Our wireless network provides Internet access for laptops in all classrooms and group study rooms.  For assistance in configuring your wireless connection, visit the Laptop Support team in the Kresge Library.

In addition, all major classrooms have Ethernet and power connections - connections are in the desks in tiered classrooms and in the floors in flat classrooms.  You may borrow an Ethernet card from the Library Circulation Desk for 2 hours with a valid MCard.  Please provide your own Ethernet cable.

Please observe the following courtesies when using your laptop in the classroom:

	Check with your professors on their preferences and guidelines for your laptop use within their class.  This will vary from professor to professor and from class to class.
	While class is in session, pay your professors respect by giving them your full attention - don't surf the web or read e-mail during class.

 

Courses that have required or optional course material packets will have an announcement posted in respective CTools sites with instructions on how to order the packet and delivery/pickup options. This announcement is posted approximately 2 weeks before the course begins.

CTools sites that do not have a course material announcement posted either do not have a packet or a packet has not been turned in to the curriculum services team for processing. Please check with the instructor teaching the course or the syllabus to see if a course material packet will be forthcoming.
 

Face Cards are used by many faculty to help facilitate classroom management.  Since such a large number of faculty require Face Cards, it is best that you be prepared to bring one with you to class.  Make certain you have a current photo in your My iMpact profile, then go to the Face Card link, fill in the pertinent fields, and click Submit.  You will then have a page of Face Cards to print and separate.
 

The Office of Student Life provides all new students two name tents at the start of the year. These name tents are to be used during your entire time at Ross. If you did not receive one, or if you misplaced yours, pick up cardstock paper from the Kresge Library front desk and download the Name Tent Template.  Simply fill in your name in the fields and print it out on any of the lab computers.
 

Your professor may simply email the files to students, so be sure your uniqname@umich.edu email address is forwarding to an account you check regularly.    Also be certain your email address is correct in My iMpact.

When emailing files back to your professor, be aware that you cannot send attachments over 2MB in size through the University email system.

Professors can share files with students in the R:\Courses network folder.  The lab computers throughout the Business School are already able to access this folder.  This folder can be accessed on your laptop and from off campus through the internet using ftp.   The files and folders in R:\Courses are read-only - students cannot save or modify files in this network location.

Many Business School courses have worksites in CTools, a course communication and management web tool offered through the University of Michigan.  Professors can post announcements and additional documents on CTools.