At the beginning of the Fall semester, for approximately six weeks, ResComp sponsors a series of classes and activities called the World Tour. This is intended to be the primary introduction to the University of Michigan information technology environment for housing residents. These are hour-long classes that are usually small groups, so RCSCs can give more personalized attention to resident needs.
Residents can win gift certificates for attending classes.
In addition to the classes, ResComp also holds other activities, most notably a Free Disk Giveaway and an Internet Scavenger Hunt. The Disk Giveaway is designed to give residents an incentive to learn the basics of e-mail. To receive a free disk, all residents have to do is send a message to a specified e-mail address, which would demonstrate that they had grasped at least an elementary understanding of electronic communication. Another activity is the Internet Scavenger Hunt, first used in 1994. For six weeks, residents compete to find specified web pages on the Internet by deciphering clues and searching the web with search engines.