Technology Advisory Group

On February 22, a few interested members of the faculty and staff met to discuss what we could do to make sure the email transition to Live@edu goes as smoothly as possible. For details about the schedule and how the transition will take place, see this post.

We haven’t decided exactly what we’ll be doing, but, with the help of IR, we would like to implement a “Pick Your Date” e-mail transition program over the summer. The idea works like this:

• Over the summer, faculty can “opt in” to have their email switched over to Microsoft Live@edu
• IR needs about 3 weeks notice for anyone who wants to switch prior to the week they wish to do so
• There will be one round of transitions each week, probably occurring on a Tuesday or Wednesday. Everyone signed up for that week will be switched over simultaneously
• There will be Tech Cons from CTLE on hand to help with getting used to the new system and/or moving email from your local folder to the cloud service
• There will be voluntary 30 minute lunch-time presentations on a weekly basis introducing faculty to the new web-based system
• Faculty who transition early can function as “go-to” members in their department, since they’ll have some experience with the system long before the rest of the faculty are forced to switch over

Picking the week you want to switch ensures that you can deal with the new system on your own terms, i.e., when you’re not teaching, or in the middle of a big grant proposal, or on vacation or what-have-you.

Any thoughts or preferences? Will this work? Won’t it? Let us know!