Technology Resources

Office of Information Technologies (OIT) is responsible for computer and telephone services on campus. To access these services, you must have an OIT account.

• Activate your OIT account using the NetID you received when you were accepted to the Graduate School
• Activating your OIT account will also activate your UMass email account (i.e. yourNetID@umass.edu) NOTE: your UMass email account will only be active if you are an active student, so any accounts like Google Scholar that you use with your email will terminate when you leave UMass unless you update the email associated with your account.

OIT provides secure Wi-Fi on campus (log in with your NetID and password). There are two main networks, called eduroam and UMASS. You will use the UMASS network to configure your devices (laptop, phone, etc) with Xpress Connect for eduroam to work; you should not have to sign in as long as your account password does not change. After connecting your devices to eduroam (check here for instructions), you’ll be able to use it anytime on campus as well as in educational institutions around the world. You can also sign into the UMASS network anytime on campus using your NetID and password. This is also what visiting guests would use for Wi-Fi.

Apps at UMass Amherst

• Part of Google Suite which enables UMass grad students to access an official UMass Gmail account, Google Calendar, Google Drive, and Google Sites, among others.
• Storage is unlimited!
• Please be aware that if you are a teaching assistant, you are not allowed (by law) to email students from your personal account. Correspondence must be from the official UMass emails for class-related communication.
• Although your default e-mail will be a “@umass.edu…”, e-mail your home Department’s primary administrative contact to receive a departmental e-mail (e.g., @eco.umass.edu, @bio.umass.edu…)

SPIRE

• Your personal student center
• Search the course catalog and register for classes
• View your current course schedule
• View holds on your account
• View and request transcripts
• Approve TA/RA contracts
• Check your Bursar Account and make a payment
• View Financial Aid
• Change/edit personal contact information

Moodle

• Web-based learning management system for courses
• Many professors and instructors will use Moodle to post course information such as lecture material, syllabus, grades, etc. and to host online learning activitie

Marlin

• For students working in Morrill, there is an additional server named Marlin that is in place specifically for the Morrill Science Center Complex.
• To get your computer on the Marlin server, you need to contact George Drake (@email) and provide him with the following information:
  • computer make and model
  • computer name
  • user name
  • room number
  • operating system
  • MAC address for your Ethernet connection & your wireless network adapters