Welcome Faculty!
Penn State offers many information technology (IT) resources and services for faculty. This page contains references specifically aimed at supporting teaching and research.
Getting Started
- ITS at a Glance for New Faculty
- Penn State Access Account - needed to access many IT services at Penn State.
- Training Services - provides workshops, seminars, hands-on and online training.
- Your Guide to Information Technology @ Penn State
- General Services
Teaching Support
- Account Services - access to a variety of services for instruction and research.
- ANGEL course management system.
- Digital Commons - a university-wide initiative to help enrich students' educations by creating digital content for their coursework.
- eLion - obtain class lists, submit grades, and other tasks related to instruction.
- iStudy - a variety of modules adapted for ANGEL can help students build study skills.
- Student Orientation Video - can help you introduce your students to the ITS resources and services they need.
- Teaching and Learning with Technology - helps faculty enrich the educational experience of students through wise use of technology by providing classrooms, labs, courseware, and specialized services.
- Technology Classrooms
- Web Space for instruction, research, and personal use.
Research Support
- Graduate Education and Research Services (GEaRS) strives to meet the computing technology needs of scholars in their education and research endeavors.
- High Performance Computing resources are provided to scientists and researchers. Several state-of-the-art computational clusters are available. In addition, researchers and scientists at Penn State now have the ability to use virtually unlimited bandwidth to expand methods of data acquisition and collaboration through the National LambdaRail (NLR) network.
- The Visualization Group helps faculty use emerging visual computing technologies.
