Faculty Tools and Services

Commonly used OIT tools, services, and resources for faculty. To view all services, browse all tools and services.

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24/7 access to the OIT Service Center, your ticket will be replied to during normal hours of operation in the order it was received.

University Access Resources

Remote Access VPN

Category: IT Security OIT - Categories OIT - Type of software Productivity and Business Remote Access Software VPN or remote access Audience: Faculty Researchers Staff Students Cost: Free
When connecting from off-campus, there are several remote options based on your needs. You will be prompted for multi-factor authentication through Duo during login to the VPN or VMware Horizon for remote access.
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Single Sign On (SSO)

Category: OIT - Categories OIT - Type of software Remote Access Audience: Faculty Staff Students Cost: Free
Authentication services to university units for departmental or campuswide applications that require the authentication of users based on their affiliation with the university.
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Technology Resources

AV Equipment

Category: Billing Classroom Support Instructional Technology OIT - Categories OIT - Type of software Room Scheduling Audience: Faculty Staff Students Cost: See extended details for service rates
Audiovisual (AV) equipment can be checked out for classroom use or other events on campus by submitting a request through the EMS room scheduling system.
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Equipment Rentals

Category: Billing Classroom Support Computer and Device Support Instructional Technology Productivity and Business Room Scheduling Audience: Faculty Researchers Staff Students Cost: See extended details for service rates
You can rent various IT and computer equipment for your classroom and business needs. Some equipment can be rented through the EMS system, other equipment needs to be rented onsite with OIT directly.
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Technology Setup and Use in Classrooms

Category: Classroom Support Instructional Technology OIT - Categories OIT - Type of software Audience: Faculty Staff Students Cost: Free
Classroom related audiovisual support is available for courses (no fee) and for non-course related events. This includes setup of equipment, assistance with audio, video and recording devices, assistance with loading of PowerPoint presentations, or other multimedia equipment such as document cameras, DVD/VCRs, audience response systems.

Academic Tools and Resources

Microsoft 365

Category: Office 365 OIT - Categories OIT - Type of software Productivity and Business Software Audience: Faculty Staff Students
Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, OneDrive, Outlook and more - Microsoft 365 is a suite of productivity, storage, multi-media and business applications that allows you to collaborate and share your work across campus, teams and classes.
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Welcome to Microsoft 365

Offering benefits way beyond programs like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, OneDrive, Outlook and more, Microsoft 365 is a suite of productivity, storage, multi-media and business applications that allows you to collaborate and share your work across campus, teams and classes. Current faculty, students and staff can access all applications across any platform on any device.

 

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Access Microsoft 365 applications by logging in at: https://office.com. Sign-in using your university email address and password. Microsoft 365 is available free on up to 5 PCs or Macs (and other mobile devices). 

 

Product Features

New Features

Check for new applications such as Power BI Pro and Visio in your Microsoft account. After signing in, click on the waffle in the left-hand corner and view the list of available applications. Power BI Pro allows you to connect to and visualize data by creating interactive reports. More information about getting started with Power BI is available at Microsoft Power BI Training and Get Power BI Desktop.

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Students (full or part-time)Faculty & Staff (full or part-time)AlumniRetireesSponsored Users/POIs
Microsoft Exchange / Outlook / Web-based Email)FreeFreeFreeFreeFree

Microsoft 365 Cloud Applications

  • Office
  • Word
  • Excel
  • PowerPoint
  • OneNote
  • OneDrive (online file storage)
  • SharePoint (web content creation, document management and collaboration)
  • Teams (messaging, tasks, online meetings and collaboration app)
  • Sway (interactive web-based canvas for presentations)
  • Forms (for surveys, quizzes and more)
  • Yammer Academic (private social network)
  • Flow (creating workflows between apps)
  • PowerApps (creating instant apps with no code)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Microsoft Office Pro Plus

Microsoft downloads for desktop and mobile devices; five licenses per person

  • Outlook
  • OneDrive
  • Word
  • Excel
  • PowerPoint
  • OneNote
  • Publisher and Access (PC Only)

 

 

 

 

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Adobe for CU Anschutz Faculty and Staff

Category: Design and Development Marketing and Communications OIT - Categories OIT - Type of software Software Audience: Faculty Staff Cost: $100 for Creative Cloud; Free for Acrobat Pro
Adobe Acrobat Pro and a wide range of Adobe Creative Cloud software and tools for graphic design, video editing, web development, image editing, and more are available to faculty and staff through our license agreement with Adobe. To request a license, scroll down to the detailed instructions in the full description.
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BioRender

Category: OIT - Categories OIT - Type of software Scientific Illustration Software Audience: Faculty Researchers Staff Students Cost: $190.00 per year
BioRender is a web-based program that helps you create scientific figures up to 50x faster than traditional tools. The tool combines a library of more than 50,000 scientifically accurate, expert-validated life science icons and templates with intuitive drag-and-drop functionality.
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Formstack

Category: Forms Formstack OIT - Categories OIT - Type of software Survey tools Audience: Faculty Researchers Staff Students Cost: Free
Formstack is a form building and data collection tool that can be used to accomplish a wide variety of tasks. You can build forms; configure everything from notification emails to approval workflows and form security; and view, edit, export or manipulate the data which has been submitted via your form.
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MATLAB

Category: MATLAB OIT - Categories Software Audience: Faculty Researchers Staff Students Cost: Free
MATLAB, the language of technical computing, is a programming environment for algorithm development, data analysis, visualization and numeric computation. Simulink is a graphical environment for simulation and model-based design of multi-domain dynamic and embedded systems.
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Microsoft Forms

Category: Forms Office 365 OIT - Categories OIT - Type of software Software Survey tools Audience: Faculty Researchers Staff Students Cost: Free
Microsoft Forms is a tool that allows for the easy creation of surveys, quizzes, and polls. Microsoft 365 applications are free to faculty, students and staff. The university has a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) with Microsoft that allows for secure collaboration and HIPAA compliance.
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Microsoft OneDrive for Business

Category: Office 365 OIT - Categories OIT - Type of software OneDrive Productivity and Business Software Audience: Faculty Researchers Staff Students Cost: Free
OneDrive for Business is an integral part of Microsoft 365 and provides a place in the cloud where you can store, share, and sync your work files.
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Microsoft Outlook Email

Category: Email Office 365 OIT - Categories Software Audience: Faculty Staff Students Cost: Free
All email lives in the cloud at Microsoft 365 and is accessible from any device, anywhere. Benefits of using Outlook include increased mailbox sizes limits up to 50GB, online archive to store old email up to 100GB, capability to send attachments up to 25MB and unlimited storage in the public cloud.
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Phishing Emails

Category: Email IT Security IT Security OIT - Categories OIT - Type of software Audience: Faculty Staff Students Cost: Free
Phishing is a psychological attack used by cyber criminals to trick you into giving up information or taking an action. Learn more about recognizing phishing attempts.
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Qualtrics

Category: Forms OIT - Categories OIT - Type of software Qualtrics Software Survey tools Audience: Faculty Researchers Staff Students Cost: Free
Qualtrics provides a cloud-based survey platform allowing organizations to standardize data and surveys. Qualtrics and is an approved software provider for forms that collect protected information; this includes information as part of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). All new forms that collect protected information are required to reside in Qualtrics as of January 2021.
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