Technology Guide for Students

This page is designed to help you to understand the technology that’s available at IUP and how you can use it.

MobileNetwork    E-mail    Classroom Technology
Software   Hardware   Residential NetworkOther Resources

Getting Started

• Account and Password Information for Students: including steps to reset your own passwords if you can't remember one!
• Find Your IUP Account Information (Username and Password)
• Student (or Employee) ID Number and PIN
• What to Do If You Forget Your PIN
• How to Access Employee Self-Service
• How to Reset Your Own PASSHE Active Directory Password
• Password Practices
• Technology To Do List for Students
• Common Technology How To’s
• Self-Help for Common Technology Issues

Mobile

• Personal Mobile Devices

• IUP Mobile App Support Resources 

Network

• Initial Logon to IUP Network
• How to Change Your Network Password
• How to Reset Your Own Network Password
• Wireless Network: including Fast and Easy Configuration for the IUP Wireless Network
• Virtual Private Network (VPN): important for those who connect to the network from off-campus locations.
• How to Map the Standard IUP Network Drives
• Project Directory Service
• Network Services for Students
• Personal Mobile Devices

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E-mail

• E-mail at IUP
• How to Find and/or Change Your E-mail Alias
• How to Change Your E-mail Password
• How to Reset Your Own E-mail Password
• E-mail Server Configuration Info: to set up your e-mail account in a client like Thunderbird or Outlook, or on a mobile device.
• Anti-Spam Service
• Personal Mobile Devices: instructions to set up your IUP e-mail account on your phone or tablet.

Course Technologies

• Moodle ( Log in to Moodle )
• Desire2Learn (D2L) ( Log in to D2L )
• Project Directory Service (P: Drive)
• Student Home Directory (H: Drive)
• Streaming Media Service 
• Blogging Service
• Blackboard Collaborate
• TurnItIn
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Adobe Creative Suite
• EndNote
• Degree Works for Students 

Software

• Software Available to Faculty, Staff, or Students: including Sophos (anti-virus), SPSS, and more.
• Student Software Recommendations
• Cleanup CD
• Technology To-Do List
• Computing Guidelines for Online Learning

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Hardware

• Technology Deals for Students
• Hardware Guidelines for Student Computers
• Student Hardware Support
• Computing Guidelines for Online Learning
• Public Computer Labs

Residential Network (ResNet)

• Residential Networking
• RESNET Acceptable Use Policy
• IUP RESNET Setup Guide

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Other Resources

• URSA
• Degree Works for Students 
  

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URL: http://www.iup.edu/itsupportcenter/student/default.aspx

• IT Support Center
• Delaney Hall, Suite G35
  950 Grant Street
  Indiana, PA 15705
• Phone: 724-357-4000
• it-support-center@iup.edu

• Office Hours
• Monday through Friday
• 7:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
• 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. during Summer and Winter sessions and breaks, and when classes are not in session
• ihelp.iup.edu