Professor Office Hours

Schedule Conflict

Professors will have office hours for you to utilize if you have any questions with the course or if you are having problems with the material. Unfortunately, there are times when these office hours will conflict with your classes.

Not to worry!! Many professors use email to communicate with students and are also flexible and willing to see students outside of the usual posted office hours if the student schedules an appointment in advance.

Extra Lab/Tutorial Sessions

It is not uncommon for instructors or teaching assistants to set up extra sessions to help out the undergraduate students, but generally these are conducted on a mutual agreeable basis if they are beyond the stipulated teaching lectures and labs assigned to the course.

Student Email Policy effective January 1, 2007

The University has adopted a new policy concerning the “Use of E-mail as an Official Means of Electronic Communication with Students”. In the past, there have been two channels for electronically communicating with students, one being through a student’s preferred e-mail address and the other through the UWin system. Because of this, there was confusion about which e-mail address to use to send e-mail to students, and where students should expect e-mail to be delivered. The new policy clearly establishes the channel for e-mail communication will be through the UWin system.

When the University originally used the preferred e-mail address, electronic communication was not as prevalent as it is now. A number of conditions have changed over the last few years, which have necessitated the need to implement this policy. The protection of a student’s identity when communicating electronically with faculty and staff as well as the desire to maximize the privacy that a student can expect when communicating with University personnel were major factors in the decision.

With the implementation of the policy, IT Services understands that it has a responsibility to provide students with a secure, managed, highly-available e-mail system with appropriate disk space and response time for them to carry out their electronic correspondence. Currently, students have 20 MB of e-mail disk space. Plans are to increase this amount early in the new calendar year.
Students will also have responsibilities with this new policy. Its implementation will have the following implications for students:

• Sending E-Mail to the University Community - Students are expected to use their UWin address when communicating electronically with the University, including communicating with faculty. E-mail messages received from students using the UWin system will be treated as legitimate.
• Acceptable Use and Confidentiality of Passwords - Students must treat passwords with the security and respect that they require. Students are expected to follow the Campus Acceptable Use Policy www.uwindsor.ca/aup, which they accept when activating their UWin ID. It is recommended that students do not use automatic login features at any PC that they use.
• Forwarding of E-Mail from the UWin System - Students may forward their e-mail to another e-mail address. This functionality is available inside the UWin system. Students should understand however that when doing this, there is an increase in the risk that the e-mail will not remain private or it may inadvertently become undeliverable.
• Consequences of Not Using the UWin Account – Students may miss key information or possible deadlines if they do not read their e-mail from the University of Windsor. Students who do not use their UWin account for corresponding with the University will be deemed to have not responded. In situations where a student does not have access to a computer, the University may make alternate arrangements, upon receipt of a request from the student.