The April issue of IT’s Bits newsletter is out today. It highlights the UM English department’s experiment with Facebook to improve communication with students, and underscores potential pitfalls facing official University departments that choose to use non-UM systems like Facebook.
The English department, in collaboration with UM legal counsel and Information Technology, drafted a Facebook best practices document to help guide other UM departments. The guide was developed prior to Facebook’s recent upgrade, so it already needs modification. Your thoughts are welcome.
