533-2058 at least eight weeks before the start of the course. This gives enough time to order the software and receive it. This long wait is especially needed if the software must be brought from the United States. Two problems seem to prevail with students and personal computers. The first is backups.
Many students buy one diskette at the start of the school year.
They use it throughout the fall and winter term for all courses. Please stress to your students that backups of their work should be made onto other diskettes. Viruses are also a large problem at the university. Inform your students that viruses do exist and can cause damage to data. If students hand in assignments on diskettes, encourage them to run a virus scan before submitting their work.