ListservsListservs

• What are they?

Listservs-What are they for?Listservs-What are they for?

• Provide a convenient, fast way to communicate with the class.

• Give students a sense of publishing their work

• Develop synergy that comes from many minds working together

ListservsListservs

Public or De Anza-based—which Public or De Anza-based—which is better?is better?

Public and DAC listservs Public and DAC listservs

• Moderator can add and delete members

• Old messages are archived

• Mail can be accessed via the Internet

• Members can choose to view mail on net only

Yahoogroups advantagesYahoogroups advantages

• Easy to set up

• Easy to create class surveys

• Easy to post websites and documents

• Easy to cancel listserv

• http://www.yahoogroups.com

DAC listserv advantagesDAC listserv advantages

• No advertisements

• Website not engineered for multi-clicking

• All messages can be deleted at once

• Private

• Expected of a “most-wired” college

• http://sandbox.fhda.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=leslie1

How do I start a listserv?How do I start a listserv?

• Go to http://www.yahoogroups.com

• Contact webteam@saturn.deanza.fhda.edu

Need help?Need help?

• Contact Wallis Leslie

lesliewallis@fhda.edu

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