The University of Texas at Austin

Academic Support Options

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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

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).

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