The IS Academic Computing Support Team wrote this guide. We are here to assist you with any course-related computing needs and can be reached via the Faculty Liaisons: email f_l@mit.edu or call x3-0115.
MIT's Adaptive Technology for Information and Computing (ATIC) lab provides MIT students with disabilities a place to use various adaptive technologies. ATIC provides scanning and brailling of printed text, screen-reading and voice recognition software, alternative keyboards, mice and more. MIT employees and affiliates may also contact ATIC for further information and demonstrations of equipment.
MIT Video Productions field production services include documentation of research projects, recording of demonstrations and laboratory experiments, and videotaping of on-campus or off-campus events.
For Web materials which would generate too many pages to print in public Athena clusters, or where copyright issues prohibit on-line publication, course readers (old fashioned paper technology) may be more appropriate. The Copy Technology Centers use state of the art equipment for course reader production. Copy Tech has a Copyright Clearance Service that is integrated into the production process.
MIT's Web Communications Services Team promotes the effective use of the World Wide Web and other electronic publishing tools at MIT. This team provides assistance and services to members of the MIT Community, and also maintains the top-level MIT Web pages.
Document Services will scan microform or hardcopy collections of documents to a variety of digital formats, including TIFF and PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format.
The EMCC helps the MIT community implement a wide variety of initiatives that require sustainable web-based environments and other forms of educational media. The EMCC supports the design, production, maintenence, support, and assessment of web-based educational materials including multimedia components such as animation or video and other tools for on-campus and distance learning..
The NMC is a collection of microcomputers running software for multimedia development: video digitizing, animation, photo manipulation, audio editing, web authoring, etc. Although our current clusters are all Macintosh-based, they can produce materials to be used on any computing platform.
The media stations located in 9-250 can be reserved during regular business hours (9am to 5pm, weekdays). First-time users can request an appointment for a tutorial on using the appropriate software. EMCC staff in 9-250 may be able to answer questions on the hardware and software in that facility, but in general, it is expected that users are able to work on their own unless a specific appointment for assistance has been scheduled.
The 26-139 classroom may be reserved for classes and has open hours, staffed by a consultant, during late afternoons, evenings and weekends.
The IS Training and Publications group provides many training opportunities, ranging from one-hour QuickStart classes and Athena minicourses, to half- and full-day classes on various applications packages. For details on offerings, including those related to the Web and creating Web pages, see IS Computer Training.
The Media Services Area of the Room 11-004 Copy Tech offers several options for color output, including color laser copying from flatwork, 35mm slides and negatives, printing from color printers, and creating 35mm color presentation slides from digital files.