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 Service Desk at 304-293-4444 or email oithelp@mail.wvu.edu.
Logins, IDs, Accounts
WVU MyID is a single set of login credentials that can be used with numerous WVU Systems such as eCampus, MIX, and MyAccess. There are other IDs you may need in order to access other WVU Systems, such as your WVUID and Central ID.
| 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 |
| MyID | fmlast | View entire list of WVU systems and services using MyID. | Go to myid.wvu.edu | myid.wvu.edu |
| Central ID | fml001 |
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Go to centralid.wvu.edu | centralid.wvu.edu |
Instructional Technology Software & Services
| Name | What it is | More Information |
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| Classroom Technology (CTec) | Several classrooms on campus have multimedia technology installed in the room or use resources available from a central Media Distribution System. | oit.wvu.edu/ctec/ |
| eSEI | Web-based tool used to measure student satisfaction and feedback | esei.wvu.edu |
| iDesign | iDesign – assists faculty with course design projects involving use of technology. | idesign.wvu.edu |
| NBCLearn | Online video clips from the NBC News Archives available to WVU faculty, students, and staff. Go to nbclearn.wvu.edu to login with your MasterID. | nbclearn.wvu.edu |
| Respondus | Tool for creating and managing exams that can be printed to paper or published directly to your ecampus section. | ecampus.wvu.edu |
| Studymate | Create Flash learning activities which can be uploaded to any web space or published directly to an ecampus section. | |
| Studymate Class | You and your students can collaboratively create and edit questions used for Flash-based learning activities in an eCampus course section. | |
| Turn-It-In | A plagiarism assessment tool where instructors can submit written assignments submitted by their students | |
| 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. | |
| Wimba Voice Tools | A web-based application designed to add audio interaction to your online course. | |
| 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 |
| WVU eCampus Course Request System | Submit a request to migrate content from previous WVU eCampus course or from the eCampus development system into an upcoming term’s section. Request a graduate student be added as an eCampus Teaching Assistant. | ers.wvu.edu |
Technology Services
| Service | What it is | More Information |
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| Filelocker | Securely exchange files too large for an email attachment. Files must be for a legitimate academic purpose. | oit.wvu.edu/filelocker |
| Big Prints | A large-format printer which can print full color prints up to 3’x150’, located at the Evansdale Library Computing Center. | oit.wvu.edu/labs/printing/bigprints/ |
| Cell Phones | Not an OIT function. Contact your college or departmental Expert Business Office for questions about services and billing. | |
| Community 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). Faculty and students can use their Central IDsto upload files to their community.wvu.edu web spaces.For Student Organizations WVU’s Web Services offers space on www.wvu.edu for departments, student organizations and special University-recognized events and projects who need web space. |
oit.wvu.edu/web |
| Computer Labs, OIT AIS | Centrally funded computing facilities on the main campus: Evansdale Library and the Evansdale Residential Complex. Colleges and academic departments may have additional labs. | oit.wvu.edu/labs |
| Computer Lab Classrooms | OIT maintains a training lab at Evansdale Library Computing Center (ground floor of the Evansdale Library) and a lab on the ground floor of Oglebay Hall in room G2B. All classroom reservations are handled by Facilities Planning and Scheduling. | Computer Training Labs |
| Computer Technical Support | Service Desk, WVU Microcomputer Hardware Standards, Software Licensing (SLIC)Technology Support Center, Computer Repair, WVU IT Standards & Procedures | |
| 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.
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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 to assist graduate students with meeting the ETD submission requirements.. | www.wvu.edu/~thesisoit.wvu.edu/training/etd |
| 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; some lists are configured so all subscribers can post to the list. | oit.wvu.edu/listserv |
| MyAccess | Your electronic portal to employee services at West Virginia University such as MyTime, MyHR, Electronic Pay Statement, MAP Applications Suite, Transportation and Parking. | myaccess.wvu.edu |
| Printer Configuration for Mac Computers | Please note, you must be running MacOS X 10.7 or later for this configuration to work. The printer configuration files will allow you to print on campus using a Mac computer. | oit.wvu.edu/lanservices/ |
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| Scanning | WVU Support Services provides flat-bed scanners for use by students, faculty, and staff in the public computer labs: ERC, Evansdale Library Computer Lab, and the Oglebay Hall Computer Lab. | oit.wvu.edu/labs/scanning |
| SharePoint | Offers sophisticated information collaboration and sharing capabilities for work groups. | http://oit.wvu.edu/sharepoint |
| 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 |
| Standards & Procedures | Policies, procedures, standards, guidelines governing the use of information technology and IT services at WVU. | oit.wvu.edu/standards |
| Technology Support Center | Provides computer repair services for WVU-owned equipment. The TSC also provides networking support for students living in WVU residence halls. | oit.wvu.edu/tsc oit.wvu.edu/repair |
| 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 PhonesVoice Mail Instructions for ISDN & SRX phonesLong Distance TIDs – Outbound long distance and directory assistance services with the use of a Telephone Identification number (TID)Calling Cards - Faculty and staff calling cards for business calls placed while traveling, installation of voice/data outletsDialing InstructionsInformation Technology Bill AccessService & Support – Additional communications services can also be provided for specific requirements |
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| Training | Free hands-on workshops for faculty, students, staff are scheduled on a regular basis. Special request sessions for WVU courses and departments on supported topics can be arranged in an OIT training lab or in a departmental lab or classroom, subject to trainer and room availability. | oit.wvu.edu/training |
| Wireless Access | Fast, secure 802.11b/g WiFi network access at various locations around the campus, free of charge. | oit.wvu.edu/wireless |
| wvuScholar Institutional 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) |
wvuscholar.wvu.edu |