UCI General Catalog Description of OIT
Services
(2010/2011)
The Office of Information Technology (OIT) provides telephone, network, and computing services in support of research, administration, and education at UCI. OIT provides central computing services, computer laboratories, departmental and research-group support services, business application support, and campuswide technical coordination. The campus network infrastructure maintained by OIT provides connectivity on campus and to the Internet. Wireless and mobile wired network access is available in select areas of the campus as part of the UCInet Mobile Access project.
UCI's Electronic Educational Environment (EEE) is a campuswide collaboration including OIT, the Office of the Registrar, the UCI Libraries, and the Division of Undergraduate Education. As part of EEE, OIT builds and maintains Web-based instructional tools and resources for instructors and students including course Web site space, course mailing lists, and instructional technology training. OIT maintains the EEE Web site located at http://eee.uci.edu/. OIT also provides UCI Replay (replay.uci.edu), an audio/screen capture service for instructors, employees, and departments to easily record classes, presentations, or instructional vignettes on a PC or Mac computer.
OIT provides e-mail accounts for faculty, staff, and students. The Webmail service (webmail.uci.edu) is provided as one option for accessing these accounts. Faculty and staff are provided interactive Unix accounts on the server shell.nacs.uci.edu.
OIT provides Webfiles (webfiles.uci.edu), a network file-sharing service for faculty, staff, and graduate students.
Approximately 50 MS-Windows computers are available 24 hours a day in computer laboratories on the first floor of the Engineering Gateway building. All common MS-Windows applications are available, as well as certain mathematical software and statistics packages. Computer peripherals including scanners and printers are available.
An additional 96 Windows computers are located in the Multipurpose Science and Technology (MST) Building, and are available for drop-in use when not scheduled for classes.
Other computers maintained by OIT are available at various locations around campus:
- SBSG 200: 24 Windows computers
- Student Center: 44 Windows and Mac computers
- OIT@SST: 20 Windows computers
- OIT@CCC: 6 Windows computers
Finally, OIT co-administers computer labs in the Gateway Study Center, the ArtsTEC laboratory in the Claire Trevor School of the Arts, and the Instructional Technology Center (ITC) in Social Sciences Tower. Detailed information is available on OIT's labs page.
OIT offers a variety of additional services. For more information see the OIT Web site at http://www.oit.uci.edu/. Offices are located in 242 Multipurpose Science and Technology Building, the modular buildings in Lot 16, and in the University Research Park, 5201 California, Suite 150. The OIT Help Desk may be reached by sending e-mail to oit@uci.edu or by calling (949) 824-2222.
