Ed-Tech list members,
All currently enrolled, for credit, degree seeking students at UM can download Microsoft Office and Windows Upgrade for FREE! (Well, "free" as in "already paid for through their tuition," right? Funding for this came from the Academic Deans and the Provost. The work was done by IT. I am just a messenger, sharing the good news.)
Tell your students to go to www.miami.edu/software and follow the links. They will be shown the CD Key that they will need to install the software, and they will be able to download the software.
As long as the students qualify, they can legally use the software. When they graduate we can transfer the software to them, so they can continue to use it.
This should make things easier for faculty who request electronic copies of documents, since you can standardize on Microsoft Office formats, if you wish.
Bill Vilberg
Assoc. Dir. of Instructional Advancement
305-284-3944
