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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
- Academic Technology Coordinators
- discipline-oriented consultants who promote academic use of technology and
services; serve as a liaison between the college, OIT, and other campus technology
units; and provide personal assistance to faculty members.
- 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.
WAM Labs, Adaptive Technology Lab, support, services, usability tests…
- Administrative Enterprise Applications Unit (AEA)
- Advanced Networking and Communications
Project
- 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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- Calendars,
online
- Calendar
Software (CorporateTime) - the university group scheduling software. It
can be accessed using a Web browser, via client software, and by synchronizing
with a palmtop device. Accounts, installation, configuration…
- Campus Computing Associates, see: Academic
Technology Coordinators
- Campus
housing, connecting from
- Caprina:
Access large collections of high-quality digitized images for educational
purposes
- Cellular phones, see: Maryland Cellular Discount Program
- Chat, see: WebChat
- Chinese-American Networking Symposium
(CANS)
- Class Web Space -
Office of Technology Assisted Learning (OTAL) Web server provides instructional
and research web space with capabilities for online questionnaires.
- Cluster
- a UNIX shell account with Internet access including mail,
news, telnet, ftp and WWW (World Wide Web) browsers. It also provides access
the instructional and research programs.
- Computer labs - available for faculty,
staff, and students.
- Connecting
to the Network - How to set up your Ethernet connection. Configuration
for different operating systems, troubleshooting…
- Contact OIT
- Copyown:
A resource on copyright ownership for the higher education community
- CorporateTime
Calendaring Software
- Coursemail
- mailing lists created by faculty members through the UMEG system that
automatically includes all students who were enrolled in the course at the
time the list was created.
- CREN Computer-Based
Training - a "Hands-on Tutor" CD that includes 25 office and network productivity
tools. Details, price…
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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
- Distance learning, see: WebCT
- Digital Technology
in the Arts and Humanities Workshops: available to faculty, staff,
and students in the College of Arts and Humanities. Outlines, instructors,
online registration…
- Diversity Database
- Diversity Projects
- 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…
- 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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- Macintosh support
- Mail reflectors - the simplest
mailing list tool available in the university. To use it, you need to have
a umail account. General information, obtaining and administering a reflector…
- MAITI: Maryland Applied Technology Initiative
- Majordomo
- a mailing list for Glue and umail accounts. Setting up, subscribing, troubleshooting…
- Maryland Cellular Discount Program
- offers discount cellular phones and equipment to the university community
- MD K-12 Initiative
- MITH: Maryland Institute for Technology
in the Humanities
- Microsoft Enterprise Agreement
- Mid-Atlantic Crossroads (MAX)
- Middleware
- Museum Educational Site Licensing
Project (MESL)
- MVS - offers
access to Student Information System (SIS), Student Accounts Receivable (SAR),
Academic Resource System (ARS), Financial Records System (FRS), Student Aid
Management (SAM), Management Of Network Income Expense & Services (MONIES),
and Student Bad Debt (SBD). Application, account management…
- MyUM University Portal: offers access to
Mail@umd e-mail, ELMS courses, Testudo, and more with one login
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- Research Web space -
Office of Technology Assisted Learning (OTAL) Web server provides instructional
and research web space with capabilities for online questionnaires.
- Research services
- Ruckus - OIT facilitates
a partnership between Ruckus and the university to offer free access to more
than 3.2 million music tracks for students. Faculty and staff members can
also subscribe to the service for a discounted fee.
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- Self-training Tutorial for Pine
E-mail - a tutorial and reference materials for the popular UNIX e-mail
program…
- Software, ethical and legal
use
- Software Licensing - provides
licensed and educationally priced software for the University of Maryland
faculty and staff, including some programs for personal use. The products
include operating systems, virus protection products, and other educational
and productivity software for PC, Macintosh, and UNIX systems. Product list,
online request form, updates…
- Staff directory
- Staff, services for
- Statistics Laboratory - provides
statistical consulting and data analysis. Services, hours of operation, contact
information…
- Streaming Media Server
- a service for storage of media files.
- Student Application Services
- Student Newsletter- TechKnow
- Students, services for
- Survey tool
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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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- WAM accounts
- WAM labs, hours and locations
- WAM Guidelines
- Warehouse
on the Web (WOW)
- WebChat - a multimedia
chatting application for the World Wide Web. General information, requesting
a page, examples…
- WebCT: Web Course Tools -provides
access to interactive tools, including discussion groups, live chats, and
online assessments. Resources, log in…
- Web design, see: Web Services
- Web Hosting - provides domain
names and Web space. Services, online application, how-to manual…
- Web Services
- WebTrack, Keeping on
the
- Wireless Network
- wireless access to the Internet and university network. Requirements,
coverage, FAQs…
- Workstations At Maryland (WAM)
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