Information Technology Services

Faculty Guide to Technology

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The Faculty Guide to Technology provides an overview of technology on campus and the many services available to Boston College Faculty.


Teaching with Technology
Learn about classroom equipment & classroom technical support, creating & obtaining classroom presentation materials, creating course web sites with Blackboard Vista. Information about student computing at BC is also provided.

Communication Tools
Learn about a variety of electronic tools available at BC that enhance communication and collaboration.

Research and Scholarship
Learn about ITS Research Services, software supporting research, research tutorials and workshops, computational resources, research data management, and data collections.

Library Resources
View this page for an overview of using databases and other tools to manage online research, course reserves, bibliographic citation utilities, and information about e-scholarship at Boston College.

Learn about Law School Tech Support.

New: The BC application server at apps.bc.edu lets you securely access certain licensed software applications that were once only available on computers in BC labs.

Read about the use of smartphones and other mobile devices at BC

Confused by Technical Terminology and Acronyms used at BC? View a Glossary.

Learn about use of Microsoft Vista and Microsoft Office 2007/2008 at BC.

Learn how to send email to all the students in your class using a single address.

Learn about the Microsoft Exhange project, which will replace email and calendaring for faculty and staff.

Obtaining copies of the Faculty Quick Links Guide
The Faculty Quick Links Guide is distributed to all full-time faculty via campus mail. Part-time faculty or staff who would like to have their own pre-printed copy, may write to ITS Training and Communications. A limited number of copies are available. 
 
Pardon us: The FMRC (Faculty Microcomputer Resource Center) should have been included in the Faculty Quick Links Guide.