e-mail application; it's more than just a few improvements. Better address book integration Enable "add to" functionality if address is not already in address book Appearance preferences Allow user to set size of message body text Choice of absolute or relative dates Browser detection (so information will fit on the screen no matter whether you use a Windows or Macintosh computer) E-mail 2 -- Viewing list of messages Move inbox, sent-mail, postponed messages folders to top of folder list Implement trash-can metaphor (clicking "delete" will move the deleted message to the trash folder Include From:/To: fields as sort options Make persistent list order & number messages displayed (that means when you select how many messages to see at a time, your choice stays set until you change it) E-mail 2 -- Reading messages Make attachments more visible Implement printable version of message Enable viewing of HTML-formatted messages Allow user to set "next" & "previous" preferences Enable viewing new messages in a new window Develop "reply to" preferences E-mail 2 -- Composing messages Include recipient's full name in "To:" field Create draft function Enable use of multiple signature files Add "select all"/"unselect all" functionality for message list Develop sending mail preferences E-mail 2.1 -- After September Add ability to set filters Implement "block sender" filter Add spell checking (this one may take awhile) Add limited search capability Add ability to view IFS, CAEN AFS, etc. folders Sponsored Services Developed for IT Communications Residence hall long distance authorization codes Residence hall itemized long distance call statements Not a phone bill No longer available in paper format Service associated with uniqname only Performance Improvements Mail, login, & bug tracking changes in production HTML reduction being implemented Cascading stylesheets for font Link names for static assets shortened New skin with fewer images, nested tables HTML optimization script to remove unnecessary spaces, line breaks New Directions Do not anticipate having a development budget this year Working with units on specific projects IT Communications Law School service suite Welcome Class of 2005 -- Residence Operations, Office of New Student Programs (ONSP) Other projects are in the works

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