Also see the Acceptable Use Agreement

The services are fee-based, but can be subsidized for instructional uses. The following guidelines describe activities and customers that will be considered for an academic subsidy.

Categories: Academic | General | USM | Students

Academic Use
Instructors who wish to incorporate weblog into their curriculum

General Use
Departments, colleges, and others affiliated with the University who wish to promote, profile, publicize, or advance the agenda of their organizations

USM/Other Uses
Clients from USM or from a USM school other than UM

University of Maryland Academic Use
This group consists of instructors at UM who wish to incorporate Weblog into their curriculum. Since support of academic endeavors is one of OIT’s primary tasks, any use of weblog and webhosting facilities for any academic activity will be, with but few exceptions, subsidized.

Exceptions:
If an instructor requires weblog setup assistance, they will be charged the consulting rate for the number of hours required to accommodate their needs.

All Weblog activities that are in support of a research project that is grant funded will be subject to charges at the rate appropriate for such services rendered.

University of Maryland General Use
This group consists of those departments, colleges, WebHosting clients, and others affiliated with the University who wish to make use of the weblog services offered to promote, profile, publicize, or otherwise advance the agenda of their organizations. This group will be subject to charges for web services rendered at the rate appropriate for said services.

As with academic activities already defined, such subsidies do not include setup assistance.

University System of Maryland (USM) Use
This group consists of all clients from USM or from a USM school other than UM. All requests for Weblog services are subject to charges for web services rendered at the rate appropriate for said services. OIT reserves the right to accept such requests for Weblog services based on ability to devote time and resources at the time of the request.

Student Organization Use
Student Organizations may apply for subsidized web services, provided they qualify based on the following criteria:

1. The organization must provide a one page written request.
2. Must get approval from of the the faculty sponsors.