End of Semester Announcements (May 2006)

Instructional Accounts

As the end of the Spring semester approaches, many students have asked the Systems Lab about their CS instructional accounts. Here is some important information about the end of the semester:

• CS instructional accounts (accounts created explicitly for students taking CS courses) will remain active until the course add deadline for the Fall Semester.

• If you register for a CS class for the Summer or Fall semester, your account from the Spring semester will remain active (with disk and paper quota adjustments). Initial course paper quotas from the Spring semester (paper that you did not purchase) will be removed shortly after May 17. Remaining paper that you purchased will be carried over for future use.

  NOTE: Only CS courses taught by CS faculty and staff are considered CS courses for purposes of CS instructional computing resources. In particular, cross-listed classes that are primarily taught in another department (such as Math/CS 240 and ECE/CS352) do not qualify for a CS Instructional account.

• Accounts of declared undergraduate CS majors will remain active.

• New CS Majors will be added or have their account status changed based on data we receive from the registrar after exams, once a week during summer session, every day during the first two weeks of classes in the Fall, and once a week during the Fall semester.

• Special instructional accounts (accounts given to specific students for course projects on computers other than the instructional workstations) will be removed after May 17. If you need to keep your special instructional account, you MUST have your faculty member request an extension on or before May 17.

• If you are continuing your course work or project you MUST have received a grade of "Incomplete" to otherwise retain your instructional account and course-related resources. Your instructor MUST report the incomplete to the lab on or before May 17.

• New CS alumni -- students graduating at the end of this semester can request an Alumni Account, using the form on the CSL web pages (http://www.cs.wisc.edu/csl).
  

  Note: You must request an alumni account before the end of exams in the semester in which you graduate.

• Your use of the CS instructional facilities must be in accordance with the CSL Policies on Instructional Computing In particular, you may not use your account for any commercial activities nor for class work or formal research projects outside the CS department. Requests for additional resources or support for non-course work will be rejected.

Lab Hours

The first floor instructional computer rooms will be open regular hours (7 am - 1 am).

The Systems Lab office (2350 CS) will be open regular hours: 8AM - Noon, 1 - 5PM Monday - Friday.

There will be no evening or weekend coverage starting May 5.

Account Archives

If you wish to save an archival copy of your account, please see the CSL Documentation on the web at http://www.cs.wisc.edu/csl. Use the search function to find the appropriate document.