CUmail Tutorial - Introduction
Overview & Objectives
Microsoft Outlook offers both PC and MAC users access to a smart and organized solution to communication as well as tools for managing time and facilitating easy collaboration for departments and common-interest groups.
This tutorial will provide information about the importance of a unified information management system, clearly define terminology surrounding CUmail, describe how to access CUmail, identify how to learn more about Outlook, and outline some important policies specific to Creighton University’s implementation of Outlook. In addition, some best practices will be suggested and some common FAQs answered.
In Fr. Schlegel’s 2004 Convocation speech, he cited the need for all of Creighton University to more wholly incorporate technology, saying, “The goal is to seamlessly integrate technology into our learning communities.” To that end, a task force of representatives from across campus researched, investigated and then selected a software system to enable this goal. CUmail, combining Microsoft Outlook with Exchange, was born.
Microsoft Outlook provides tools that make a job easier. It is a tried, tested and well supported software package that provides tools for three very important processes inherent to well managed time and communications among faculty, staff and students. These are e-mail, calendaring and information sharing.
E-mail is an important part of everyday life. It can be easier and more effective when all parties in a group or organization use a common tool to create, send and save e-mails. In our educational environment, e-mail has become a convenient way for instructors to interact with students outside of class, collaborate with their peers, and to just keep in touch with others. Outlook’s e-mail system makes using e-mail easy and effective.
Instructors are busy people. Between teaching, preparing lessons, advising and researching, time can become a precious commodity. But beyond the pressures of teaching, there’s the need to collaborate with other faculty and staff. Outlook’s calendar system offers a flexible and simple way to make and track appointments and other obligations.
Today, networked computers and servers are the standard in any organization. Servers have made the worries of backup a thing of the past and made it possible to share applications. But more importantly, servers have made it possible to easily share documents and calendars. More and more departments utilize the public folders available in Outlook, including the use of public calendars.
The first step is understanding the campus email system
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