TUSCALOOSA, Alabama -- University of Alabama officials this morning met with students at Tutwiler Dormitory to try and ease their concerns after recent online threats.

Officials still say they've received no "credible" threats and no one is in personal danger, but they did call the threat posted to YouTube "serious" and are currently investigating. A UAPD officer said search warrants have been served to the site and they're awaiting information.

"We are working through this as efficiently as possible. But it's important to know we haven't had a major incident occur," said Steven Hood, interim vice president for student affairs.

UAPD says they've increased security presence on campus as well.

While police investigate the threat, the university has taken to email and social media updates to keep the campus community informed, but an overwhelming majority of students at the Q&A session were not satisfied with the timing and content of the messages.

"I don't feel like the police or University understand that we are scared. It's like, y'all think we're silly for being scared," another student said.

Many students and parents are critical of UA's initial response late Sunday night, when UAPD shut down and searched the Tutwiler dorm after receiving word of the threat.

But UA did not send out any details until after midnight, nearly two hours after students learned of the situation online.

Social media is how Emily, a freshman who declined to give her last name, found out her dorm was being searched Sunday night. She said a friend in another state called her to tell her armed police were in the building, and she doesn't understand why UA couldn't have used the building's PA system or text alerts to inform students.

There appears to be a generational divide between UA administration and young students who will seek real-time information from social media when they feel official response is too sluggish.

"We don't feel safe on campus because we don't know what's going on" another student said.

This is also leading to headaches for police and administration trying to investigate the original threat, as rampant rumors are spreading around campus. Monday night, UA sent out a campus-wide email dispelling persistent rumors.

Monday night, someone claiming to be the original YouTube poster (Arthur Pendragon) sent personal messages to an unspecified number of students. UA officials say the students contacted authorities, who determined the messages were false and sent by another UA students.

"We're trying to get you to be active participants in your own safety," a UAPD officer said at the meeting. "Avoid communicating things of concern with your friends before you communicate it with police. We can hopefully then alleviate your concerns."

Police say the original commenter has not contacted police and authorities don't currently think it's credible, but wouldn't elaborate further.

"Some of your anxiety is based in fact, some is based in manufactured fear based on rumors. We need to focus on substantiated facts," Lee Keyes, the director of the school's counseling center, said.

The university said business should continue as usual and has not cancelled any classes, but students say various teachers have cancelled sessions or moved tests. In the Q&A, students called for a blanket policy for all classes.

"I'm not going to perform in the classroom this week," one student said. "I'm scared. We're afraid. I can't study, sleep. And I don't know if that's respected."

Steven Hood, interim vice president for Student Affairs, said faculty has not met regarding the situation, but he would take students' concern to the administration.