ITNS HELP REQUEST

Overview of Computing Resources

1. Computer Center - Information Technology & Networking Services (IT&NS), located in Waterman's Hall 223, behind the Student Lab (Room 215) 
   See us on the web: http://www.vims.edu/itns
   
   
2. Staff:
   

   Newt Munson, Director	x7183	newt@vims.edu
   Gary Anderson, Asst. Dir.	x7080	gary@vims.edu
   Carol Birch	x7850	cjbirch@vims.edu
   Anna Fisher	x7004	afisher@vims.edu
   Kathi Goodwin	x7016	kathi@vims.edu
   Pat Hall	x7071	pat@vims.edu
   Kevin Kiley	x7079	kkiley@vims.edu
   Adam Miller	x7077	amiller@vims.edu
   Chris Palmer	x7072	palmercd@vims.edu
   Barb Parcell	x7805	barb@vims.edu
   Bob Polley	x7078	bob@vims.edu
   Tanya Ward	x7083	tanya@vims.edu




3. Requests for help can be made using the online form by clicking on the life ring above.
   
   
4. Login ID's are assigned by ITNS, and are necessary to use E-mail, login to pagan (the email server), use Student Lab machines, etc. and mail groups. See Pat Hall for all matters related to user accounts.
   
   userid@vims.edu - On campus, just use the userid 
   
   
5. The VIMS Campus Network Resources
   
   www.vims.edu - Web server
   webmail.vims.edu - Login server for email
   samba1.vims.edu - File and disk server (P: drive)
   sargasso.vims.edu - Application server (O: drive) 
   ftp.vims.edu - Anonymous ftp service
   
   
6. Public electronic mailing (email) groups (link restricted to campus viewing)
   
   
7. Student Lab - Waterman's Hall
   
   Hardware:
       17 Intel PC's running Windows NT or Windows 2000
       5 Macintosh
       1 Sun SPARC Classic
   Software:
       Office 97 - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Access
       Corel Office Suite 8 - WordPerfect, Quattro Pro
       Minitab, SPSS, Systat, Statview, SAS, S-Plus, Matlab
       SigmaPlot, DeltaGraph, Cricket Graph, ArcView
   Printers:
       LaserJet 4000, LaserJet V 
       HP 2500CM & HP1600cm Color Inkjet,
       Tektronix P850 Color Wax 
   
   Also Available: Color scanners, CD-Recorder, Sun SPARCworkstations, Arc/Info, Vis5d, x-view
   
   Katie Farnsworth is the Student Representative to the Student Lab Committee.
   
   
8. Off-campus dial-in 684-7622 up to 28.8kbs
   (See Pat Hall to establish a dial-in account)
   
   
9. Presentation Resources:
   
   PowerPoint software
   4 Laptops available for classroom use
   XGA projectors in Director's Conference Room and Classroom A/B, and 1 portable XGA projector, 1 portable VGA projector
   Make a reservation at http://www.vims.edu/itns/laptop.html
   Plan ahead! Practice using the technology at least a day before the presentation
   
   
10. Security
    
    * Don't share user accounts 
    * Change passwords regularly
    * Log yourself OFF when finished
    * Honor Code/Acceptable Use Policy 
        See: http://www.vims.edu/itns/policy
    

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