ITS strives to provide Penn State's faculty, students, and staff with state-of-the-art computing technologies in support of teaching, learning, and research. Whether it's word processing or number crunching, our goal is to help you accomplish your academic, business, and personal goals effectively, efficiently, and securely.
Getting Started
- Technology Jump Start: especially for students, but a good starting point for anyone.
- ITS at a Glance for new faculty
- ITS guide for new staff
- Penn State Access Account: your digital identity at Penn State.
- Penn State Computer Store: computers, software, printers, scanners, cameras and more.
- PASS: Web and storage space for students, faculty, staff, colleges, departments, and organizations at Penn State.
- Training services include hands-on workshops, online courses, and more.
- Web publishing resources and services.
- Need help? Contact the Help Desk. Staff and departments can also contact an ITS Consultant.
Teaching and Learning
- Teaching and Learning with Technology helps faculty take advantage of information technology to enrich students' educational experiences.
- ANGEL course management system.
- Digital Commons: a University-wide initiative to help students create digital content for their coursework and enrich their educations.
- Faculty Teaching Showcase: a repository of ideas for teaching with technology.
- Technology Classrooms are available to faculty by reservation.
- Student Computing Labs are provided for general academic use.
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Research Support
- The Research Computing and Cyberinfrastructure group strives to meet the computing technology needs of scholars in their education and research endeavors at Penn State. The group pursues cutting-edge advances in research computing technology in partnerships with faculty members and in strong technical collaborations with various technology companies and institutions.
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Administrative Support
- Administrative Information Services (AIS): systems for University business transactions.
- Backup and archival service for faculty, staff, and departments.
