University and College Resources for Students

University Resources

Also, take advantage of free and discounted resources available to you as a University of Minnesota student.  You pay for these resources through various University and College fees. 

http://oit.umn.edu/students
Everything you want to know about the numerous central information technology (IT) resources provided for University students by the Office of Information Technology (OIT).  This includes:

• Discounted and Free Software (UTools), Certified Laptop Bundles and Computer and Technology products (UMart)
• Phone and email support for all centrally-supported technology (email, passwords, WebVista, Moodle, etc.)
• Free Online file storage (Netfiles, with 5 GB of storage) and Personal Web Space (50 MB)
• Free anti-virus software

College Resources

http://www.itlabs.umn.edu/welcome.php
Students enrolled in IT courses pay an IT Technology Fee which allows them to use IT Lab resources, including free software for personal computers (such as Mathmatica and Matlab), remote access of UNIX machines and use of other IT Labs resources (including eleven computer labs on campus).

UNITE streaming video can be accessed through any computer with proper hardware and software.  UNITE does not maintain computers for student or faculty use. 

On the University of Minnesota's Twin Cites campus, we have found that computers in the following public computer labs on campus are properly equipped and updated to display UNITE streaming video:

• 4-250 EE/CSci
• 2-172 EE/CSci
• 308 Mechanical Engineering
• 230 Civil Engineering
• 103 Walter

Access to UNITE streaming videos and podcasts always require course enrollment and user authentication (University of Minnesota Internet account). 

Non-UNITE students may access the streaming video archives on a delayed basis, subject to instructor approval on a course-by-course basis.  Read this Announcement for On-Campus Students.

Microsoft Developers Network Academic Alliance

http://www.itlabs.umn.edu/msdnaa.php
The MSDN Academic Alliance is an annual membership program for technical departments in the area of Computer Science, Engineering, and Information Systems. As a member, a department receives an MSDN AA subscription that includes Microsoft platform, servers, and developer tools software. This software may be installed on any number of departmental lab machines. In addition, the department's faculty and students may obtain a copy of the software to install on their personal computers.

The myU Portal

http://myu.umn.edu
The University’s myU portal is the digital doorway to the University for students, staff and faculty.  The myU portal provides a central, customizable space with single sign-on access to commonly-used University tools such as e-mail, Web course sites (UNITE, WebVista and Moodle), UMCal, UMChat, the Bookstores online ordering system, One Stop, and University Library's online resources.