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Blackboard

An online course management application that helps students and faculty make better use of the Web in their classes

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

Cost: No cost

  • Students
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • 1000 megabytes (MB) file storage for students, faculty, and staff
  • Use for publishing your personal Web site or for storing files (safe for storing Category-I data)
  • Access by Web browser or transfer multiple files and folders with WebDAV; secure connection for both access methods
  • Ability to limit file access based on EID or ticket generation (for non-EID holders)
  • Limited off-campus bandwidth usage

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 Data Storage on austin.utexas.edu option ($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