Faculty Technology Resources
The following technology resources are available to you as a faculty member at WVU. If you have any questions, please contact the Help Desk at 304-293-4444 or email oithelp@mail.wvu.edu.
Logins, IDs, Accounts
At WVU, you have a variety of user names and passwords to access a variety of services on campus.
| ID | Sample | What it is used for | How to Obtain | More Information |
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| WVUID | 700999123 |
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Go to wvuid.wvu.edu | wvuid.wvu.edu |
| Employee Number | 11221 | 5 digit number used by faculty and staff to login to WVU library computers and for staff leave requests. | Contact your college’s Expert Business Office or department office manager | Leave Request Form for Staff on-campus use only |
| Master ID | fmlast |
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Your Master ID is same as your GroupWise username
HSC faculty, add -HSC |
masterid.wvu.edu |
| Central ID | fml001 |
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Go to centralid.wvu.edu | centralid.wvu.edu |
| MIX | fmlast |
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Review printed class roster or login at star.wvu.edu or contact the OIT Help Desk at 293-4444 | www.wvu.edu/~mix |
| GroupWise | fmlast or flast |
Official email and calendar software for faculty and staff
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Check with department. GroupWise unit coordinators can request accounts for newly hired faculty and staff | oit.wvu.edu/groupwise |
Instructional Technology Software & Services
| Name | What it is | More Information |
|---|---|---|
| ITRC | Instructional Technology Resource Center – assists faculty with course design projects involving use of technology. | itrc.wvu.edu |
| Classroom Technology (CTec) | Several classrooms on campus have multimedia technology installed in the room or use resources available from a central Media Distribution System. | ctec.wvu.edu |
| Wimba Live Classroom | Allows faculty to use state-of-the-art interactive technologies such as displaying PowerPoint slides, voice, application sharing, polling, and whiteboarding for an online course. | ecampus.wvu.edu |
| Wimba Voice Tools | A web-based application designed to add audio interaction to your online course. | |
| Respondus | Tool for creating and managing exams that can be printed to paper or published directly to your ecampus section. | |
| Studymate | Create Flash learning activities which can be uploaded to any web space or published directly to an ecampus section. | |
| Turn-It-In | A plagiarism assessment tool where instructors can submit written assignments submitted by their students | |
| WVU eCampus | WVU eCampus is WVU’s official learning management system used to deliver completely online courses or to enhance traditionally delivered courses. | ecampus.wvu.edu |
| eSEI | Web-based tool used to measure student satisfaction and feedback | esei.wvu.edu |
Technology Services
| Service | What it is | More Information |
|---|---|---|
| Big Files | Securely exchange files too large for an email attachment. Files must be for a legitimate academic purpose. | bigfiles.wvu.edu |
| Big Prints | A large-format printer which can print full color prints up to 3’x150’, located at the Evansdale Library Computing Center. | labs.wvu.edu/bigprints |
| Cell Phones | Not an OIT function. Contact your college or departmental Expert Business Office | |
| Computer Labs, OIT AIS | Centrally funded computing facilities on the main campus: White Hall, Evansdale Library, and the Evansdale Residential Complex. Colleges and academic departments may have additional labs. | labs.wvu.edu |
| Computer Lab Classrooms | OIT maintains a training lab at Evansdale Library Computing Center and two training labs at White Hall Computing Center. Classrooms can be reserved on a first-come basis for special sessions for WVU classes, but are not to be used as a regular classroom for an entire term. | labs.wvu.edu |
| Computer Technical Support | Help Desk | |
| Directory, Online | Search for email addresses of WVU faculty, staff, and students including WVU’s branch and regional campuses. | directory.wvu.edu |
| Electronic Institutional
Document Repository |
Portal to WVU graduate, undergraduate, faculty and administrative research collections. Collections in this institutional repository include:
eTD (Electronic Theses and Dissertations) | eHT (Electronic Honors Theses) | eSRA (Electronic Scholarly Resources Archive) |
eidr.wvu.edu |
| MIX accounts for students and instructional faculty. GroupWise accounts are distributed to faculty and staff. | oit.wvu.edu/email | |
| ETD Support | Theses and dissertations must be submitted to the WVU Libraries as an electronic document (usually as Adobe Acrobat PDF). OIT Technical Support Services provides workshops, tutorials, walk-in clinics, and support via phone or email. | www.wvu.edu/~thesis |
| Gartner access | A searchable collection of research articles on information technology topics including analysis provided by the vendor. Use your Master ID to register for and use this service. | oitgartner.wvu.edu |
| LISTSERV | Faculty can request and own one or more mailing lists of subscribed email addresses for academic purposes. LISTSERV software makes it easy to manage large mailing lists. | oit.wvu.edu/listserv |
| Administrative Resources | ||
| Policies | Policies, procedures, standards, guidelines & laws governing the use of information technology and IT services at WVU. | oit.wvu.edu/policy |
| Software Licensing | The Software License Information Center (SLIC) negotiates annual discounted software site license agreements with many software vendors for WVU faculty, staff, and students. | oit.wvu.edu/slic |
| Technology Support Center | Provides computer repair services for WVU-owned equipment. | tsc.wvu.edu |
| Telecommunications & Network Operations | Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) Phone System and Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) lines and digital circuits for data communications
Telephone equipment: Available VoIP Phones Voice Mail Instructions for ISDN & SRX phones Long Distance TIDs – Outbound long distance and directory assistance services Calling Cards - Faculty and staff calling cards for business calls placed while traveling, installation of voice/data outlets Information Technology Bill Access Service & Support – Additional communications services can also be provided for specific requirements |
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| Training | Free hands-on workshops scheduled on a regular basis. Special request sessions for WVU courses and departments can also be arranged. | oit.wvu.edu/training |
| Web Hosting | Personal Website Hosting for Faculty, Staff and Students Faculty, staff and students who require web space for personal sites and projects should use the Office of Information Technology’s “Community” (community.wvu.edu). For Student Organizations |
oit.wvu.edu/web |
| Wireless Access | Fast, secure 802.11b/g WiFi network access at various locations around the campus, free of charge. | wireless.wvu.edu |