Overview of the Academic Computing and Communications Center (ACCC) and the ACCC Instructional Technology Lab (ITL) for new faculty and staff members.

Welcome to UIC! 

• Academic Computing and Communications Center (ACCC)
  ACCC is a campus-wide service organization providing a host of services to UIC faculty, staff and students.  ACCC runs the campus network, the telephone system, UIC email services, teaching and learning technology support, the Blackboard teaching and learning system, Web services, general consulting, public computer labs and computer training workshops, among many other services, resources and facilities.
  www.accc.uic.edu
  
  
• ACCC Instructional Technology Lab (ITL)
  The ITL provides campus-wide services and consulting to UIC faculty and staff, including teaching and learning technology support, faculty development, assistance with multimedia design, development and distribution, collaboration technology, Web conferencing, social networking, classroom technology, mobile computing, UIC Wireless (Wi-Fi), and support for a variety of other computer/technology university applications of interest to faculty, staff, TAs and students employed by faculty/staff. 
  http://itl.accc.uic.edu
  http://itl.accc.uic.edu/blog
  Email: itl@uic.edu
  Phone: 312-996-9824
  
  
  ITL-West (West campus): Golderg Building, Room BGRC 181
  ITL-East (East campus): Richard J. Daley Main Library, Room LIB 1-310
  
  
  • Blackboard teaching and learning system
    Blackboard makes it extremely easy for instructors to have a class Website for posting class announcements, sending email to the class, making available syllabi and all sorts of class materials, maintaining a secure online gradebook, administrating end-of-chapter exercises and online assessments, collecting homework assignments, running term papers through the SafeAssign plagiarism detection system, providing class wikis, blogs, voice recordings, Podcasts, narrated PowerPoint presentations, links to external content and multimedia, and a number of other course management system tools and Web activities.  
    http://itl.accc.uic.edu/blackboard
    
    
  • ITL Walk-in Hours and ByAppointment
    ITL-West Walk-in Hours: Mondays and Thursdays, 1-5pm
    ITL-East Walk-in Hours: Mondays through Thursdays, 1-5pm 
    
    
  • Blackboard Intro, Refresher & Grade Center training sessions
    http://itl.accc.uic.edu/bbtraining
  • Personal and class WebDisks - http://webdisks.uic.edu
    WebDisks support page: www.accc.uic.edu/itl/webdisks
  • ITL Blog --  http://itl.accc.uic.edu/blog
    
    
•  Miscellaneous ACCC Services & Things To-Know
  • UIC netids, computer accounts and passwords
    http://www.uic.edu/depts/accc/home/ACCTS.html
    http://activatenetid.accc.uic.edu
  • UIC Email, Calendar and Mass Communication
    http://www.uic.edu/depts/accc/home/EMAIL.html
    
    
  • ACCC Client Services Office (CSO)
    www.accc.uic.edu/cso
    Email: consult@uic.edu
    Phone: 312-413-0003
    CSO Help Desks: BGRC 181 (West campus), SEL 2267 (East campus, main office), and at most computer labs
    
    
  • ACCC public computer labs
    www.accc.uic.edu/pclabs
  • Reserving an ACCC computer lab
    www.accc.uic.edu/pclabs/reserve
  • e-Sales site-license software and software sales
    http://esales.accc.uic.edu
    
    
  • ACCC Computer Training Workshops
    www.accc.uic.edu/workshops 
  • FaCT :: Faculty Computer Trade-in program
    www.accc.uic.edu/hardware/fact/
  • UIC Multimedia Classrooms & Lecture Centers
    www.accc.uic.edu/elc
    
    
  • ACCC Complete Directory of Consulting Services
    http://www.uic.edu/depts/accc/home/HELP.html
  • REACH :: Department Resident Computer Experts & ACCC Liaisons
    www.accc.uic.edu/reach