Mudd Center

The Irvin E. Houck Center for Information Technology (CIT) is responsible for most of the computing resources on campus. CIT is located in the Mudd Learning Center on Level A.

Help Desk: Mudd 005, call 775-8197 or send an e-mail message to cit@oberlin.edu

Technology Services Center (TSC) [student technology support]: Mudd 112B, Mudd Academic Commons

Technology Store: Mudd Level A, call 775-8628 or send an e-mail message to cstore@oberlin.edu

Other Technology Resources on Campus:

E-Mail - setting up your email account (OCMail and previous e-mail system)	Wireless - available in many areas across campus	Copyright Rules - don't violate copyright laws!
ObieID - your main Oberlin computer account	VPN - provides secure access, especially important in using wireless	Printing - in Labs and Offices
Password Changing - set your password recovery questions	Protecting Your Computer - physical and data security	Guest Access - Internet access for visitors
oncampus.oberlin.edu - provides info specific to you via web page - your events, groups, courses, etc.	Network Authentication - required every 28 says and as needed to access network resources	New to Oberlin? - geting started with Information Technology at Oberlin College

LATEST NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS:

OCMail Is Here! [07July08]

The date has arrived! On Monday, 07 July 2008, sign-up started for the new e-mail system, OCMail, e-mail powered by Google!

As you may recall, we were at a decision point regarding our e-mail system: upgrade or outsource. For various factors, outlined in a memo from John Bucher, Chief Technology Officer and Director of Information Technology at Oberlin College, submitted to the college community in March 2008, the decision was made to outsource to Google.

07 July is the date when the system became available to all college personnel (faculty, staff, and all students). Everyone must be moved over to the new system by fall break in October 2008, so you'll have to sign up by then.

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Training: CIT will hold training sessions to assist people with moving to the new system. These sessions will be held:

• every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon through 14 August, from 2-4 P.M., in the Academic Commons Classroom, main level of Mudd Center.
• every Tuesday morning, 1000-1130 A.M., 02 September - 14 October, in Mudd 202
• every Wednesday afternoon, 2-3:30 P.M., 03 September - 15 OCtober, in Mudd 202
• Thursday mornings, from 1000-1130 on September 4, 11, 18, and 25; and on October 2, 9, 16. These sessions will be held in Mudd 456. Space there is limited.

Please complete the online sign-up form if you are planning to attend one of these sessions. Online Sign-Up Form.

Click on the box at the left for the OCMail overview/training document being presented in the OCMail Overview sessions.

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Prior to signing up for your OCMail account (exisiting faculty/staff and students only), you may want to clean up old mail, getting rid of messages you no longer need or want. Now would also be a good time to set up password-recovery questions for your ObieID account, if you have not already done so.

After you sign up, you'll be able to move all your old mail, and move or export existing address books. Your e-mail address will even stay the same! Please read the full story for all the details.

 

Oberlin College CIT Does Not Phish! [30July08]

Oberlin College CIT will never, ever, ask you for your password or e-mail credentials in an email. If you think messages that do are "phishy", you are right to be suspicious, and we thank you for not replying to the message. Unfortunately, there is little we can do in advance to block attempts like this, so please, remain vigilant! When in doubt, call the CIT Help Desk (ext 58197) or e-mail us. Please read from the following links for more information:

http://citwiki.oberlin.edu/index.php/Phishing and http://www.oberlin.edu/cit/news/alerts.html

 

Busy Summer Schedule for CIT [02June08]

The summer months are the time when CIT staff members conduct necessary, critical updates, upgrades, preventive maintenance, reconfigurations, etc. Many of these efforts are time-consuming and can only be accomplished during this time. The schedule for this summer is extensive. Please read the full story for complete details.

We're Hiring Students for the 2008-2009 Academic Year! [01May08]

We are looking for Technology Services Center Consultants, Help Desk Consultants, Equipment Maintenance Technicians, and Network Assistants for 2008-2009. Please apply in person in CIT or by submitting an application to cit@oberlin.edu

See the CIT Student Position web page for more information.

Important Info re: Oberlin Computer Accounts for All Graduates [22May08]

The following Information pertains to all December 2007 and May 2008 Oberlin College graduates:

Your Oberlin College computer accounts will be deleted on or about the start of Fall Break, October 2008. This will include all accounts assigned to you: e-mail, Novell (StuLOCKER), web, etc. If you desire to retrieve any data (messages, files, etc.), you must do so by 5 P.M., October 17, 2008. After the data has been deleted, it will NOT be retrievable!