IT Resources for Classics at UT

E-mail Lists, Classics Department (restricted)

• Everybody (faculty, grads, staff, adjuncts, etc) utclassics at utlists.utexas.edu
• Grad students: classgrads at utlists.utexas.edu
• All faculty, lecturers etc.: classics-faculty at utlists.utexas.edu

IT Information and Assistance at UT

• ITS Help Desk (this is your FIRST recourse for any general, non-Classics-related or non-WAG tech issue, such as Webspace, IF account/bevobucks, Microsoft software, or network problems): http://www.utexas.edu/its/helpdesk/
• Other UT ITS resources (EID, repairs, software, FAQ, etc.): http://www.utexas.edu/its/help/
• Faculty Help Page http://www.utexas.edu/its/faculty/ & Faculty Help Line: 471-5000

• Frequently used forms:
  • Request for Travel Authorization web based form
  • Travel Expense Report PDF (You may need to download and open in Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat for calculations to work.)
  • Payee Information Form PDF
  • Official Occasion Expense PDF
  • VP2 Reimbursement Form PDF (Not to be used for entertainment--see the OOEF immediately above)

IT Equipment documentation available online

• List of all Liberal Arts Media Classrooms, with instructions on how to use the consoles & equipment: http://classroom.la.utexas.edu/
• WAG 101: http://classroom.la.utexas.edu/classroom/console_rooms/wag_101/wag_101.html
• Console & Projector Help & EMERGENCY #: 471-9666

• List of available Computer Labs, Media Labs  & Facilities on the UT Campus: http://www.utexas.edu/computer/labs.html
• The SMF in Flawn (please print here or to another Lab if you have a huge print job!!): http://www.utexas.edu/smf/index.html
• Remote ITS Printing Service, prints to GBA or Welch: http://www.utexas.edu/its/printing/

Software Downloads & Support

• Bevoware: lots of free software to download; AntiVirus is MANDATORY: https://www.utexas.edu/its/bevoware/download

• Blackboard: https://courses.utexas.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp
• Blackboard Training from DIIA: http://www.utexas.edu/academic/blackboard/training.html
• Blackboard Tutorials: http://www.utexas.edu/academic/blackboard/tutorials/
• Integrating Library Resources into Blackboard: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/faculty/blackboard/index.html

• eGradebook: https://utdirect.utexas.edu/diia/egb/
• eGradebook Training from DIIA: http://www.utexas.edu/academic/diia/egradebook/index.php
• eGradebook Tutorial: http://www.utexas.edu/academic/diia/egradebook/tutorials/index.php

• Library eReserves: Faculty login: http://reserves.austin.utexas.edu/eres/login.aspx
• eReserves: Training and tutorials: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/reserves/restricted/instructionsandtraining.html
• Library Reserves Policy w/ request form: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/reserves/policy.html

• Webmail login: https://webmailapp1.cc.utexas.edu/horde/
• @mail (UMBS, free) mail service info: http://www.utexas.edu/its/basic-email/answers/index.php
• Mail (Apple) Tutorial: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304773
• Thunderbird (successor to Eudora) tutorial: http://www.gslis.utexas.edu/technology/tutorials/email/thunderbird/

• Wireless coverage map: http://www.utexas.edu/its/network/wireless/coverage/map/index.php
• "restricted" wireless setup by operating system: http://www.utexas.edu/its/network/answers/connect-restricted.php

Web Publishing

The department offers several WWW workshops to help beginners create websites related to Classics courses or the department as a whole -- please contact the IT Coordinator with scheduling preferences.

• Webspace: http://www.utexas.edu/its/webspace/start.php

• Team Web's Web Publishing site (lots o' links), incl. UT Policies: http://www.utexas.edu/learn/
• Web Publishing at UT Guidelines: http://www.utexas.edu/web/guidelines/index.html
• Web page composer, free & intuitive: SeaMonkey: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/

To publish on Web Central (www.utexas.edu)

• Add  UNIX Timesharing System (UTS) to your "if" account (needs $10 in BevoBucks): https://utdirect.utexas.edu/its/account/services_overview.WBX
• Faculty: Request a departmental account on UTS for publishing on Web Central (www.utexas.edu): email cmwitt@mail.utexas.edu
• Then - request a publishing directory for your web site on Web Central (www.utexas.edu/courses/): https://www.utexas.edu/teamweb/requests/reqpubdir.php

• List of media players
• SeaMonkey (standards-compliant browser & composer, free download)

Geospatial Tools

• Google Earth
• Google Maps
• Wikimapia
• Panoramio
• HeavensAbove Co-ordinates finder

On-line Tutorials (free, not all entirely up-to-date)

• Library Classes: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/classes/index.html
• Library Training: EndNote (Bibliography software on lab computers): http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/classes/endnoteclass.html
• EndNote Tutorial: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/endnote.html

• ITS Training Resources: http://www.utexas.edu/its/training/index.php

• Microsoft Free On-line Training: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/FX100565001033.aspx
• Mactopia: the Mac site for MS products: http://www.microsoft.com/mac/

• Pay for Online Courses:
• Self-paced, via Thompson Center: http://www.utexas.edu/cee/tcc/edprograms/index.php?page=lio
• Informal Classes: https://informalclasses.org/index2.html

• Plagiarism: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/faculty/plagiarism/index.html
• Privacy and Copyright in web publishing: http://www.utexas.edu/web/guidelines/privacy_copyright.html

Resources at UT -- requiring login or UT domain

• The DASE Image Database: https://dase.laits.utexas.edu/index.php?
• Dyabola -- search 3 major German databases, use IP Zugang: http://www.dyabola.de/de/indexfrm.htm?page=http://www.db.dyabola.de/
• L'Année Philologique bibliography search: http://www.annee-philologique.com/aph/
• Thesaurus Linguae Graecae login page - select font here: http://stephanus.tlg.uci.edu/inst/fontsel
• PHI inscriptions databases on-line: http://epigraphy.packhum.org/inscriptions/
• Google Scholar: http://ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/login?url=http://scholar.google.com/

Getting in touch with peers -- Social Networking, Virtual Worlds, etc

• eLatin eGreek eLearning eClassics: http://eclassics.ning.com/
• Archaeoseek: http://archaeoseek.ning.com/
• Second Life: Implementation at UT: http://www.utexas.edu/academic/diia/secondlife/teaching.php