UM Community Hub

How To Use The Hub

There are so many ways to keep tabs on campus groups and activities.  The explosion of social networking tools provides easy, effective communication.  The hub aims to organize all of the various channels in one place so the campus community can find channels related to their interests in an intuitive interface.

  Search - Just type in something you're interested in, who knows what you'll find!

  Browse by Category- Click a category to find related communites.  Use tags to browse similar categories.

  Browse by Media Type - Twitter addict?  Youtube junkie?  Seach for all things UM that use a particular commication channel (Youtube, Facebook, etc.)

Social Media

Youtube

Google's video service that allows users to upload their own video and then embed them in various websites.  You don't need an account to view videos on youtube, but with a google account, you can subscribe to a Youtube 'channel' to get updates when a new video is posted. For more information about using youtube check out Google's Youtube support site.

Twitter

Twitter, the popular micro-blogging platform, allows users to 'tweet' or post updates about themeselves.  Other twitter users can then 'follow' that user and recieve the updates through a variety of methods. For more information about using twitter check out Twitter's support site.

Email List (Listserv)

An email mailing list, commonly known as a listserv, is a service hosted on campus that allows a campus group to stay in touch and post updates via email. For more information about email lists on campus, check out the email list help page

Facebook Page

Facebook, the social network do jour, allows users to 'friend' and 'like' people and groups that interest them.  Future updates and posts from groups and people that the user has subscribed for will appear on the users news feed. A facebook account is required. For more information about using Facebook, check out Facebook's support site.

Blog

Traditional blogs are also used by a number of groups on campus. Typically, one user or a group of users will publish content on the blog and users can view the blog like a normal website or consume the 'feed' of the blog via RSS (Really Simple Syndication).   User accounts are not required to view or consume content from a blog.