Clarifying Disk Quota Restrictions

There has been confusion created around the new quotas related to FirstClass accounts. We will continue to support all teacher development of web sites. Larger sites will be placed on the main server rather than in personal accounts so that your disk quota is not affected.

Your personal email should be located in your account but resources for courses and the courses themselves that are created as web sites need to reside on the main server. There is no change for the people using your web sites except if you want to email directly to the conference. In this case, you would release a new address so that mail related to courses goes to that conference rather than your personal email.

Again we are not trying to stifle creativity but rather we are trying to manage resources more effectively. We are very happy with the tremendous work being done by teachers to support their students through a variety of digital mediums. We will continue to provide support to the learning community and find ways to facilitate your needs. We are now working on ways to store large video and audio files so that teachers can access them for your students. When our new server arrives, we will have greater capacity for expansion.

In the meantime, please contact our office if you need assistance with your web site or an extension to enable you to complete this process. I will look forward to viewing your projects soon. Please call me if you have any concerns.

Regards
Shelley and the Start Ed Team