Computing and Information Technology (C&IT) is the central information technology and computing technology unit on campus. The university’s chief information officer, who heads C&IT, reports to the Provost.

This unit is responsible for the administrative computers and software, network services, negotiating software agreements for reduced price of campus-wide purchases and use, the university portal Pipeline, and centralized academic computing services, such as e-mail and Blackboard.

Below are direct links to C&IT resources and reference pages in the C&IT Web site.

C&IT’s Mission and Objectives.

http://computing.wayne.edu/.

Software Clearinghouse.

An online location to purchase and download software made available through WSU:
http://support.wayne.edu/clearinghouse/

C&IT Help Desk.

For questions concerning your computer and its functionality or access IDs:

http://computing.wayne.edu/Help_Desk/.

Blackboard Assistance.

C&IT hosts the Blackboard program and all the content. Technical issues or problems with the operation of Blackboard should be referred to C&IT. Questions about effective use of Blackboard in teaching and for training on Blackboard should be directed to OTL.

• General Information about Blackboard: http://computing.wayne.edu/blackboard/index.php.
• Information about Blackboard for your students:
  http://computing.wayne.edu/blackboard/faq-student.php
• Technical information about Blackboard for faculty:
  http://computing.wayne.edu/blackboard/faq-faculty.php.
• Blackboard login page:
  http://blackboard.wayne.edu/wsuauth/.
• WSU Quick Start Guide to Blackboard, co-authored by OTL, C&IT and others on campus:
  http://computing.wayne.edu/blackboard/faculty-guide.pdf
  This guide will allow you to quickly learn about Blackboard without the necessity of attending a workshop. Once you are familiar with the basics, or if you have difficulty with them, you may want to consider one of OTL’s workshops on Blackboard:
  
  Please click here to see a listing of workshops offered at the OTL on using Blackboard for Web-based teaching.

• Access ID:
  Logins to Blackboard require the WSU access ID as the user ID and the WSU password as the password for Blackboard. If you or your students can not access Blackboard with your access ID, for more information please go to:
  http://computing.wayne.edu/accessid/.
• Free dial-in service for faculty, staff and students:
  http://computing.wayne.edu/internetaccess/wayneconnect/index.php.
  

 

Last modified September 6, 2005.