Summary of EC Services
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We have provided you with a fairly comprehensive list below that refers to most of our menu items and fundamental services offered by or through the EC.
- For Consulting, please refer to the various consulting sections within the left menu
- For technical information/resources about teaching and learning online/distance education, see our Online Teaching and Learning site.
- If you still don't know, contact the CCP and they will forward your request to the correct person.
| Service |
What is it? | Who can use it? |
| Online Services | ||
| UTORid | UofT's universal ID/login system. It is required for nearly all online activities at OISE and around campus. | All students, faculty and staff. |
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Faculty/Staff - UofT's UTORexchange using a client application (Entourage or Outlook) to access your mail, plus calendaring and other integrated features. Students - UofT's UTORmail system. ITE students for 2009-10 will continue to use OISENet. |
Anyone with a UTORid | |
| OISENet (incl. e-mail) |
OISE's internal e-mail and conferencing system. This system will be phased out in in the 2010-11 academic year. |
2009-10 - Available only to new ITE (e.g. B.Ed., MT) students and instructors. Anyone with an existing OISENet account has access until further notice. |
| Wireless Access | UofT's on-campus wireless network (UTORwin) which allows you to connect your laptop wirelessly. | Anyone with a UTORid |
| Blackboard (Bb) | A Learning Managment System (LMS) which contains portal access to many UofT systems, the ability to create collaborative communities and used largely for its course delivery tools. | All students and faculty attending a class hosted on Blackboard |
| Blackboard Community | A space that can be created within Blackboard for collaborative work among a team of UTORid users (shared files and simple discussions). This is independant of any course functionality Bb offers. | Anyone with a UTORid |
| HomeSpace | OISE's institutional system for file sharing, backup and webpage publishing inlcluding OISEcms file storage (see below). | Staff and faculty and some student groups involved with OISEcms functions. |
| Personal Webspace | UofT offers personal webpages for anyone with a UTORid. Students are required to use this system to publish their web pages. ITE students and instructors may still use OISENet for 2009-10. Faculty and staff will be transfering their OISEnet webspaces to HomeSpace. | Anyone with a UTORid |
| OISEcms | An online Content Management System (CMS) for creating and editing web sites on the OISE domain quickly and easily. Linked to HomeSpace for file management. | OISE departments, projects and some student groups |
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Listserv |
OISE supported Listserv. The Education Commons can help you setup and maintain your listserv e-mail list. |
OISE Faculty and Staff. |
| Online Tools versus Classroom Tools |
Online tools (such as survey wizard and other internet apps) to help with admin, research, teaching and learning. Classroom tools such as whiteboards are generally used in the classroom. This page does include a list of all Ministry-licensed software (OESS) available free of charge to everyone at OISE. |
Everyone at OISE |
| Media Production Services | ||
| Audio Services | Digital audio recording, mastering and restoration | faculty, staff, students |
| Photography Services | Digital photography manipulation, scanning, onsite photography, still image capture from video | faculty, staff, students |
| Video Editing | Professional quality editing services | faculty, staff, students |
| Media Capture and Re-formatting | Capture from older formats (tape, etc), conversion from one format to another, web-ready video | faculty, staff, students |
| Technical Support Services | ||
| Self Help Documents | Self-help troubleshooting documents for most commonly used applications (Mac & PC). | Everyone |
| Client Care Portal (CCP) | The place to go for technical help of any kind or other questions that will be redirected to specialits. | faculty, staff, students |
| Supported Technologies |
Desktop/laptop technologies and processes supported institutionally, including requests and RFP consults for projects or adminitrative needs. Coming soon, contact CCP for information. |
faculty, staff |
| Facilities | Externals to OISE requires a fee per facility | |
| Computer Labs |
Labs are available on a drop-in basis, or book a lab for a class/event. Mac and PC available with OESS software and other standard applications, projectors included. |
faculty, staff, students |
| Media Production Suites | Private rooms for media production, equipped with computers, recording equipment and necessary software. | faculty, staff, students |
| Knowledge Innovation Technology Lab (KITL) | A meeting room equipped with state-of-the-art projection for video conferencing/webcasting, touch screen and digital whiteboard technologies. | faculty, staff, students |
| Equipment Loan/Rental | ||
| Computer Equipment | Laptops, projectors | faculty, staff, students |
| Media Equipment & Support | Audio recorders, camcorders, speakers, microphones, etc. | faculty, staff, students |
| Research Equipment | Transcribers. tape recorders | faculty, staff, students |
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