Ultraversity and FirstClass

Ultraversity makes use of the latest version of FirstClass, an OpenText collaborative software suite. In order to access FirstClass you need to know:

Click on the Setup... button to put the above settings in the client settings document. You can also download UV seting's file from here. This file should work for both Mac and PC users. Please put your user id and password to access the Firstclass server.

NOTE: You still need to download and install FirstClass client software before using the settings file.

If you have any problems feel free to e-mail the technical team

You can also access FC Server via the web using your web browser. Please visit http://firstclass.ultraversity.net/login/ and enter your id and password to access the private areas.

Once you have connected to FirstClass, please send any further technical queries to the Technical Support Conference.

Storage limits

We believe that we don't need to impose any limitations on the space you can have on the server. We trust that you will use the space sensibly for your Ultraversity work.

The mailbox

This is your personal space where you receive messages (e-mail) from other students and researchers with Ultraversity's FirstClass membership. This is also the place where all messages you have sent are stored. It is a good idea to organise your mailbox, as the messages on the top level in any FirstClass container (mailbox, conference, folder) are limited in number. In order to avoid problems in the future, you can create your own folders to file your mail. Simply drag the messages to the folders you have created.

NOTE: No external mail on this firstclass server.

Community Space (Conferences)

FirstClass uses conferences for group communication. You can contribute and read the discussions in the conferences you belong to. The Learning Facilitator responsible for the particular conference will organise it (in a similar manner of your own mailbox). You can use the Search function to look for messages.

Backing up e-mail onto your computer

If you want to keep a copy of FirstClass e-mail on your hard disk there are a couple of things you can do.
  1. You can select messages (in your mail box or conference) and from the Message menu choose Summarize Selected. Save the new document (choose Save as... from the File menu, give it a name and place where to save on your computer). This is good when saving 'threads'
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  2. You can select messages you want to save and then choose Export... from the File menu. It might be a good idea before that to make a folder on your computer where you want to save the exported messages. They will be in .rtf format.

FTP and FirstClass

FTP has been enabled on the Ultraversity's FC server but we have found it intermittent. If you want to ftp, you will have to specify in your ftp application programme:

server name: firstclass.ultraversity.net
user name: <your sid number>
password: <your password>

You do not need to specify the Home Page Folder as your destination folder - it is the default location for upload.