UpDate - Vol. 15, No. 35, Page 7
June 20, 1996
TechTalk
Students to create personal home pages in fall on Web

     In keeping with the University's commitment to keep pace with
modern technology, this fall students will have the opportunity to
create their own home pages on the World Wide Web.
     The announcement was made this spring by Roland Smith, student
life.
     Students will be able to design their personal home pages telling
about themselves and their interests, however they wish, within the
University's computing guidelines, Susan Allmendinger, system security
and access, said. They also can use the technology for more serious
purposes, such as job hunting and circulating their resumes.
     The home pages are especially useful for student groups, which
can communicate their purpose, structure and membership to potential
members or to other chapters of their organization, she said.
     The only requirement, Allmendinger said, is that all students,
including upperclassmen, must taken a short Electronic Community
Citizenship Test to ensure they understand the University's computing
guidelines unless they have done so already.
     In the future, the policy statement and guidelines will be
available on the UD home page, and the quiz can be accessed at any
workstation connected to the campus network.
     Eventually, student home pages will be linked to individual
entries in an on-line directory.
     The opportunity to publish a personal home page comes in response
to student interest, Allmendinger said. There will be tutorials to
help students publish home pages, and members of the Association for
Computing Machinery student chapter also have volunteered to help.