Popular Services
myHill is our secure portal that provides simple access to news, information, and online services based on an individual’s role at Stonehill.
Access to the campus network is provided through secure, high speed wireless and wired connections.
Computers are purchased and maintained through a centralized process that ensures compatibility and benefits from volume pricing while meeting the specific needs of faculty and staff.
A Stonehill username and password are used to gain access to most technology services including the campus network, email, the myHill portal, and the Canvas learning management system. The username is created as an account in Microsoft Active Directory and access privileges are based on an individual’s role at Stonehill.
A variety of technology equipment is available for short-term loan.
Access to Banner, Cognos reports and some departmental information systems is authorized by information custodians and liaisons based on the requestor's job.
A shared mailbox provides a generic method to communicate with a department using email.
Changes or enhancements to Stonehill processes in the Banner System may be requested by application managers. This also includes changes to supporting Banner tools such as BDM, SoftDocs, and DegreeWorks .
Canvas by Instructure is our learning management system. It provides powerful tools for faculty to present course content, collect student assignments, enable collaboration and manage outcomes. Students benefit from a single online resource to access all their course information.
Assistance to support or provide integration for departmental systems may be requested by application managers.
Announcement Lists provide a single email address to send an email message to a specific College group, like all employees.
Changes to Banner data that must be accomplished through SQL scripting may be requested by application managers.
Microsoft Teams enables departments, organizations, or groups of people to improve productivity with the ability to share documents, communicate, and much more.
Poster printing is available at the IT Service Desk in Duffy 025 to faculty needing posters that serve an academic purpose (research or class work) and that will have a broad audience (e.g. Stonehill-wide community events, poster-sessions at academic conferences, etc.).
Changes to an office location must be reported to IT to ensure e911 data is accurate. New telephone extensions or changes to the configuration of an existing extension may be requested.
IT staff are available by appointment to come to classrooms to assist with a variety of activities. Examples include: assisting with the use of classroom technology; demonstrating the use of lecture capture or video conferencing software; and training students on the use of Canvas, Office365 or other supported software.
New network connections or changes to an existing connection or the location of the jack may be requested.
The telephone system enables internal and external voice communication using Teams Phone to meet the needs of the College.
All College classrooms are equipped with audio and video technologies, a podium computer and software to enhance teaching and learning.
The IT Service Desk provides support for computer issues that students have while on campus using standard Stonehill software.
Remote access through our Virtual Private Network (VPN) allows secure access to college computing and information resources from an off campus location.
Email is provided to the Stonehill community through the Microsoft Office 365 cloud based platform. Integration with the global address list enables quick access to all Stonehill email addresses while calendar simplifies setting up a meeting.
Digital signage is delivered on College-owned TVs equipped with Roku devices through the cloud based Quickesign app which allows content owners to customize their own dynamic layouts.
The Hill Alert emergency notification system is used to quickly and efficiently send community members a text message to their cell phone in case of an emergency on campus. It is based on the Rave platform.
Upgrades to college wide systems for point releases may be requested by application managers.