Navigating UF March2003

Navigating the UF Computing Scene: 

Navigating the UF Computing Scene Information Technology at UF www.it.ufl.edu

Presenters: 

Presenters Vicki Kitts-Turner, NERDC vkt@ufl.edu Fran McDonell, CIRCA fran@ufl.edu Mark Trammell, Web Administration trammell@ufl.edu

OIT Structure: 

OIT Structure

OIT Organizations: 

OIT Organizations AT (formerly OIR)/CIRCA www.oir.ufl.edu www.circa.ufl.edu NERDC www.nerdc.ufl.edu Network Services net-services.ufl.edu Telecom www.ppd.ufl.edu/telecommunications/ telecommunications.html Web Admin www.webadmin.ufl.edu

Accounts - GatorLink: 

Accounts - GatorLink Cost: Free Who: All UF faculty, staff, & students What: Email Web pages Dial-up allotment Access administrative services Where: gatorlink.ufl.edu Help: UF Computing Help Desk

Accounts – Departmental/college : 

Accounts – Departmental/college Cost: Free Who: Faculty, staff, and/or students in your department/college What: Email Specific academic or instructional Where: Contact your departmental computing coordinator Help: Your departmental/college IT support staff

Accounts – NERDC administrative: 

Accounts – NERDC administrative Cost: Paid by department or college Who: Faculty, staff What: Access to specific administrative services (e.g., purchasing) Where: Your departmental supervisor, chairperson, or dean Help: Specific: Depends on the application General: UF Computing Help Desk or NERDC Support Desk

Accounts – NERDC Academic: 

Accounts – NERDC Academic Classroom/instructional Cost: Paid by CIRCA (Academic Affairs) Who: Faculty, instructors, TAs What: For students in a class Where: CIRCA Help: UF Computing Help Desk

Accounts – NERDC Academic, continued: 

Accounts – NERDC Academic, continued NERDC Basic Access Cost: Paid by CIRCA (Academic Affairs) Who: Faculty, staff, grad students What: Email, NERDC computing services Where: CIRCA Help: UF Computing Help Desk

Accounts - NERDC Academic, continued: 

Accounts - NERDC Academic, continued NERDC Research Computing Initiative (RCI) Cost: Free Who: Faculty, researchers What: NERSP IBM AIX/Unix) resources Where: By award only rcichair@lists.ufl.edu Help: NERDC Support Desk

Accounts - NERDC Individual: 

Accounts - NERDC Individual Cost: Varies; paid by account holder Who: Faculty, staff, students of Florida public universities What: Access to various NERDC services Where: NERDC Accounting Services Help: NERDC Support Desk

Accounts – Grove academic: 

Accounts – Grove academic Cost: Free Who: Faculty, instructors, TA s What: For students in a class Where: CIRCA Help: UF Computing Help Desk

Accounts – Grove individual: 

Accounts – Grove individual Cost: Free (except for undergraduates) Who: Faculty, staff, students What: email, web pages Where: Faculty/A&P – CIRCA USPS – requires departmental approval Students – CIRCA Help: UF Computing Help Desk

Accounts – Grove student organizations: 

Accounts – Grove student organizations Cost: Free Who: Official student organizations What: Email, web pages Where: CIRCA Help: UF Computing Help Desk

Email - GatorLink: 

Email - GatorLink Address: username@ufl.edu Mailbox: 25MB Web-based: webmail.ufl.edu Client software Forward: Modify at gatorlink.ufl.edu Help: UF Computing Help Desk Systems: Open Systems Group, NERDC

Email - NERSP: 

Email - NERSP Address: userid@nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu Mailbox: no limit; charged to account Client software Login and use pine mail Forward: address in .forward file Help: Help Desk, NERDC Support Desk Systems: Open Systems Group, NERDC

Email - Grove: 

Email - Grove Address: username@grove.ufl.edu Mailbox: 10-20 MB Web-based: webmail.grove.ufl.edu Client software Login and use pine mail Forward: address in .forward file Help: UF Computing Help Desk Systems: Curriculum Services, CIRCA

Email Configuration: 

Email Configuration * POP is not recommended

Email Virus Protection: 

Email Virus Protection Virus Protection Tips nslog.nerdc.ufl.edu/security/orientation/staff.html Verify attachments with sender Install McAfee and configure for weekly updates Patch OS Check F-Secure, McAfee, Norton web information smtp.ufl.edu email virus scan Category A: warning and renamed attachment Category B (self-replicating): rejected Support: Open Systems Group

Email Lists: 

Email Lists lists.ufl.edu Online list archives (e.g. CCC list) List owner interface Commands to listserv@lists.ufl.edu Email to list-name@lists.ufl.edu DOCWEB document: E-Mail Lists at NERDC Support: listmaster@lists.ufl.edu

Connections – Campus Network: 

Connections – Campus Network OIT Network Services net-services.ufl.edu Network management, planning Report network problems: net-services@lists.ufl.edu Subnet managers: net-managers@lists.ufl.edu Domain name service Dialup, VPN, Wireless, UF Web Cache

Connections - Dialup: 

Connections - Dialup GatorLink/NERDC dialup 56.6Kbps v.90 GatorLink: username/i OS Configurations: UF Software CD GatorLink: help.gatorlink.ufl.edu NERDC: NERDC Dialup 101 (DOCWEB) Help: UF Computing Help Desk Systems: Network Services

Connections - Dialup: 

Connections - Dialup

Connections – Walkup: 

Connections – Walkup WIPA: Walkup Internet Port Authentication micro.circa.ufl.edu/walkup TCP/IP use DHCP (Software CD web) GatorLink at connect.circa.ufl.edu Charge back for laser and plotter print Help: UF Computing Help Desk

Connections - Wireless: 

Connections - Wireless Campus Wireless net-services.ufl.edu/wireless Wireless adapter EEE 802.11b standard GatorLink account using WIPA Cisco Aironet 350 recommended Help: UF Computing Help Desk Systems: Network Services

Connections: DHNet : 

Connections: DHNet Division of Housing Network TCP/IP using DHCP UF Software CD instructions Configurations: UF Computing Help Desk DHNet Help Desk: 392-2171 ext. 191

Connections - VPN: 

Connections - VPN Virtual Private Network net-services.ufl.edu/vpn Secure data transfer, UF IP number Download OS client and certificate Help: UF Computing Help Desk Systems: Network Services

Connections – Library Proxy: 

Connections – Library Proxy UF Library Proxy www.uflib.ufl.edu/ufproxy.html Connect to UF IP number proxy Browser-based proxy setting 14-digit library number and UF Configurations: UF Computing Help Desk UF Library Systems: lib-webmaster@web.uflib.ufl.edu

Software – UF Software CD: 

Software – UF Software CD Dialup/DHNet/walkup configurations Web browsers Email software Netscape, Outlook, Eudora, PC-Pine, Pegasus Telnet and FTP software SSH, Host Explorer, Tera Term, WS-FTP Utilities: McAfee, Stuffit/Expander, Acrobat reader Computer-based training – NETg

Software – Soda Shoppe: 

Software – Soda Shoppe www.software.ufl.edu Site-License agreements Adobe, SAS, SPSS, SigmaPlot, Maple, Matlab Software distribution GatorLink and/or campus IP required Media loan/checkout, CD distribution

Software - Obtaining: 

Software - Obtaining UF Purchasing purchasing.ufl.edu Follet Tech Hub shop.efollett.com/htmlroot/storehome/universityofflorida779.html

Training – General: 

Training – General www.it.ufl.edu/training/ Available to all and free! NETg : netg.ufl.edu Peer (like today!) Human Resources: www.hr.ufl.edu/training/

Training – General: 

Training – General Center for Instructional Technology and Training (CITT) Faculty, A&P – free USPS – cost to your department www.citt.ufl.edu/training/ Health Science Center HSC faculty, staff; others by availability www.health.ufl.edu/itcenter/ Leisure courses Cost training.circa.ufl.edu

Training – Specific: 

Training – Specific CIRCA Technical Assistants Program (TAP) Cost: Paid by department or individual For IT support staff training.circa.ufl.edu/TAP/ Vendor Certifications NETg Vendor classes

Training : 

Training Computer Challenge! it-train.ufl.edu Support/feedback IT Training Committee: it-train-l@lists.ufl.edu

Video Services: 

Video Services Campus Video: video.ufl.edu Videoconferencing Campus Cable TV Satellite downlinks Streaming video –rs.circa.ufl.edu Classroom support: www.oir.ufl.edu/classrooms

ADSM Backup Service: 

ADSM Backup Service adsm.nerdc.ufl.edu Backup, restore, archive network data Download client Nominal cost Support: NERDC Open Systems open-systems-l@lists.ufl.edu

Web Page Development: 

Web Page Development GatorLink plaza.ufl.edu Client/server only help.gatorlink.ufl.edu NERSP DOCWEB: Putting Your World Wide Web Pages on NERDC Grove grove.ufl.edu/personal.html

Standards and Policies: 

Standards and Policies AUP: www.cio.ufl.edu/aupolicy.htm Security: www.it.ufl.edu/policies/security Web: www.webadmin.ufl.edu GatorLink: www.gatorlink.ufl.edu/policy.html Copyright: pirate.ifas.ufl.edu UF’s General Council 392-1358 To resolve legal issues For information requests from outside entities

UF Directory/Phonebook: 

UF Directory/Phonebook phonebook.ufl.edu Changing information Home – Personnel Department Work – Department Phonebook Coordinator Email – Gatorlink web page or Phonebook Coordinator Phonebook Coordinator’s Role UF Directory Project www.it.ufl.edu/projects/directory/

Administrative Applications: 

Administrative Applications Administrative Application Menu www.soars.ufl.edu Information Systems Flair/SAMAS uf-flair-help-l@lists.ufl.edu Registrar www.isis.ufl.edu Student Records/ISIS, Grade-A-Gator 392-1374 x7286 Security access based on job requirements

Course Development: 

Course Development CITT Services – www.citt.ufl.edu Instructional Design Graphics, Photography, Video Editing Web Course Tools: webct.ufl.edu BlackBoard at Health Center IFAS Communication Services

Instructional Support: 

Instructional Support Multimedia Classroom Support www.oir.ufl.edu/classrooms CIRCA Lab Classrooms labs.circa.ufl.edu CITT Classroom (for faculty) www.citt.ufl.edu Teaching Center Laptop Collaborative Space www.teachingcenter.ufl.edu

Teaching Resources: 

Teaching Resources www.oir.ufl.edu AT Teaching Center – TV Tutoring AT Media Library AT Testing and Evaluation UF Faculty Laptop Program (CITT) University Center for Excellence in Teaching – www.ucet.ufl.edu

Research: 

Research Research and Graduate Programs UF Library: www.uflib.ufl.edu WebLuis Lexis/Nexis Library Databases Multi-Media Database Project digitalworlds.ufl.edu/ufpgl/2/index.html Research Computing Initiative (RCI)

Computing Resources: 

Computing Resources Office of Information Technology: www.it.ufl.edu University Computing Support Organizations UF Computing Help Desk: helpdesk.circa.ufl.edu College and Department Support Network (LAN) Manager Workstation Support Unit IT Security Manager GatorLink Customer Service Representative NERDC Account Administrator Department Phonebook Coordinator Local Consultants

Questions: 

Questions ?