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ETS Services

The Services provided by Enterprise Technology Services are available to students, faculty and staff members throughout the University. Additionally, departments and organizations at UVM may provide separate services specific to their missions.

Among our more widely used services, you'll find the following:

• Email
  
• Mailing Lists (LISTSERV)
  Mailing Lists are a means of distributing information to defined lists of users via email. Lists often are used as forums for the discussion of special topics.
• Web publishing
  
  • UVM Web Team's Web Guide is a must read for departments and organizations
  • The ETS Web Publishing Notes page augments the above with notes on ETS provided scripts to use with HTML forms and how to restrict access to web pages
  • On-Line Survey Creation Software
    
  • Comprehensive Blogging Tools - create your own Blog at UVM
    
• Calendar Services
  for shared electronic scheduling and calendaring (faculty and staff only)
• File sharing
  
  • CAMPUS Active Directory Services is a suite of Active Directory-based services for faculty and staff. File and Print services are included.
  • Zoo accounts are an option for personal file storage.
• Chat Services
  ETS maintains an instant messaging and conferencing service based on the open-source Jabber protocol. All UVM affiliates can use these services for secure, confidential ad-free instant messaging.
• Computing Facilities
  provide access to computers and standard software at locations across campus
• zoo.uvm.edu
  Many computing services at UVM are provided by a cluster of UNIX-based systems known as "Zoo". The many services hosted by Zoo include: Email, file storage, FTP services, programming environments, statistical software, mathematical software, and GIS applications programs.
• Computer and Software Sales and Service
  The Computer Depot offers sales and service to UVM affiliates
• Statistical Software Support and Consulting
• Database Software Support and Consulting
• Mathematical Software and Support
• Streaming Media Servers
  Serve and view streaming audio and video via the web using QuickTime or RealPlayer
• mySQL Database Server
  UVM's central UNIX servers provide mySQL support for UVM Web developers wishing to integrate database functionality like shopping carts or other dynamic content to their site via PHP. MySQL is a fast, robust, Open Source, relational database management system.
• Consultation Services for Teaching, Learning, or Research
  The staff of Academic Computing Services serves as information technology consultants for faculty and students at UVM, and to that end we are closely tied to the Center for Teaching and Learning and the Doctor is In program. Our small staff's expertise includes statistics, computer programming, instructional technology, electronic texts, and multimedia. We are funded through the University's general fund, so we are available at no cost to you or your department — feel free to pick our brains.
• Blackboard Online Learning System
  Blackboard is UVM's main online course management/eLearning platform.
• Multimedia Development Support
  The Center for Multimedia Development, at Media Resources in Bailey/Howe Library, offers computers, software, and advanced editing systems for images, video, and audio.
• Support for Business Software Systems and the operational offices that use them.
  
  • Our department of Administrative Information Systems supports operational offices in their use of Business Information Systems. Together with ETS's System Administration and Architecture Group (SAA) we are responsible for installing hardware and software, providing tools used to access these systems, maintaining and upgrading these systems, and troubleshooting problems and defects.
  • Our primary clients are: Office of the Registrar; Office of Admissions and Financial aid; Controller's Office; Financial Analysis and Budgeting; Telecommunications, and the Human Resources Department. We also provide some programming support to Orientation, Graduate Admissions, the ACCESS program, and Career Services. And we run an ORACLE infrastructure supporting Facilities Management, Time Reporting, Imaging, and Room Scheduling systems.

Last modified January 27 2009 11:22 AM