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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.
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 Banner, Cognos reports and some departmental information systems is authorized by information custodians and liaisons based on the requestor's job.
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.
Access to the campus network is provided through secure, high speed wireless and wired connections.
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.
Printers are available in a variety of locations including computer labs and the Library for students and open areas and department office suites for faculty and staff.
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.).
Remote access through our Virtual Private Network (VPN) allows secure access to college computing and information resources from an off campus location.
IP addresses within the College owned external or internal-only address space are maintained by IT.
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.
Software licenses are purchased and installed through a centralized process that ensures compatibility and benefits from discounted and volume pricing while meeting the specific needs of faculty and departments.
Each department is provided with secure cloud storage in the SharePoint application in Office 365. Organization needs may be satisfied with document storage in SharePoint.
Microsoft Teams enables departments, organizations, or groups of people to improve productivity with the ability to share documents, communicate, and much more.
Lecture capture enables the video capture of a class lecture or presentation using the computer in a classroom or a laptop in an office. The supported lecture capture application, Panopto, is used primarily for instructional purposes. However, it may be used for other purposes like providing training videos or capturing visiting speakers.
The One Button Studio provides students, faculty, and staff with easy-to-use video recording equipment for self-service recordings related to academic work. The studio can be booked by faculty, staff, and students for a variety of purposes, including class assignments, practicing presentations and capturing lectures for viewing online
A shared mailbox provides a generic method to communicate with a department using email.
Changes to Banner data that must be accomplished through SQL scripting may be requested by application managers.
The IT Service Desk provides support for computer issues that students have while on campus using standard Stonehill 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.
Most College event spaces are equipped with audio and video technologies and the ability to connect a laptop to projection.
Qualtrics is a self-service online survey platform used for Stonehill academic purposes or college business. It allows users to build and distribute surveys as well as manage data. Gathering data with this simple to use, yet sophisticated software solution is available from anywhere. Microsoft Forms is available through Office 365 to easily create surveys and polls to collect feedback.
New servers or configuration changes to an existing server may be requested.
IT staff members are available for one-on-one and small group consultations with faculty on a variety of topics.