With CU Forum, classroom discussions can be further extended beyond the
face-to-face class meeting and active learning can be further enhanced
by allowing students to access useful resources with a simple
mouse-click. In 2001-2002, here were 331 forums serving 7,077 teachers
and students. This number is 50% more forums than in 2000-2001.
To facilitate your use of CU Forum, we have further enhanced its
features to make it easier to use. Now you can
- Select to receive forum discussions in your favorite e-mailbox
- View forum-posted photos in a slide show format
- Get a summary of newly posted messages and files' statistics at the
welcome page - "My CUforum"
In addition, the following functions will help forum administrators
manage their forums effectively.
- Allow the locking of a particular message for announcement purposes
- Allow the moving of files across different folders for better file
management
Details can be read at
http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/wbt/cuforum/whats_new/new_toc.htm
WebCT Courses Demonstration 2002
WebCT is a popular and powerful web-based teaching tool. In 2001-2002,
we had 904 WebCT courses - four times the number in 1999-2000. If you
would like to know how our teachers use WebCT to enhance communication
with their students, how students' active learning is enhanced and how
WebCT assists course management, please visit "WebCT Courses
Demonstration 2002" at http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/wbt/webct/cdemo.htm.
Teachers who share their enthusiastic and valuable comments on how WebCT
has assisted their teaching are,
- Prof Lam Kin Che, GAM3203 Urban Environmental Problems, Department of
Geography and Resource Management
- Prof Teresa Siu, EDD5107R Postgraduate Diploma in Education,
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
- Prof Janita Chau, NAS3510 Nursing Information Technology, The
Nethersole School of Nursing
- Mr. Chan Wan Ha, SPE2211 Gymnastics, Department of Sport Science and
Physical Education
- Miss Tess Li, ITE01 Certificate Course in Information Technology
Essentials
Protect Your Computer Using An Anti-Virus Programme
Have you installed a virus scanner onto your computer? And when did you
last update your virus scanner?
You should have installed a copy of the virus scanner PC-cillin into
your computer to prevent virus infection. After installation, however,
you must also continue to fight computer viruses by updating your virus
pattern files regularly. As of Sep 26 2002, PC-cillin's virus pattern
file is 349 and the scan engine version is 6.150. Please refer to the
following sites for details.
- Free download of PC-cillin:
http://avserver.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/serialkey.html
- Installation and Un-installation of PC-cillin:
http://solutionbank.antivirus.com/solutions/solutionDetail.asp?solutionID=10439
- Pattern file update:
http://www.antivirus.com/pc-cillin/download/pattern.asp
More information can be found at
http://avserver.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk.
Dialup Quota Scheme
To ensure the fair sharing of resources at the University, a Dialup
Quota Scheme has been implemented on some of the modem lines since 1998.
For staff users, the scheme is the same throughout the year. For student
users, the scheme in term time is different from the summer time. Below
are the highlights of this scheme,
- When your weekly dialup quota balance falls to one-eighth of the
assigned weekly quota, we'll e-mail your balance to your address in the
Online Directory.
- When you continue to use the quota controlled lines after going over
your quota, you will get an error message of "Password incorrect" even
though you have entered a correct password. You will have to use quota
uncontrolled lines for the rest of the week.
- You can check your previous and current week dialup access history at
http://accounts.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk.
- If you find the existing quota insufficient, you can apply for
additional quota units from us.
The scheme and other details can be read at
http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/itsc/network/dialup
LISREL Student Version
Lisrel is statistical software for structural equation modelling. Lisrel
8.5 is available on the ITSC PC LAN and on the General Purpose Unix
server - Logic. The company has recently announced the availability of
the student edition Lisrel 8.52. You can download this version free at
http://www.ssicentral.com/other/entry.htm. On this webpage, you can also
find an introductory tutorial for the use of this student edition.
Additional Workshop on "Getting Connected @ CUHK" for Student Users
In late August, we held a series of seminars for new students to become
familiar with our services. We received many positive responses and most
of you showed great interest in learning about the network services
being provided.
Due to the overwhelming response, August registrations were quickly
filled. To further encourage your understanding of the network
infrastructure and assist you in effectively connecting to the network,
additional classes will be held on Sep 28 and Oct 11. In these sessions,
you are welcome to bring your notebook for a practical session.
Registration and the programme details can be read at
http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/itsc/training.
System and Network Services Maintenance on September 30
As noted in the last issue, most of the centrally managed computer
systems need to be shut down regularly for maintenance work, which
includes user file back ups, system testing, software/hardware upgrades,
and hardware preventive maintenance. Therefore, we suggest you avoid
scheduling important computing activities during the maintenance
periods.
The next maintenance day has been scheduled on September 30. The
affected services include the following:
9am-1pm ITSC PC LAN System (including Datalocker -
(datalocker.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk)
7am-1pm CUHK Community Homepage Server (iHome)
7am-1pm CU Forum (
http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/cuforum)
9am-1pm Dial-up Modem Pools
7am-1pm Campus-wide E-mail System (CWEM)
7am-1pm ITSC Electronic Helpdesk (
http://helpdesk.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk)
7am-1pm Firewall Server (hardrock)
7am-1pm General-purpose UNIX Server (Logic)
9am-1pm Data-intensive Computing Server (Orient)
9am-1pm Numeric-intensive Computing Server (Origin)
7am-1pm WebCT (
http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/webct)
The User Area (1/F of Pi Ch'iu Building and Room 103 of Wong Foo Yuan
Building) will also be closed between 9am and 1pm on September 30.
You can check other maintenance schedules at
http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/itsc/announce.
