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Keys to IT Services for UC Students
September 2008
The University of Cincinnati's Office of Information Technologies (UCit) is pleased to offer you diverse, cutting edge computing and telecommunications systems and services. We are your telephone and Internet services provider, and, along with Cincinnati Bell, provide mobile phone service with unique features. We are your information security, networking, and PC specialists. Further, we can meet nearly all of your software needs, often at no cost to you. We look forward to serving you.
The video introduction to UCit services shown at freshman orientation is available online.
Key services UCit provides to students include the following:
Blackboard | UC Mobile | Computer Labs
Wireless Data Communications
UCFileSpace | E-Mail | Discounts on Software and Hardware
Particularly Useful URLs
Blackboard
Online class materials are just a click away with UC's Blackboard system. Blackboard provides virtual class space where most UC instructors place course syllabi, lecture notes, and more. Log in from anywhere with an Internet connection, to study for exams, view videos, or chat with classmates or professors. Blackboard is also a portal to other key services, like the campus newspaper, student clubs, and the OneStop web site (http://onestop.uc.edu) where you can register for classes, pay your bill, check your grades, accept your award pay request transcripts, and more.
Please see http://blackboard.uc.edu for details about UC's Blackboard system.
UC Mobile
In partnership with Cincinnati Bell, UCit offers students cell phones with mobile ap-plications that enhance the student experience. You can get UC-centric applications that are available nowhere else, on world class devices at below market rates.
Applications include:
- notification when something changes on your Blackboard course site
- a shuttle bus tracking feature to let you know when buses are approaching your stop
Receive a free Bearcat cell phone when you purchase a UC Mobile subscriber plan. Please visit UC Mobile for detailed information.
Computer Labs
You will find UCit-provided computer labs in various locations on main campus.
Facilities include UCit@Langsam, a new 24/7 study space on the 5th floor of Langsam Library. Please see http://www.uc.edu/ucitatlangsam for detailed information.
Wireless Data Communications
Wireless installations continue to proliferate on campus.
See http://www.uc.edu/ucit/access/wireless_data_communications.html for details.
UCFileSpace
Each student receives 1 GB (gigabyte) of personal online file storage space on UCFileSpace. Access it from anywhere in the world. Use it to store your files, publish personal web pages, or explore Unix and computer programming. For details, please see http://ucfilespace.uc.edu.
E-Mail
The Bearcat Online e-mail system is the primary means of communication between the university and students. This state-of-the-art, Internet-based system provides anti-virus, auto-reply, calendar, user-defined filter, forward, IMAP, POP and WebMail services. Please see http://email.uc.edu for details.
Discounts on Software and Hardware
Before purchasing any product commercially, you may want to see if it is available through our software agreements. UCit has negotiated diverse software site licenses for discounted and free software for the university community. We may be able to meet most if not all of your software needs - often at no cost to you.
See http://www.uc.edu/ucit/helpdesk/software for details.
See http://www.uc.edu/ucit/helpdesk/Desktop_support_svcs/DellOrder.html for details on attractive pricing on Dell hardware.
Particularly Useful URLs
The URLs in this document will unlock doors to various vital services and lead you to links to information about many others.
Questions?
If you have any questions, please call the UCit Help Desk at 556-HELP (4357) or send e-mail to HelpDesk@UC.Edu. Help Desk personnel will gladly help you with any campus IT concern.
We look forward to helping you with all of your IT needs in support of your success at UC. Whether you want disk space for web pages, help reducing spam or eliminating a virus on your PC, or information about wireless access, we will be glad to help. We are UCit - the University of Cincinnati Office of Information Technologies.
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