Instruction & Research

ITS Faculty Technology Services (FTS) offers a wide range of technology resources and assistance targeted toward the needs of NYU faculty, in support of research, teaching, and learning. FTS staff work closely with faculty and graduate students to help them make optimal use of computers, media, and Internet resources in instruction and scholarship. FTS technologists provide expert help with all phases of faculty projects, including the selection of equipment, software, and media to suit their purposes, and with adapting and authoring new material in a multimedia/Web environment.

For more information about the resources available to faculty and researchers, see the list below, and browse the items in the navigation menu at the left.

Available Services

• Support for sponsored research, including piloting and prototyping, as well as assistance in grant planning and writing, software and hardware acquisition, and project implementation (contact the Digital Studio for more information).
• Access to and training in web-based content management services and delivery tools, including Blackboard, Luna, podcasting, and more.
• Media production technologies for advanced imaging, video editing, sound and audio production, CD and DVD creation, podcasting, and web-based multimedia and streaming services.
• Collaboration technologies, including Internet2, real-time video communications tools, and network-based multi-site performances.
• Advanced digital media services, including museum quality digital prints, laser cut flat materials, and 3D color rapid prototyping.
• Training and consultation in digital scholarship and the development and use of web-accessible scholarly databases.
• Instructional technology fellowships, to work one-on-one with a team of ITS technology experts to help make your course as successful as possible and to help you improve your overall technology skills and awareness.
• Access to and consultation in the use of high performance computing software and networks, and NYU supercomputing systems as well as those at the National Science Foundation centers.
• Support and training in statistical, qualitative, ICPSR, and GIS analyses of data.
• Access to Luna Insight digital collections software (currently available to select departments; will be rolled out to additional community members in the future).

Page last reviewed: October 18, 2007