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      <title>News: User Statistics 05-May-08 to 11-May-08</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 13:29:33 -0800</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 3474, Unique Logins: 763, Cummulative Logins: 189973, Cummulative Unique Logins: 7796, Average Session Duration: 35 min.]]></description>
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      <title>News:  MyUA Statistics Automated; reminder email discontinued</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 9 May 2008 14:28:07 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/newsletter/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-125</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <description><![CDATA[In the past, emails were sent every Monday letting users know that the weekly MyUA usage statistics have been updated. The process of developing the stats has been automated and it occurs mid-morning on Mondays.

So, a weekly reminder email will no longer be sent. Options to access usage statistics are many: bookmark the stats page in your browser or put the stats page ulr in your MyUA Bookmarks channel. http://www.alaska.edu/myua/statistics/statistics.xml. Create a new Tab in MyUA just for the stats or subscribe to the MyUA RSS feed: http://www.alaska.edu/myua/rss/info.xml]]></description>
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      <title>News: User Statistics 28-Apr-08 to 04-May-08</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 5 May 2008 08:48:47 -0800</pubDate>
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      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-124</guid>
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      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 3450, Unique Logins: 738, Cummulative Logins: 186499, Cummulative Unique Logins: 7707, Average Session Duration: 31 min.]]></description>
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      <title>News: User Statistics 20-Apr-08 to 27-Apr-08</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:59:05 -0800</pubDate>
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      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-123</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 3313, Unique Logins: 735, Cummulative Logins: 183049, Cummulative Unique Logins: 7642, Average Session Duration: 31 min.]]></description>
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      <title>News: User Statistics 14-Apr-08 to 20-Apr-08</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:36:34 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/statistics/statistics.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-122</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
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      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 3625, Unique Logins: 684, Cummulative Logins: 179736, Cummulative Unique Logins: 7582, Average Session Duration: 32 min.]]></description>
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      <title>News: User Statistics 07-Apr-08 to 13-Apr-08</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:34:58 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/statistics/statistics.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-121</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 3850, Unique Logins: 721, Cummulative Logins: 176111, Cummulative Unique Logins: 7524, Average Session Duration: 33 min.]]></description>
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      <title>News: User Statistics 31-Mar-08 to 06-Apr-08</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:32:19 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/statistics/statistics.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-120</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 3620, Unique Logins: 692, Cummulative Logins: 172261, Cummulative Unique Logins: 7461, Average Session Duration: 37 min.]]></description>
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      <title>News: New MyUA Login Page Friday!</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 3 Apr 2008 09:57:53 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/newsletter/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-121</guid>
      <author>tom,moyer@alaska.edu</author>
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      <description><![CDATA[Look for a redesigned MyUA login page coming April 4, 2008. When you go to http://myua.alaska.edu you will see a new design and layout.  

Your feedback on the new page is welcome.]]></description>
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      <title>News:  New Channel in Portal: FERPA Online Training</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 1 Apr 2008 14:38:56 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/newsletter/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-120</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <description><![CDATA[A new channel, FERPA Online Training is now available in MyUA.  Student Services developed this channel to provide users with information about the federal FERPA law. The channel links to an online training module.

To add the channel, go through the 'Customize Content & Layout' link in the upper left corner of any MyUA page.]]></description>
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      <title>News: User Statistics 24-Mar-08 to 30-Mar-08</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:44:16 -0800</pubDate>
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      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-119</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 3355, Unique Logins: 654, Cummulative Logins: 168641, Cummulative Unique Logins: 7414, Average Session Duration: 33 min.]]></description>
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      <title>News: User Statistics 17-Mar-08 to 23-Mar-08</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:37:56 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/statistics/statistics.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-118</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 2295, Unique Logins: 538, Cummulative Logins: 165286, Cummulative Unique Logins: 7369, Average Session Duration: 26 min.]]></description>
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      <title>News: New MyUA Lead Hired on UAF Campus</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:02:31 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/newsletter/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-117</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Mr. Shannon Thomas is the new MyUA Coordinator for the UAF MAU.  Mr. Thomas works for OIT Campus Technology Services. In addition to his MyUA duties, he will also act as an IT Engagement Specialist.

Shannon brings experience that includes teaching for TVC, helping underserved populations and communities increase their computer literacy and Operations Coordinator for local IT services and consulting firms.]]></description>
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      <title>News: User Statistics 10-Mar-08 to 16-Mar-08</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:06:33 -0800</pubDate>
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      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-116</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 2462, Unique Logins: 577, Cummulative Logins: 162991, Cummulative Unique Logins: 7349, Average Session Duration: 33 min.]]></description>
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      <title>News: User Statistics 03-Mar-08 to 09-Mar-08</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:17:31 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/statistics/statistics.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-115</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 3046, Unique Logins: 596, Cummulative Logins: 160529, Cummulative Unique Logins: 7319, Average Session Duration: 33 min.]]></description>
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      <title>News: User Statistics 25-Feb-08 to 02-Mar-08</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 3 Mar 2008 10:17:07 -0900</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/statistics/statistics.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-114</guid>
      <author>sunil@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 3042, Unique Logins: 637, Cummulative Logins: 157483, Cummulative Unique Logins: 7301, Average Session Duration: 27 min.]]></description>
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      <title>News: Customize Content &amp; Layout</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:48:29 -0900</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/newsletter/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-113</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Did you notice the renamed link in MyUA? In the upper left corner of each page, you'll see the link now named 'Customize Content & Layout'. Users told us to make the name of the link better match its function.  Thanks to our crack development team, now it does!  Customize away!!]]></description>
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      <title>News: User Statistics 18-Feb-08 to 24-Feb-08</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:46:36 -0900</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/statistics/statistics.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-112</guid>
      <author>sunil@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 2943, Unique Logins: 598, Cummulative Logins: 154441, Cummulative Unique Logins: 7257, Average Session Duration: 30 min.]]></description>
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      <title>Case: Creating Calendars in MyUA to Schedule Rooms</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:12:05 -0900</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/casestudy/casestudy.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-111</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Learn how the UAF Psychology Department made calendars in MyUA for meeting rooms for private use by students in their program. 

The MyUA calendar is the only one issued to all students (as well as staff and faculty) systemwide - and it costs departments nothing.  It can be configured by end users to manage resources. Click on the title of this feed or go to Case 1 at http://www.alaska.edu/myua/casestudy/casestudy.xml]]></description>
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      <title>News: User Statistics 11-Feb-08 to 17-Feb-08</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:13:04 -0900</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/statistics/statistics.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-110</guid>
      <author>sunil@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 3110, Unique Logins: 618, Cummulative Logins: 151498, Cummulative Unique Logins: 7222, Average Session Duration: 29 min.]]></description>
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      <title>News: User Statistics 04-Feb-08 to 10-Feb-08</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:22:15 -0900</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/statistics/statistics.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-109</guid>
      <author>sunil@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 3265, Unique Logins: 676, Cummulative Logins: 148388, Cummulative Unique Logins: 7181, Average Session Duration: 29 min.]]></description>
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      <title>News: User Statistics 28-Jan-08 to 03-Feb-08</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 4 Feb 2008 11:15:56 -0900</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/statistics/statistics.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-108</guid>
      <author>sunil@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 3669, Unique Logins: 782, Cummulative Logins: 145123, Cummulative Unique Logins: 7123, Average Session Duration: 30 min.]]></description>
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      <title>FAQ: New 'Notice' in the E-Mail Center Re: HTML in Email Client</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 1 Feb 2008 14:37:50 -0900</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/faq/faq.html</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-107</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <description><![CDATA[A new Notice in the E-Mail Center in the MyUA portal explains to users that the Email client does not support HTML.  You will see the Notice in the space right below the email inbox after you open the channel.

The client composes and sends messages in Plain Text. It can read most emails received in HTM or Rich Text - directly or via an attachment. If users reply or forward the Rich Text or paste Rich Text into a message, the appearance of the message received by recipients depends on which email client the recipients are using and how it is configured. See FAQ # 1033 for further info.]]></description>
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      <title>News: User Statistics 21-Jan-08 to 27-Jan-08</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:35:51 -0900</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/statistics/statistics.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-106</guid>
      <author>sunil@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 3526, Unique Logins: 781, Cummulative Logins: 134402, Cummulative Unique Logins: 7032, Average Session Duration: 30 min.]]></description>
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      <title>News: Most Four Year Public Universities Have Portals </title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:32:34 -0900</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/newsletter/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-105</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Most four year public universities have portals according to the 2007 annual Campus Computing Project survey. Seventy five percent of such schools have a portal, up from 28% as measured in 2002.  Thirteen percent are installing a portal, 11% have no portal but are discussing/reviewing one and 1% have no portal. Thirty percent use the same software as MyUA.]]></description>
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      <title>News: User Statistics 14-Jan-08 to 20-Jan-08</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:56:06 -0900</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/statistics/statistics.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-104</guid>
      <author>sunil@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 4302, Unique Logins: 909, Cummulative Logins: 130876, Cummulative Unique Logins: 6921, Average Session Duration: 27 min.]]></description>
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      <title>Tip:  It's Easy to Update the Weather Channel</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:23:09 -0900</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/tips/tips.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-103</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>Tips</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Sometimes you will login and see a little sticker instead of the weather and the update button.  The channel is not broken; rather, the link to the online, free source of the forecasts needs to be refreshed. Click the Update Locations button. You'll see the zip codes you previously entered. Just click  the Get Weather button.  If you still don't get the weather for your 'missing' zip code, just wait awhile and try it again.

The Weather Experts (www.wx.com) service, owned by Meteorlogix (www.meteorlogix.com) uses real time 3D weather radar and satellite images to make forecasts and provides national weather headlines.]]></description>
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      <title>News: User Statistics 07-Jan-08 to 13-Jan-08</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:44:56 -0900</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/statistics/statistics.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-102</guid>
      <author>sunil@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 3094, Unique Logins: 766, Cummulative Logins: 126574, Cummulative Unique Logins: 6713, Average Session Duration: 30 min.]]></description>
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      <title>Does the E-Mail Client Support HTML? </title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:22:47 -0900</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/faq/faq.html</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-101</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <description><![CDATA[No. The email client that came with the product composes and sends messages in Plain Text. It can read most emails received in Rich Text (HTML) directly or via an attachment.

If you reply or forward the Rich Text or paste Rich Text into a message, the appearance of the message received by recipients depends on which email client the recipients are using and how it is configured. 


The following behaviors have been observed singularly and in combination. The recipients' client: receives the email in Plain Text - or a combination of Plain and Rich Text; receives the HTML email as one or more attachments in HTML or a combination of Rich and Plain Text; hides the attachment; shows the HTML tags; renders the text unreadable.]]></description>
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      <title>New UAS Channel: My Course Homesites</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 9 Jan 2008 14:47:59 -0900</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/newsletter/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-100</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[UAS recently unveiled a new channel that shows UAS user's courses and any bookmarked courses in the channel. Called My Course Homesites, it has direct links to the UAS Online Course interface. It also allows searching for courses and users can bookmark courses.]]></description>
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      <title>News: User Statistics 31-Dec-07 to 06-Jan-08</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 8 Jan 2008 15:15:15 -0900</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/statistics/statistics.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-099</guid>
      <author>sunil@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 1691, Unique Logins: 498, Cummulative Logins: 123478, Cummulative Unique Logins: 7888, Average Session Duration: 24 min.]]></description>
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      <title>News: User Statistics 24-Dec-07 to 30-Dec-07</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 2 Jan 2008 13:06:18 -0900</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/statistics/statistics.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-098</guid>
      <author>sunil@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 854, Unique Logins: 301, Cummulative Logins: 121787, Cummulative Unique Logins: 7835, Average Session Duration: 19 min.]]></description>
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      <title>News: User Statistics 17-Dec-07 to 23-Dec-07</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 2 Jan 2008 13:04:06 -0900</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/statistics/statistics.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-097</guid>
      <author>sunil@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 2414, Unique Logins: 551, Cummulative Logins: 120932, Cummulative Unique Logins: 7822, Average Session Duration: 31 min.]]></description>
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      <title>Tip:  Add a Signature Block to your Email</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:02:40 -0900</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/tips/tips.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-096</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>Tips</category>
      <description><![CDATA[If you want to professionalize your emails, add a plain text signature block. Click the Options tab in the E-Mail center.]]></description>
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      <title>News: User Statistics 10-Dec-07 to 16-Dec-07</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:34:07 -0900</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/statistics/statistics.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-095</guid>
      <author>sunil@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 2974, Unique Logins: 568, Cummulative Logins: 118518, Cummulative Unique Logins: 7776, Average Session Duration: 29 min.]]></description>
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      <title>News: Access to MyUA and UAOnline Unavailable 12/16, 7 to 9am</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:50:54 -0900</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/oit/sc/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-094</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Due to monthly, planned preventative maintenance, MyUA will be unavailable Sunday, December 16 from 8:00am until 9:00am. All users of MyUA will be affected. Also, from 7:00am to 9:00am, due to a reboot, UAOnline will be unavailable at both http://uaonline.alaska.edu and through UAOnline channels in the portal. 

The specified outage periods includes contingency time, so the actual event should be somewhat less than the stated duration.]]></description>
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      <title>News: User Statistics 03-Dec-07 to 09-Dec-07</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:19:45 -0900</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/statistics/statistics.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-093</guid>
      <author>sunil@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 2940, Unique Logins: 572, Cummulative Logins: 115544, Cummulative Unique Logins: 7593, Average Session Duration: 30 min.]]></description>
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      <title>News: Changes to Bookmarks Plus Channel</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:21:53 -0900</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.myua.alaska.edu</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-092</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <description><![CDATA[An Announcement in MyUA describes changes being made to the Bookmarks Plus Channel. As of December 12 you can add links of your choosing - without the clutter of links pre-populated by the system. Bookmarks Plus is a subscribable channel and it acts as a 'clean slate'. In other words, the channel does not retain the links you placed in it when you again subscribe to the channel. You can customize your Bookmarks Plus links each time you
use it on a new tab. Note that if you have already subscribed to Bookmarks Plus, the channel will not be affected by this change. For more
information about Bookmarks Plus and to learn how to add/delete links and/or folders, visit the help file in MyUA. For an explanation of how Bookmarks Plus differs from the Bookmarks channel, go to the <a href="http://www.alaska.edu/myua/faq/faq.html">MyUA
FAQs</a> #885.]]></description>
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      <title>News: User Statistics 26-Nov-07 to 02-Dec-07</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 3 Dec 2007 11:01:45 -0900</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/statistics/statistics.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-091</guid>
      <author>sunil@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 2844, Unique Logins: 568, Cummulative Logins: 112604, Cummulative Unique Logins: 7567, Average Session Duration: 33 min.]]></description>
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      <title>News: User Statistics 19-Nov-07 to 25-Nov-07</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:46:19 -0900</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/statistics/statistics.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-090</guid>
      <author>sunil@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 2066, Unique Logins: 475, Cummulative Logins: 109760, Cummulative Unique Logins: 7534, Average Session Duration: 25 min.]]></description>
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      <title>News: User Statistics 12-Nov-07 to 18-Nov-07</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:53:53 -0900</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/statistics/statistics.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-089</guid>
      <author>sunil@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 3005, Unique Logins: 629, Cummulative Logins: 107694, Cummulative Unique Logins: 7505, Average Session Duration: 30 min.]]></description>
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      <title>News: UAF Student MyUA Video Posted on National Site</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:56:46 -0900</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.uportal.org/news/myua_video.html</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-088</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <description><![CDATA[A video about MyUA made by a UAF student entitled "Using MyUA" is receiving national attention. It was viewed at a recent software conference and was posted on the uPortal site (www.uPortal.org). The MyUA software is based on uPortal which was created collaboratively by developers from dozens of schools around the nation.

Calling it 'compelling', uPortal featured it as a news item as an example of student creativity and a demonstration of the advantages of a higher education portal.]]></description>
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      <title>News: User Statistics 05-Nov-07 to 11-Nov-07</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:58:25 -0900</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/statistics/statistics.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-087</guid>
      <author>sunil@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 2705, Unique Logins: 585, Cummulative Logins: 104689, Cummulative Unique Logins: 7473, Average Session Duration: 28 min.]]></description>
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      <title>Tip: Newsletters from the campuses</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 9 Nov 2007 16:22:33 -0900</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/tips/tips.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-086</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>Tip</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Did you know that there are channels for all your favorite UA newsletters? For a quick link to the newsletter of your choice simply add a channel on a tab, or make a whole new tab dedicated to news. Get to them by going into Content/Layout and selecting the tab you want to modify, or create a new tab. Then all you have to do is find the channel you wish to add.]]></description>
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      <title>News: User Statistics 29-Oct-07 to 04-Nov-07</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 6 Nov 2007 09:42:59 -0900</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/statistics/statistics.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-085</guid>
      <author>sunil@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 2473, Unique Logins: 501, Cummulative Logins: 101984, Cummulative Unique Logins: 7436, Average Session Duration: 31 min.]]></description>
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      <title>News: Got Passwords?</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:40:01 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.uaf.edu/sunstar/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-084</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Got too many userIDs and passwords? The number and complexity of userIDs and passwords required to access UAF computing resources is the number one concern voiced by users to the Office of Information Technology.


Partial password relief was accomplished when OIT extended the expiration time for all @uaf.edu email accounts to 400 days from the last time your password had been set.

We are also taking additional steps to reduce the number of IDs required including identity alignment, adoption of UAusername standards and integration in MyUA. For more information, see the October 31 edition of the SunStar.  www.uaf.edu/sunstar 

For a chance to win a "GOT PASSWORDS?" T-shirt, go to: http://www.alaska.edu/oit/sc/gotPasswords/index.xml]]></description>
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      <title>News: User Statistics 22-Oct-07 to 28-Oct-07</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:16:03 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/statistics/statistics.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-083</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 2742, Unique Logins: 550, Cummulative Logins: 99511, Cummulative Unique Logins: 7384, Average Session Duration: 26 min.]]></description>
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      <title>News: New Student Worker Hired for MyUA</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:52:08 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/newsletter/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-082</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A new MyUA student employee has been hired: Cory Skidmore. Mr. Skidmore is an IT student at UAF and a Fairbanksan. He has considerable hands-on and troubleshooting experience and is a great addition to the MyUA team.

Cory assists the MyUA team in testing MyUA when new features are added or existing ones are upgraded. His other main assignment is working with other students and student groups to gain feedback about MyUA from the student perspective.]]></description>
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      <title>Tip: Tab percentages won't work after 100%</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:24:23 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/tips/tips.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-081</guid>
      <author>fscls27@uaf.edu</author>
      <category>Tip</category>
      <description><![CDATA[When Creating a new tab, make sure to have all the column width percentages add up to 100%. Otherwise, the columns will behave erratically and will not have the correct widths.]]></description>
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      <title>Tip: Did you know you can share files and photos with your colleagues through MyUA Groups?</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:47:18 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/tips/tips.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-080</guid>
      <author>Jeffrey.simonson@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>Tip</category>
      <description><![CDATA[1. Login to MyUA.  2. Click the groups icon.  3. Click the groups index.  4. Find a group matching your interests.  5. Click join group to join.  6. Create your own group if no group matches your interest.  7. To share files, click files under the group-tools section.  8. Click Add a file.  9. Enter the file you wish to upload using the browse button.  10.Click submit to add the file in the files section.  11.Sharing photos is same as sharing files. Click photos, select the photo
with browse, enter a title and caption, then click post.]]></description>
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      <title>News: User Statistics 15-Oct-07 to 21-Oct-07</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:42:56 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/statistics/statistics.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-079</guid>
      <author>sunil@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 2619, Unique Logins: 526, Cummulative Logins: 96766, Cummulative Unique Logins: 7340, Average Session Duration: 29 min.]]></description>
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      <title>News: User Statistics 08-Oct-07 to 14-Oct-07</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:03:19 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/statistics/statistics.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-078</guid>
      <author>sunil@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 2631, Unique Logins: 540, Cummulative Logins: 94142, Cummulative Unique Logins: 7294, Average Session Duration: 30 min.]]></description>
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      <title>FAQ: Can I Change the Height of a Channel?</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:30:59 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/faq/faq.html</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-076</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Sometimes. The settings for the height and width of most channels are pre-configured.  However, on some channels, you can change the height.  You will know it is possible when, in the process of subscribing to the channel, you will see link "Modify this channel's parameters".  Click on the link and you will be able to change height setting.  You must logout for the changes to take effect.


If you want to know if you can change the height of a channel already on your layout, here is how you do it.  Click on Content/Layout in the upper left of any MyUA page.  Click on the channel name link. If this is a configurable channel, you will see the "Modify this channel's parameters" link. If it is not configurable, you will see a "Cancel and return" link instead.]]></description>
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      <title>News: User Statistics 01-Oct-07 to 07-Oct-07</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 8 Oct 2007 15:00:22 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/statistics/statistics.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-076</guid>
      <author>sunil@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 2675, Unique Logins: 590, Cummulative Logins: 91510, Cummulative Unique Logins: 7252, Average Session Duration: 28 min.]]></description>
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      <title>News:  MyUA Executive Co-Sponsors Meet with Coalition of Student Leaders</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 5 Oct 2007 14:14:37 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/newsletter/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-075</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Chief Information Technology Office Steve Smith and Assistant Vice President for Student and Enrollment Services Saichi Oba met with the Coalition of Student Leaders at their last meeting.  Smith and Oba are also the executive co-sponsors of MyUA.

Smith reports that there was a good, positive interchange with the students leaders. Each were encouraged to provide feedback on MyUA. President Mark Hamilton was also in attendance and it was reported that he strongly encouraged student leadership to continue to throw their weight behind the portal.]]></description>
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      <title>FAQ: Are emails sent from the portal saved in a 'Sent' file?</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 3 Oct 2007 14:03:20 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/faq/faq.html</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-074</guid>
      <category>FAQ</category>
      <description><![CDATA[You can save sent messages in two ways.  Go to the 'Options' tab and check. Click on Message Preferences.  Check the box for sending a copy of all messages to the Sent folder.

Note you can also request read receipts and message confirmation.

You can also save an email each time you send a message by checking the box at the bottom of the Compose Email popup.]]></description>
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      <title>News: User Statistics 24-Sep-07 to 30-Sep-07</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 1 Oct 2007 18:08:41 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/statistics/statistics.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-073</guid>
      <author>sunil@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 2950, Unique Logins: 650, Cummulative Logins: 88834, Cummulative Unique Logins: 7196, Average Session Duration: 39 min.]]></description>
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      <title>Tip: UAS Portal Users: Make a UAS Online Tab</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:31:01 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.uas.alaska.edu/myua/notices/active/tip_uasonline_tab.html</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-072</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>Tip</category>
      <description><![CDATA[If you are a UAS portal user, here is how to add a new tab to your MyUA layout which will take you directly into your own page in UAS Online!details.

Click the 'Content/Layout' in the top left part of the page. Then  click the button at the end of the tabs that says, "Add New Tab".

   1. Name the tab: UAS Online!
   2. Select the type: Click 'Framed' radio button for the type of tab page.Add the following in the URL text box:  http://myua.alaska.edu/cp/p/login?sys=uasweb&url=https://uascentral.uas.alaska.edu/online
   3. Select a position for the tab.
   4. Submit the choices.

]]></description>
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      <title>News: User Statistics 17-Aug-07 to 23-Sep-07</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:38:57 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/statistics/statistics.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-071</guid>
      <author>sunil@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 2964, Unique Logins: 697, Cummulative Logins: 85875, Cummulative Unique Logins: 7121, Average Session Duration: 27 min.]]></description>
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      <title>FAQ: How Do I Set the Auto Reply and Auto Forward functions in MyUA? </title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:08:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/faq/faq.html</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-070</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>FAQ</category>
      <description><![CDATA[You set the Auto Reply and Auto Forward functions in your local web mail client because the email system in MyUA is connected to the campus email with which you are affilated.]]></description>
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      <title>FAQ: I am a Group Leader. How can I send an Announcement to my members that starts when I want and ends when I want? </title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 08:58:37 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>https://cms-prod-edit.alaska.edu/myua/faq/faq.html</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-069</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>FAQ</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Great question! The Group Announcement has a set delivery date (the day you send the announcement) and a set expiration date (7 days later). There is a partial workaround: you can have the MyUA lead on your campus send the announcement for you. It will show up in MyUA in the Personal Announcements channel (the same place your group announcements appear), but not on your Groups homepage. With the Personal Announcements function, you can specify any delivery and expiration date.]]></description>
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      <title>News: User Statistics 10-Aug-07 to 16-Sep-07</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:39:58 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/statistics/statistics.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-068</guid>
      <author>sunil@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 3459, Unique Logins: 815, Cummulative Logins: 82911, Cummulative Unique Logins: 7023, Average Session Duration: 24 min.]]></description>
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      <title>News: New Employee Online Training Single Sign On Links</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:06:22 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/newsletter/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-067</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Human Resources e-learning courses are now reachable in MyUA through new single sign on links.
 
An Employee Online Training link has been placed on the list of links on the Staff Resources channel and the Faculty Resources channel. At UAS, the link is found under the Useful Links category.

 Click on the link, enter your UA ID number or UA user name and your MyUA portal/EDIR password - also known as AuthServ password (for UAF or UAA users, this may be different than the account you use to check email or sign into your computer.) 

To achieve single sign on to e-learning, MyUA saves the account info this first time you enter it (and when you re-enter the info if your password changes or expires.)
 
During the pilot program, users are taken to the Online Training Welcome page. Click on the e-learning login button to gain immediate access to SkillSoft.  For more information visit HR's e-learning welcome page (https://www.alaska.edu/hr/training/e-learning/skillsoft.xml) or contact Statewide Human Resources, Training and Development at syhrtraining@email.alaska.edu.]]></description>
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      <title>News:  New Search Google Channel Available</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:32:40 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/newsletter/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-065</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[The Search Google channel returns results in four categories: Local, Web, Video, and Blog. Each category shows the first result by default but you may increase the number of results to 'more' or 'all' with the icons beside the category title.

Clear the search box by clicking on the gray 'x'.  Change your settings for each category by clicking on the blue wheel.

To subscribe to the channel, go to the 'Content/Layout' link in the upper left corner of any MyUA page. Click "Add Channel" on the tab in the location you want. Choose the "select all" category from the drop down box and click "Go." Then find the channel named "Search Google." Select it and click "Finished. You now have your personal Google search box!]]></description>
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      <title>News: User Statistics 03-Aug-07 to 09-Sep-07</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:29:17 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/statistics/statistics.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-064</guid>
      <author>sunil@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 3525, Unique Logins: 888, Cummulative Logins: 79452, Cummulative Unique Logins: 6854, Average Session Duration: 19 min.]]></description>
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      <title>News: User Statistics 27-Aug-07 to 02-Sep-07</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:26:08 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/statistics/statistics.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-063</guid>
      <author>sunil@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 4223, Unique Logins: 1115, Cummulative Logins: 75927, Cummulative Unique Logins: 6618, Average Session Duration: 29 min.]]></description>
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      <title>Tip: Share your Calendar</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 5 Sep 2007 11:47:02 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/tips/tips.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-062</guid>
      <author>Tom.Moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>Tip</category>
      <description><![CDATA[You can share your MyUA calendar in two ways.  Open your calendar, go to the Calendars Tab, click on the edit button for your calendar, and follow the directions in the last paragraph.  With this URL, you can share your read only calendar with anyone in or outside of the university.  Or, you can subscribe to the calendar of your friends and colleagues and vice versa.  Use the Help functions for instructions, or go to page 42 of the MyUA User Guide at http://www.alaska.edu/oit/docs/myua/MyUAUserGuide.pdf.]]></description>
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      <title>FAQ: Using the User Guide. What's in It? #852</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:02:42 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/faq/faq.html</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-061</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>FAQ</category>
      <description><![CDATA[The User Guide is linked from the MyUA login page (http://myua.alaska.edu) or go directly to: http://www.alaska.edu/oit/docs/myua/MyUAUserGuide.pdf
It covers basic MyUA Navigation, changing your layout (Tabs, Columns, Channels), Timeout, Groups, Calendar and E-mail. Here is what one user said:  "Thank you for the users guide. It is great. I just solved two problems I was having by printing it off and looking up my topic." 

If you have any suggestions for improving the guide, send them to us through the MyUA Feedback channel.]]></description>
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      <title>News: User Statistics 20-Aug-07 to 26-Aug-07</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:02:21 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/statistics/statistics.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-060</guid>
      <author>sunil@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 2841, Unique Logins: 739, Cummulative Logins: 71703, Cummulative Unique Logins: 6137, Average Session Duration: 23 min.]]></description>
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      <title>News: User Statistics 13-Aug-07 to 19-Aug-07</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:47:55 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/statistics/statistics.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-059</guid>
      <author>sunil@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 2151, Unique Logins: 576, Cummulative Logins: 68862, Cummulative Unique Logins: 5897, Average Session Duration: 28 min.]]></description>
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      <title>News: User Statistics 06-Aug-07 to 12-Aug-07</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 10:14:42 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/statistics/statistics.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-057</guid>
      <author>sunil@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 1930, Unique Logins: 478, Cummulative Logins: 66711, Cummulative Unique Logins: 5743, Average Session Duration: 28 min.]]></description>
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      <title>News: User Statistics 30-Jun-07 to 05-Aug-07</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 7 Aug 2007 08:50:29 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/statistics/statistics.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-056</guid>
      <author>sunil@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 2407, Unique Logins: 442, Cummulative Logins: 64781, Cummulative Unique Logins: 5644, Average Session Duration: 31 min.]]></description>
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      <title>News: User Statistics 23-Jun-07 to 29-Jul-07</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:33:25 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/statistics/statistics.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-055</guid>
      <author>sunil@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 1803, Unique Logins: 413, Cummulative Logins: 62734, Cummulative Unique Logins: 5584, Average Session Duration: 26 min. ]]></description>
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      <title>News: Portals Emerging as Key Institutional Interfaces</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:29:45 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/newsletter/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-054</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Higher education portals are "...emerging as key institutional interface for online resources.", according to Gartner, Inc. (http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?doc_cd=148910)  Gartner is an information technology research and advisory company. Each year, Gartner releases its higher education "hype cycle". The annual report highlights trends and assesses the maturity, impact and adoption speed of key technologies on campuses.  In 2007, universities nationwide showed an increased understanding of portal technology's applicability and its benefits. Portals are very near the point at which their benefits are completely demonstrated and accepted - the final phase in the adoption hype cycle. In Gartner's opinion, only two technologies on campus are more mature: wireless networks and course management systems (such as Blackboard). The full hype cycle report is available only to clients subscribing to Gartner's services.]]></description>
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      <title>News: User Statistics 16-Jun-07 to 22-Jul-07</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 10:48:29 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/statistics/statistics.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-053</guid>
      <author>sunil@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 1805, Unique Logins: 404, Cummulative Logins: 60931, Cummulative Unique Logins: 5533, Average Session Duration: 30 min. ]]></description>
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      <title>Tip: Create new groups in MyUA</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:02:07 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/tips/tips.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-052</guid>
      <author>ftlpp@uaf.edu</author>
      <category>Tip</category>
      <description><![CDATA[1. Login to MyUA.  2. Click the groups icon.  3. Click Request Group tab.  4. Fill in the details.  5. Read the group policies.  6. Check the box beside Read and accept group policies. in the Group-request form.  7. Click submit.  8. You will receive an email after your request is processed. ]]></description>
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      <title>News: User Statistics 09-Jun-07 to 15-Jul-07</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:33:02 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/statistics/statistics.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-051</guid>
      <author>sunil@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 1771, Unique Logins: 432, Cummulative Logins: 59126, Cummulative Unique Logins: 5481, Average Session Duration: 29 min. ]]></description>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>News: Send Gobs-Bigger Email Attachments</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:09:15 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://myua.alaska.edu/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-050</guid>
      <author>Jeffrey.Simonson@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[We've just gone bonkers and increased the size of email attachments to 8MB.  When composing an email in MyUA, just click the Attach button.  The Attach File(s) window will pop-up and measure each file you add, then tell you how much attachment space you have remaining.  Attach up to 5 files, all adding to a total of 14MB, including the size of the message itself.  Start flying files though the ether today! ]]></description>
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    <item>
      <title>News: MyUA's front login page has the orange button</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:58:17 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://myua.alaska.edu/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-049</guid>
      <author>jeffrey.simonson@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[This RSS feed is now advertised on the MyUA login page.  Now no one can miss the orange feed button and immediately click on it to subscribe.  But you are already subscribed, so you don't really need it.  Oh, unless you are only reading this feed through the Clicklines channel.  In that case, you may want to get it delivered through your favorite RSS reader.  You could try out Feedreader or Bloglines or some other one.  Click the nice round blue information button, also on the login page, if you need some pointers. ]]></description>
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    <item>
      <title>News: User Statistics 02-Jun-07 to 08-Jul-07</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 9 Jul 2007 11:50:55 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/statistics/statistics.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-049</guid>
      <author>sunil@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 1456, Unique Logins: 403, Cummulative Logins: 57351, Cummulative Unique Logins: 5046, Average Session Duration: 26 min. ]]></description>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>News: User Statistics 25-Jun-07 to 01-Jul-07</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 2 Jul 2007 10:05:56 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/statistics/statistics.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-048</guid>
      <author>sunil@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 1737, Unique Logins: 462, Cummulative Logins: 55895, Cummulative Unique Logins: 5328, Average Session Duration: 31 min. ]]></description>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>FAQ: I do not see a spell checker on the message board.</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:16:58 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/faq/faq.html</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-047</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>FAQ</category>
      <description><![CDATA[The portal software does not provide a spell checker. However, there is a built in spell checker in the Firefox browser and you can download a spell checker for Internet Explorer browser called ieSpell. You can also download and a run on your computer a free spell checker called tinyspell (www.tinyspell.m6.net). ]]></description>
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    <item>
      <title>Tip: Make your favorite Tab the default Tab.</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:33:56 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/tips/tips.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-046</guid>
      <author>ftlpp@uaf.edu</author>
      <category>Tip</category>
      <description><![CDATA[1. Login to MyUA.  2. Click Content/Layout on the left hand top corner.  3. Click on your favorite Tab.  4. Click on the link- Make this the default Active Tab under the Options for modifying this tab.  5. Click back to MyUA on the left hand top corner.]]></description>
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    <item>
      <title>News: User Statistics 18-Jun-07 to 24-Jun-07</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:08:57 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/statistics/statistics.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-045</guid>
      <author>sunil@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 741, Unique Logins: 268, Cummulative Logins: 54158, Cummulative Unique Logins: 5223, Average Session Duration: 24 min. ]]></description>
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    <item>
      <title>News: MyUA user login statistics are now available on a permanent webpage.</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:53:33 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/statistics/statistics.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-044</guid>
      <author>Jeffrey.Simonson@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[User login statistics are now available at http://www.alaska.edu/myua/statistics/statistics.xml and is updated with new data every Monday.  Now you don't have to wait for the Monday email providing three different links.  Just go to this permanent page anytime you want to see the popularity of MyUA.]]></description>
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    <item>
      <title>FAQ: The Announcement channels do not indicate from whom the messages are sent. </title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:18:24 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/faq/faq.html</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-043</guid>
      <author>Tom.Moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>FAQ</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Anyone able to send an Announcement is required by MyUA procedures to include their name, email address, and phone number. Thanks for pointing it out. We will remind senders.]]></description>
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    <item>
      <title>News: User Statistics 11-Jun-07 to 17-Jun-07</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:50:33 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/statistics/statistics.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-042</guid>
      <author>sunil@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 1795, 
Unique Logins: 420, 
Cummulative Logins: 53416, 
Cummulative Unique Logins: 5201, 
Average Session Duration: 34 min. ]]></description>
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    <item>
      <title>Tip: Invite your colleagues or fellow students to an event</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:57:15 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/tips/tips.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-041</guid>
      <author>ftlpp@uaf.edu</author>
      <category>Tip</category>
      <description><![CDATA[1.Login to MyUA.  
2.Click the Calendar icon.  
3.Click the New Event icon.  
4.Schedule the event you wish to invite colleagues or fellow students.  
5.Click left most Search button at the bottom next to the Invite button.  
6.Find the person by the entering their userid, first name, or last name.  
7.Click the check-box beside their name and click OK.  
8.For multiple invitees, use the same search window, but instead of clicking OK, click the Apply button.]]></description>
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      <title>News: Can You Say Portal in French?</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:06:35 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.uportal.org/news/ESUP-conference-2006.html</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-040</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Portail! American college students are not the only ones using portals. Earlier this year, higher education professionals in France started a European consortium to share their portal features amongst community members and university portal developers around the world. At a recent conference, over 150 developers from 75 French schools showed up to showcase their code and discuss user feedback.]]></description>
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    <item>
      <title>News: User Statistics 04-Jun-07 to 10-Jun-07</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:38:10 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/statistics/statistics.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alaska.edu/myua/statistics/statistics.xml</guid>
      <author>sunil@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 1922, 
Unique Logins: 471, 
Cummulative Logins: 51602, 
Cummulative Unique Logins: 5129, 
Average Session Duration: 35 min. ]]></description>
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    <item>
      <title>FAQ: Is there a complete directory of all university employees in MyUA?</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 8 Jun 2007 09:06:22 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/faq/faq.html</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-038</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>FAQ</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Yes, there is. The University of Alaska Enterprise Director (eDir) is available as a channel. It contains the email address and other information about every staff, faculty and student throughout all 16 campuses. The only exception is students who opt to have information about them kept confidential. See FAQ #725 for subscription instructions.]]></description>
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    <item>
      <title>Tip: Customize column widths on your MyUA page</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 7 Jun 2007 14:01:30 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/tips/tips.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-037</guid>
      <author>ftlpp@uaf.edu</author>
      <category>Tip</category>
      <description><![CDATA[1. Login to MyUA.  2. Click Layout/Content.  3. Choose the tab you wish to change.  4. Click Select Column on the selected tab.  5. Change the column widths using % or pixel units.  6. If using %, the widths should add to 100%.  7. Click Save Widths.]]></description>
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    <item>
      <title>News: User Statistics 28-May-07 to 03-Jun-07</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 4 Jun 2007 13:13:59 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/statistics/statistics.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-036</guid>
      <author>sunil@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Logins: 1964, 
Unique Logins: 472, 
Cummulative Logins: 49680, 
Cummulative Unique Logins: 5041, 
Average Session Duration: 30 min. ]]></description>
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    <item>
      <title>Tip: Get Reminders through e-mail</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 1 Jun 2007 09:27:05 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/tips/tips.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-035</guid>
      <author>ftlpp@uaf.edu</author>
      <category>Tip</category>
      <description><![CDATA[You may send yourself an e-mail reminder for a task you scheduled using MyUA calendar.
1.Login to MyUA.
2.Click the Calendar icon.
3.Find a Task, or schedule a new one.
4.Click the Reminders tab.
5.Enter one or more e-mail addresses.
6.Set the time to allow it to send the reminder e-mail before the task is due.
7.Enter a Message
8.Click OK.]]></description>
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      <title>News: MyUA Unavailable June 3, 10am-5pm for Maintenance</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2007 16:51:51 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/oit/sc/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-034</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[MyUA will be unavailable for 7 hours on Sunday, June 3 from 10:00 am until 5:00 pm for a planned, maintenance related outage.  This outage period includes contingency time, so the actual event should be somewhat less than the stated duration.


If you have any questions please contact:


OIT Support Center, 
Phone: 450-8300, 
Toll Free: 1-800-478-8226, 

Email: helpdesk@alaska.edu]]></description>
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      <title>News:  Newsletter Emails to be Phased Out</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 14:09:50 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/newsletter/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-033</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Emails sent monthly to remind readers that a new MyUA monthly newsletter has been created will be phased out during the summer. Those interested in MyUA News, FAQs and Tips should subscribe to the MyUA RSS feed and/or the 'Daily ClickLines' found in the MyUA News, FAQ and Tips Channel.


The new feed can be accessed by going to: http://www.alaska.edu/myua/rss/myuarss.xml

Or you can access the feed by clicking on the familiar orange RSS button on the MyUA project page.

http://www.alaska.edu/myua/

There is a help icon next to the RSS button.

http://www.alaska.edu/myua/rss/info.xml]]></description>
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      <title>News: Portal Groups Formed at UAS</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2007 13:43:37 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/newsletter/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-032</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Here is a sample of Groups formed by MyUA users from  UAS by Category. 

Academic: EDTech, UAS Advising, UAS Distance Advising. Athletic: Rainy Runners. Political: UAS Staff Council.  Service: CMS (Content Management System UAS); D.O.N.U.T.S. (MyUA / CMS / Web Dev implementation); Development (Development & Alumni Relations); SOE A-Team (School of Education Admins); Sitka Campus Students; UAS Admissions & Records; UAS Sitka Campus Wellness; UAS Telecounseling. Social: The Mad Hatters (this group will become the Staff council group after the contest); UAS Parents.]]></description>
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      <title>News: UAS Portal Contest</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2007 13:33:12 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/newsletter/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-031</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[UAS ran a portal contest on the heels of their introduction of MyUA to staff. The 5 day contest included prizes of flash drives for every participant and a drawing for 3 iPods from among those who completed assigned tasks.]]></description>
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      <title>Tip: Keep track of all your things.</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 09:17:22 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/tips/tips.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-030</guid>
      <author>ftlpp@uaf.edu</author>
      <category>Tip</category>
      <description><![CDATA[1. Click Calendar.  
2. Click on a new task in the tab view.  
3. Fill in the Task details.  
4. Click OK.  The task is listed in the action items at the bottom right in the view tab.  
5. Change the status of the task by clicking Tasks below the Action Items.  
6. Complete Tasks by checking boxes in the Done column.  
7. Click Save and Close to commit your changes.  ]]></description>
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      <title>News: MyUA Introduced to UAS Staff</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 14:15:45 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/newsletter/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-029</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[John French and UAS help desk staff introduced the MyUA portal at each Campus Staff development Day: in Ketchikan (May 8); in Juneau (May 11); and in Sitka (May 18). The introduction included a one hour presentation with power point about the new UA username and the UAS adoption of it and the features of the MyUA portal. Attendance at the presentations was approximately 100 in Juneau, 20 in Ketchikan and 25 in Sitka.]]></description>
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      <title>News: Please welcome the new MyUA student employee: Prasanna Palle.</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 09:12:49 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/newsletter/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-028</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[She started last week and sits where the previous student employee sat, across from Wu.  Ms. Palle is a first year UAF graduate student in Electrical Engineering.  She just finished up a T.A. position for the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department.  She has a Bachelors in Electronics and Communications Engineering  from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University and is interested in perusing a career in I.T.  Prasanna will be with us fulltime for the summer.  Please say hello to her and make her feel welcome.]]></description>
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      <title>FAQ: How can I access Meeting Maker through MyUA?</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2007 09:34:09 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/faq/faq.html</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-027</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>FAQ</category>
      <description><![CDATA[You can subscribe to the channel Meeting Maker SW UAF which is the web version of Meeting Maker. See Tip #1 How to Add a Channel http://www.alaska.edu/myua/tips/tips.xml). After you add this channel to a tab of your choice, you will have to enter your credentials the first time you use it (and again later if you ever change your password). You can also import Meeting Maker into the MyUA Calendar (http://www.alaska.edu/channels/UAF/Other/Help-UAF/Help-UAF-calendar-fromMM.html)  ]]></description>
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      <title>News: MyUA Unavailable May 20, 4am - 12 noon</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2007 10:29:39 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://myua.alaska.edu/cp/render.UserLayoutRootNode.uP?uP_tparam=utf&amp;utf=http%3A%2F%2Fmyua.alaska.edu%2Fcp%2Fabm%2Fuser%2Fdisplaymessages%3FmsgType%3Dcampus%26ids%3D270%2C252%23270</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-026</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[On Sunday, May 20, the Fire Alarm and Safety Systems are undergoing annual testing at the Butrovich Computer Facility where MyUA hardware and software reside.  The eight hour outage, during which MyUA will not be available, starts at 4 a.m. and ends at 12 noon.]]></description>
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      <title>FAQ: Why does it say, "Loading applet." when I try to Chat?</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 17:52:56 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/faq/faq.html</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-025</guid>
      <author>jeffrey.simonson@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>FAQ</category>
      <enclosure url="http://www.alaska.edu/myua/rss/loadingapplet.jpg" length="12490" type="image/jpeg" />
      <description><![CDATA[When Group Chat is stuck with "Loading applet.", the Java software on your computer is having troubles.  Try installing the newest version of Java from http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp.  The Chat software should then load correctly.]]></description>
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      <title>FAQ: Is there a maximum number of Groups I can belong to? How many members can be in a Group?</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 08:44:24 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/faq/faq.html</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-024</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>FAQ</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Yes. You may join up to 300 Groups. A Group may have up to 1000 members.]]></description>
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      <title>News: Users Spend 15 Minutes in MyUA</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2007 11:40:19 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/newsletter/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-023</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Last week, the average MyUA session was 15 minutes. Over the course of the semester, the duration of a portal session was 18 minutes.]]></description>
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      <title>News: Several Thousand Users Try Out MyUA</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2007 09:11:38 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/newsletter/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-022</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[During the week of April 16-22, there were 2708 logins to MyUA. This tops the previous high of 2673 users the week before.  UAA portal marketing efforts were responsible for the bulk of the logins.]]></description>
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      <title>Tip: How to Add a Channel</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 7 May 2007 15:47:24 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/tips/tips.xml</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-021</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>Tip</category>
      <description><![CDATA[   1. Login to MyUA.  

   2. Click the Content/Layout link in the upper left corner.  
   3. Click the tab name to contain the new channel.  
   4. Click an Add Channel button in the desired column.  
   5. Select a Category (Select All is best).  
   6. Click Go.  
   7. Select a Channel.  
   8. Click Add Channel.  


   9. Click back to MyUA Tab in the upper left corner.  
  10. Click the tab containing the new channel.  ]]></description>
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      <title>News: New UAA Blackboard Channel</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:59:07 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/newsletter/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-018</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Users have one more place to single sign into UAA Blackboard with the addition of a new channel.


The Blackboard UAA channel allows users to directly access Blackboard. You provide your credentials the first time you use this link; thereafter, no sign in is needed (unless you change your password).

Users can subscribe to the channel and place it on any tab they wish. Single sign on to UAA Blackboard is also found in the MyCourses channel on the Student and Faculty tabs.  Users can click on the UAA Blackoard link in the left column of the channel or, in the right column, click on the course for which they want to access Blackboard.]]></description>
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      <title>Tip: Benefits of MyUA Calendar</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:21:12 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/newsletter/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-017</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>Tip</category>
      <description><![CDATA[One Calendar for All Users:
	 
The MyUA calendar is available to all portal users throughout the UA system for students, faculty and staff. It is the only universal calendar. Each MyUA user will find a personal calendar ready for their use.  If you are a student or faculty, the portal software automatically generates a calendar for each of your courses.  If you are in Group, you will also see that group's calendar.  Consolidate your Calendars into One Master Calendar.  If you have more than one, they can be selected from the pull down list. You can combine any or all of your calendars into one view. Follow the instructions in the help files in the portal or read the User Guide.
	 
Key features:
	 
Like most web based calendars, you can:

1. Invite others to events.  
2. Accept and decline events.  
3. Designate events as public or private.  
4. Send meeting invitations to others.  
5. View available-time information for attendees of an event.  
6. View a group schedule (attendees' schedules side by side).  
7. Schedule a resource such as a conference room or reserve an overhead projector.  
8. Email invitations are automatically sent.  
9. Email reminders are automatically sent.  
	 
Synchronize: 
You can synchronize calendar events and tasks with Microsoft Outlook and handheld devices that support Palm and Windows CE operating systems.  See help files in the portal or read the User Guide. ]]></description>
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      <title>News: Handling Income Help Calls</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:14:09 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/newsletter/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-016</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Feedback is arriving at a fair clip. Among the most frequent help requests are about logging in and Blackboard issues.  The load has been manageable for the support center and the MyUA tech team.]]></description>
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    <item>
      <title>News: UAA MyUA Marketing Drawing Users</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:12:17 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/newsletter/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-015</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[UAA enters its second week of a robust marketing campaign to draw users to MyUA.  For the first full week of users statistics (April 9-15), about 2700 users logged in, a new record. Just over 700 were unique logins, suggesting return users. The average portal session length was about 23 minutes.]]></description>
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      <title>FAQ: How do I add, delete, &amp; rename tabs?</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:09:32 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/faq/faq.html</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-014</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>FAQ</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Click on the Content/Layout link in the top left of the MyUA window. To the right of the list of tabs, you will see a Add a New Tab button. Once you click on it, you will have to name it and select the position for it. To delete a tab, while still in the Content/Layout area, select the one you want to eliminate. Click on Delete this Tab . You can also make any tab the Active Tab (the tab that is selected when you log into MyUA). You can rename the tabs and you can move them by clicking on the arrows on the tabs.]]></description>
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      <title>News: Positive Feedback</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:09:41 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/newsletter/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-013</guid>
      <author>tom.moyer@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Here are some sample quotes from satisfied customers: 
"Thanks for putting up the portal. I am excited to start using it!" 
"I think that this is a wonderful collection. Much easier to use than logging into each and every separate account."  
"This is cool!! Thanks! Great idea!!" 
"I think it's great!! I really like the fact that everything is all compiled into one so that you can access everything. Thank You!" 
"Very handy little tool, this UA portal." 
"I have not had time to play around with it as much as I would like, but the e-mail in the portal is nicer than the UAA web mail site and the calendar will be a handy tool as well."]]></description>
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      <title>FAQ: I was wondering about rss feeds and if you could add them to the portal or customize your news to come in from other sources than those in the my headlines section</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:52:10 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/faq/faq.html</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">MyUA-012</guid>
      <author>jeffrey.simonson@alaska.edu</author>
      <category>FAQ</category>
      <description><![CDATA[There is a customizable RSS channel in MyUA. Just add the channel called, RSS Feed and enter the RSS URL when asked. Unfortunately, MyUA can only handle RSS 0.9 feeds, but we are working on support for the more popular RSS 2.0 feeds.  ]]></description>
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      <title>News: MyUA Short Film</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 9 Apr 2007 10:28:36 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.alaska.edu/myua/videos/usingmyua.divx</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">myua-005</guid>
      <author>Tom.Moyer@Alaska.Edu</author>
      <comments>Using MyUA DivX video enclosed.</comments>
      <category>News</category>
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      <description><![CDATA[ UA portal project student employee Michael Kern developed a short movie about MyUA. Titled Using MyUA, the 3 minute 18 second short video will be entered in the UAF Student Film Festival in April.


  It is an informative, amusing flick from a student perspective.]]></description>
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