Information for NYU Faculty

• Introduction
• Instruction & Research Resources
• Computer & Technology Support
• Communicating at NYU

Welcome to NYU Information Technology Services!

Information Technology Services (ITS) is NYU's central organization for technology-based services for University students, faculty, staff, and administrators. ITS provides computer services, Internet resources, and telephony services to the entire University. ITS connects people to people, to their work and studies, and to the information, training, and technical resources they need to achieve their goals. Service is our central focus and concern.

This page contains a brief overview for faculty of the services and facilities offered by ITS. We encourage you to explore this site by clicking on any of the popular links below or in the menu at the left, or by typing keywords into the search engine that appears on each page.

Instruction & Research
Resources

Instruction & Research Support

www.nyu.edu/its/instruction/
An overview of ITS resources for faculty and researchers.

The Digital Studio

www.nyu.edu/its/studio/
A collaborative facility of the Libraries and ITS, providing advanced technology resources and expert consultation for NYU faculty in all disciplines.

NYU Blackboard (Online Learning)

www.nyu.edu/its/blackboard/
All NYU faculty can use Blackboard to create a course environment on the Web without having to learn HTML.

NYU Forums (Lyris Lists)

www.nyu.edu/its/forums/
NYU Forums are discussion lists which can be used by NYU faculty, staff, and students to exchange ideas about specialized topics, post deadlines or homework assignments, or confirm meeting changes. Forum mail may be received in an email account or accessed by using the Forum's web interface.

Supercomputing Resources

www.nyu.edu/its/supercomputing/
NYU supports high performance computing and networking for researchers and scholars. In addition to hosting New York City's fastest supercomputer, NYU is home to several high performance clusters and high-speed networks. Click the link above for details.

Multimedia Resources

ITS multimedia resources are available through the Digital Studio, the Advanced Media Studio, and the Multimedia Computer Lab. In addition, NYU a variety of podcasting resources for faculty.

Statistics, GIS & Scientific Computing

ITS provides resources, support and consultation for researchers in the Sciences, Statistics, and GIS & Mapping.

Wired Classrooms

www.nyu.edu/its/classrooms/
Information about hands-on computer classrooms available for classes that require in-class computer use by students.

Faculty Accounts

www.nyu.edu/its/accounts/faculty
Descriptions of the ITS computing accounts available to NYU faculty, with information on how to apply.

Faculty Digital Archive

www.nyu.edu/its/faculty/fda/ and http://archive.nyu.edu
The Faculty Digital Archive is a place where full-time NYU faculty can deposit their work in digital form. In the Archive, it can be shared with the world, or restricted to selected people. It is intended to be a highly visible repository of NYU faculty digital scholarship. The FDA is organized into communities and collections. Communities contain and organize collections. Collections will contain faculty content. Collections will be owned and managed by faculty, who will have responsibility for adding, making available, and removing content. ITS Client Services and the Digital Studio will be available to assist faculty in this.

Digital Image Collections

NYU provides storage and management resources for digital image collections via Luna Insight and through the NYU Libraries' subscription to ARTstor.

Instructional Technology Fellowships

www.nyu.edu/its/faculty/fellowship/
ITS offers fulltime and adjunct NYU faculty the opportunity to work one-on-one with a team of technology experts to help make your course as successful as possible and to help you improve your overall technology skills and awareness. See the link above for details and an application form.

Instructional Technology Pilot Testing

www.nyu.edu/its/faculty/pilot/
ITS is currently looking for faculty volunteers to help us test a number of exciting new technologies to enhance the teaching and learning environment. Good candidates are those faculty who are planning to use online instructional technologies (such as NYU Blackboard) in their courses and who are willing to pilot the new tools. Faculty with all levels of technical ability are welcome. See the link above for details and an application form.

Computer & Technology Support

Frequently Asked Questions and Instructions

www.nyu.edu/its/faq/
Have a question? You might be able to answer it yourself using this collection of frequently requested information about many ITS resources, including:

• Peer-to-Peer Applications
• General Computer and Network Security
• Your NYU NetID & Password
• Connecting to NYU-NET and other NYU Resources: On-Campus and Off-Campus
• Email at NYU
• NYU Blackboard
• File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
• ITS Accounts
• ResNet (Residential Networking)
• Computer Use at NYU's Global Sites

ITS Help & Service Desks

www.nyu.edu/its/helpdesk/
Instructions about how and where to get additional help and information.

ITS-Licensed Software

http://software.nyu.edu/
ITS provides a variety of software to help you protect your computer and make the most of NYU-NET, including Symantec AntiVirus and Lavasoft Ad-Aware. The page also contains information about the Microsoft Developers Network Academic Alliance, which makes it possible for qualifying NYU Departments and Researchers to receive distributions of the latest Microsoft development tools, operating systems, server software, documentation and technical references.

ITS Publications

www.nyu.edu/its/pubs/
Browse or download various ITS publications here. Of particular interest to faculty are The Faculty Guide to NYU Libraries and ITS and Connect: Information Technology at NYU.

ITS Departmental Computer Support

www.nyu.edu/its/support/desktop/
Information about special computer support services available to NYU departments through ITS.

ITS Classes & Workshops

www.nyu.edu/its/classes/
Descriptions and schedules of the free ITS classes available to the NYU community each semester.

Communicating at NYU

Connecting to NYU-NET

www.nyu.edu/its/nyunet/
This central page links you to information about all of the ways you can access NYU-NET, including from your home or office, using the NYURoam wireless network, from laptops at Bobst Library, or from NYUHome Stations around campus.

NYUHome

www.nyu.edu/its/nyuhome/
An introduction to NYUHome (NYU's portal service), with instructions on how to get started.

Email at NYU

www.nyu.edu/its/email/
An overview of the email service available to the NYU community through NYUHome and instructions on how to start using it, as well as information about the NYUHome spam filter and instructions on how to activate your own personal NYU email address. A list of NYUHome stations (public computers) around campus is available at www.nyu.edu/its/homestations/.

NYURoam Wireless

www.nyu.edu/its/wireless/
These pages contain everything you need to know to get your laptop computer connected to NYURoam, your campus wireless network.

Telephones & Voicemail

www.nyu.edu/its/telephone/
Detailed information about using your campus telephone and voicemail, and information about authorization codes for long distance calling.

The NYU Public Directory

www.nyu.edu/its/directory/
This directory, maintained by ITS, lists all current NYU faculty, staff, and administrators, as well as students who choose to be listed. Each department at NYU has a representative that is responsible for reporting new employees and changes in directory listings.

Meetingmaker

www.nyu.edu/its/meetings/
ITS provides licensed copies of Meetingmaker software to NYU faculty, staff and administrators. Meetingmaker allows you to maintain your calendar, arrange meetings, and coordinate your schedule with anyone on the network or over the Internet. To download your copy, log into NYUHome with your NetID and password, then click on the "Work" tab at the top right. On the left side of the Meetingmaker channel, click the link for your computer's operating system to download the software. Then, click the links on the right to download information about using the software. If you have any questions about meetingmaker, please send email to meetingmaker.help@nyu.edu.

Page last reviewed: July 3, 2007