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  • About OIT
  • ACT Program: Academic Computers for Terps - discount program offers low prices on Apple and Dell computers and equipment (for personal use) to UM students, faculty, and staff
  • ARS: Academic Resource System - general information, contacts… 
  • Academic Support Unit
  • Acceptable Use Policy
  • Acceptable Use of IT Resources - university's official statement. General principles, user responsibilities… 
  • Adaptive technology - assistive devices and support for use of computing, networking, and telecommunications services. OIT Computer Labs, Adaptive Technology Lab, support, services, usability tests…
  • Administrative Enterprise Applications Unit (AEA)
  • Advise
  • Alumni, e-mail
  • Apple Demonstration/Development Lab - offers all Apple models to faculty and staff for testing in the lab and for short term loan to examine in your own environment.
  • ARES: Administrative Resource Enterprise Services - a Web-based platform for updating personnel information, access to financial reports (FAS), access to purchasing information (Procurement), and access to the Department of Business Services CARS system, which includes TRAPPR. Accounts, troubleshooting…  

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  • Data warehouse - includes BrioQuery Enterprise Explorer. General information, contacts… 
  • Data Warehouse Account -  provides access to a collection of integrated institutional data that can be retrieved and analyzed. General information, getting an account…
  • DEANS: Deans Electronic Academic Network System
  • DEANS Account - A UNIX shell account in a distributed UNIX environment with full Internet access including mail, news, telnet, ftp and Web browsers. It also provides access to the ADVISE system. Online application, account management, troubleshooting.. 
  • DHCP Roaming - allows laptops and other mobile devices to access the Internet and the university backbone from different buildings. How it works, registration, FAQs… 
  • Directory Services - all faculty, staff and students have records in the directory, which contain the standard office and telephone contact information, username and password information. Applications are increasingly being integrated with directory services. Setting a password, search… 
  • Disability support, see: Adaptive technology
  • Discussion list, see: Mail reflectors, Listserv list, or Coursemail
  • Distance learning, see: ELMS 
  • Dorms, connecting from

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  • Electronic Workplace Readiness Initiative - The University of Maryland will implement new electronic forms and application software to support university business processes. To help employees develop the necessary computer skills, the Electronic Workplace Readiness Initiative has been established. Necessary computer skills, hardware, software… 
  • E-mail
  • ELF: Electronic Forms - Internet-based system for creating, submitting, approving, returning, or rejecting forms electronically. The system will route the forms to any registered university user. General information… 
  • Electronic Grades (UMEG) – an online service allowing faculty to submit grades, view and download class list information, extract class list attributes and receive via email, create email reflectors automatically for students in the class.
  • Emergency (PERT or Blue light) phones
  • Employment
  • Enterprise Learning Managemeent System (ELMS): Powered by Blackboard Academic Suite, ELMS is the online environment that supports teaching and learning at the University of Maryland.
  • Ethernet outlet status

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  • Glue/WAM (Workstations at Maryland) - UNIX shell accounts that provide 25MB disk space, including Web space, FTP access, and e-mail. If you want to dial into the university network, you need a WAM account. Configuration, account management, troubleshooting… 

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  • Labs, computer
  • LAN Support - OIT is currently offering two programs Departmental LAN Support (DLS) and Centralized LAN Support (CLS) to the university community. Services, prices, requests…
  • Learning Technologies - assists faculty with locating and selecting the best instructional technology option, among several OIT offers, for their online or in-class teaching needs and goals and provides the guidance and support necessary for successful implementation.
  • Listserv list -a single e-mail address that contains the e-mail addresses of all its members. When you send an e-mail message to that address, everyone gets a copy of the message. Subscription, troubleshooting… 

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  • Videoconferencing - a service allowing meetings among people at remote locations by means of transmitted audio and video signals. Video system consulting, training, FAQs… 
  • Virtual Private Network (VPN) - provides an encrypted and secure connection "tunnel" path from a user's machine to its destination through the public Internet. How it works, software, support… 
  • Virus alerts - information that can help you significantly reduce the chances of computer virus infection. Virus notification, free software, what to do in case of infection… 
  • Viruses, help with
  • Voice mail - a 24-hour universally accessible voice messaging service available for university phones. It will answer your telephone calls and allow callers to leave messages. User guide, log in… 

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