Information for New Faculty
Welcome to the University of North Texas. The UNT Computing
and Information Technology Center (CITC) can be a very useful resource
for faculty members. It serves all facets of the University community,
both in administrative areas (registration, accounting, student
records, etc.) and in academic areas (support of instruction and
research, training in systems use, providing access to facilities,
etc.). Selected CITC services are described below.
Computing and Information
Technology Center Helpdesk
The UNT Computing and Information
Technology Center is located in the Information Sciences Building. The
main office is in ISB 119, directly beside the Science and Technology
Library.
The Helpdesk staff provides support to all
faculty, staff, and students at UNT who have any questions and/or
problems of any sort concerning computing at UNT. They have primary
responsibility for supporting general purpose computing services
provided directly by CITC and also provide a link to distributed
computer support areas in the various colleges, departments and
administrative units. The distributed centers are separately
responsible for desktop computing support and services specific to
their own areas.
If you don't know where else to call, or
when no one else can help you with your computer on campus, call the
Helpdesk:
940-565-2324
helpdesk@unt.edu
http://www.unt.edu/helpdesk
UNIX Host System
Services
UNIX Host system services are provided
for use in research and instruction via several multi-user computers and computer clusters. One system is
used exclusively for research activities while another is available
exclusively for classroom instruction that requires a UNIX or Internet Server
environment (such as Web publishing of classroom projects). Computers
in a Linux cluster are available for computationally intensive research.
More information about host service resources are available at
http://www.unt.edu/ACSUNIX or
by contacting Dr. Philip Baczewski, Director of Academic Computing and User Services
(baczewski@unt.edu).
EagleMail, Bulk
Mail, Web Publishing and WebCT
Your employing department or college
provides you with access to GroupWise, the E-mail system supported for
official University business. All faculty also have courtesy
access to the
EagleMail student E-mail system. Activating EagleMail also
provides access to set up your own personal home page on the World
Wide Web (personal home page space should not be used for class
notes or any other University-related business or professional
activity – for more information on course-related Web publishing, see
the following page).
BulkMail is the automated system
which allows authorized University faculty and staff to send targeted
messages to all or selected UNT students. BulkMail provides
faculty the ability to:
·
send E-mail to their entire class or several classes by
making a simple selection via a web-based interface;
·
see a list of their class members and which members have
activated their EagleMail;
·
send E-mail to individuals in their class by
clicking on the student's name in the BulkMail class list.
For more information about BulkMail, see
the BulkMail Information Page:
http://www.unt.edu/bulkmail/unt_bulk_communication_system.htm
University Web page publishing and my.unt.edu portal administration are services provided by the Central Web
Support (CWS). CWS can provide Web space to post class notes and
syllabi. For more information on Web services, see:
http://www.unt.edu/webinfo/services.htm
The CITC
WebCT group along
with the Center for Distributed Learning (CDL) provides support for the
WebCT online course management system. To learn more about WebCT and
UNT's distance learning initiatives, visit:
http://courses.unt.edu/
Classroom Support
Services
Classroom Support Services (CSS) is
funded by the student Technology Use Fee to provide and maintain the
audio-visual equipment in UNT’s general-purpose (type "110")
classrooms on the Denton campus. For more information,
see:
http://www.css.unt.edu/
Wireless
Networking at UNT
The wireless network at UNT is called
Eaglenet. It is available in selected buildings on the Denton Campus
and in selected areas in the Research Park. For further information
see:
http://www.unt.edu/wireless
Information Security and Virus Protection
Learn about secure ways to protect your
personal computer by visiting:
http://www.unt.edu/security/
Download
McAfee anti-virus products (FREE to UNT faculty, staff and students) from:
http://www.unt.edu/virus/
General Access
Computer Labs
UNT’s 14 General Access Computer Labs
are open to anyone with a valid UNT ID card. There are labs throughout
the Denton campus and one at the System Center in Dallas. A 24-hour
lab is located in Willis Library, and the lab in the Information
Science Library (ISB 110) has adaptive hardware and software for those
with special needs. These labs are student-fee funded, but are open to
faculty on an as-available basis. For more information,
see:
http://www.gal.unt.edu/
Learn more . . .
Want to learn more? Academic Computing
Services (ACS) is here for you!
See what Short Courses that are being
offered and what Computer-based training is available:
http://www.unt.edu/training/
Benchmarks Online is our monthly online
newsletter. You can read it at:
http://www.unt.edu/benchmarks/
ACS Research
and Statistical Support provides a wide range of services for UNT
researchers (faculty and graduate students):
http://www.unt.edu/rss/
Restrictions
UNT computer systems can only be used
for activities related to academic work or student life. Sending
E-mail to a friend is OK, for example, but advertising your business
is not OK. Learn the rules, by reading:
http://www.unt.edu/policy/UNT_Policy/volume2/3_10.html
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