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Blackboard

An online course management application for students and faculty.
Green IT: Sharing class materials online reduces paper printing and therefore paper waste.

Cost: No Cost

  • Students
  • Faculty
  • Enables students and faculty to communicate with real-time chats, threaded discussions, class e-mail, podcasts, and online file exchanges
  • Access to course material is limited to the students enrolled in the class

Thesis and Dissertation Support

Microsoft Word templates with predefined styles, margins, and page numbers for creating your Masters thesis or Ph.D. dissertation.

Cost: No cost

  • Students
  • Faculty
  • Microsoft Word templates are available for Windows PC and Macintosh
  • PDF user's guide is available

WebSpace

No cost personal Web publishing and file storage for current students, faculty, and staff.
Green IT: Sharing information online reduces paper printing and therefore paper waste.

Cost: No cost

  • Students
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • One gigabyte (GB) of file storage space for students, faculty, and staff.
  • Students can store files for class and share them with classmates to collaborate on projects.
  • Faculty can store files and share them with colleagues around the world (safe for storing Category-I data).
  • Publish your personal Web site.
  • Access WebSpace using a Web browser or transfer multiple files and folders with WebDAV; secure connection for both access methods.
  • Ability to provide file access based on EID or ticket generation (for non-EID holders).

Windows Terminal Services (WTS)

Access Windows applications without having to buy copies of your own.

Cost: WTS is available at no cost to users with a Windows account with the Austin Disk Services ($5/year)

  • Students
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Technical Staff
  • Departments
  • Access to licensed versions of Windows software (including Microsoft Office 2003, 2007, Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, and many statistical and mathematical applications) that are not installed on your personal machine
  • Your desktop and documents always appear the same, even if you logon from different locations
  • Files can be stored on the Windows servers, which are backed up regularly

UT Direct

UT Direct is a customizable university portal that provides personalized information and services based the user's EID.

Cost: No cost

  • Technical Staff
  • Departments
  • Online services allow you to interact with the university to complete tasks, such as paying tuition
  • Receive official notifications from the university, as well as important messages and campus spotlights, using the Message Center
  • Customize UT Direct by choosing tabs, content, and layout just for your needs
  • View content such as articles from the Daily Texan using channels
  • Store frequently visited links and organize them in bookmarks
  • Use stickies to store brief messages to remind yourself of tasks and other important information
  • Find out what's going on around campus with the Events Calendar