E-mail
provides benefits
By Ramon Torres
On-line Forty-Niner
After
signing up for a Campus Internet Account,
CSULB students can obtain free Web space
along with many other benefits.
According
to Daniel E. Olsen, Technology Help Desk
manager, CSULB has been facilitating Internet
Accounts to students since 1996.
“As
of right now, more than 25,000 students
have signed up for Campus Internet Accounts,”
Olsen said, “Students use the service, among
other things, to communicate to instructors
and other students.”
There
are several benefits students gain by taking
advantage of this service, including a free
e-mail account; free dial-up Internet access,
though all toll calls are the student’s
responsibility; 25 megabytes of space for
your own Web site and saved e-mail. And
access to BeachBoard, a Web-based instructional
tool used by many CSULB instructors, according
to the help desk Web site.
Many
students are already taking advantage of
some of the services. For instance, undergraduate
student Stan Paez has been using the service
for the last three semesters.
“It
is very convenient for me to use BeachBoard,
it has being a good experience,“ Paez said.
“I’m able to communicate with the instructor
via BeachBoard about any problem that I
encounter, whether I miss class hand outs
or there have been changes in the class
schedule.”
To
begin using the free web space reserved
for students, it is necessary to obtain
a Campus Internet Account.
Students
may do this by visiting http://www.csulb.edu/namemaster
and following the instructions.
If
by any chance students have difficulties,
the Technology Help Desk Walk-in Service
Center, located at LA5-361, can provide
assistance and may be reached at 562-985-4959.
THD
Walk-in Services helps students that have
problems creating a new Internet account,
such as resetting lost or forgotten passwords.
Olsen
is updating the hours of operation for the
THD Walk-In Service Center that are posted
in the Web site.
The
new hours are Monday through Thursday, 8
a.m. to 11 p.m., Friday: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday 1
to 5 p.m.
“We’re
very glad to help any student that needs
assistance,” Olsen said.
Before
assistance is given, the THD requires for
students to have their University ID with
a current sticker.
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