IT’s MyCSU: new web portal
By Douglass Robertson, CSU Department of Information Technology
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Central State University is on a verge of a digital revolution. The age of analog is coming to an end, ushering in an era of online connectivity.
I would like to introduce to you Central State University’s first Internet portal: MyCSU. An internet portal provides access to a broad array of resources and services, such as e-mail, online calendars, groups, and on-line report cards. The first Web portals were online services, such as AOL, that provided access to the Web. By now, most of the traditional search engines have transformed themselves into Web portals to attract and keep a larger audience.
MyCSU is a customizable, interactive system that allows the users — students and faculty — to access and customize an array of virtual on-line channels. You may customize your MYCSU portal by adding channels and tabs filled with content that serve your needs and interests. From the MyCSU tab you can set up your calendar and view your email, personal announcements, campus announcements, the “word of the day,” RSS news feeds and other dy information.
MYCSU includes groups for collaboration and seamless access to WebCT. Starting this year, students will get their grades and register for classes online bringing Central State out of the dark ages. Once you have logged on go to the tutorial tab or the help button to find out more information (about the program.)
Although MYCSU currently offers many services and a wide variety of content, we have only just begun. This is our first release of Central State’s portal. We have much more planned, and we encourage you to logon to MYCSU frequently to utilize its services and to watch it grow. We hope that soon you will find MYCSU to be such an attractive portal that you will decide to make it your homepage!
We are jumping over the digital divide and landing on the cutting edge of technology. This jump can only succeed if we press the button and enter the portal. This is only the beginning of great things to come in technology at Central State. If you have any feedback for us or encounter a problem with MYCSU, please contact the helpdesk at helpdesk@centralstate.edu.
The IT link to make you think is: www.dropload.com.
Have you ever needed to send a very large file but your email service did not support it? Then try www.dropload.com a free website for sending up to 100mb. Files can only be downloaded one time by the recipient of the email and the file only stays on the server for seven days. It is a great service and it is free to the public.
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