Center for Information Technology

Overview

The Center for Information Technology (CIT) operates and maintains nine major networks including: Moravian College and Moravian Theological Seminary campus computer network, Moravian College Science and Instrumentation Network (MoCoSIN), Student Residential Network (ResNet),  Moravian College (MoCo) wireless network, and MoCoSIN wireless (WMoCoSIN); provides attended operations, during business hours, for the network and attached file, print, application, e-mail, and Web servers; provides, during normal business hours, customer assistance through the Help Desk; assists users with multimedia tools; provides audiovisual assistance; develops or acquires and maintains applications to support college business operations, academic support, and curriculum delivery; provides telecommunications services, supports Moravian’s web portal AMOS (Accessing Moravian On-line Services), conducts information technology training; and assists St. Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing. 

Public Labs

CIT maintains general-purpose computing labs and classrooms in Priscilla Payne Hurd Academic Complex 112, 113, 331, and 114 (MoCoSIN); Memorial 201 (Mac) and, Memorial 202 (Win); Reeves Alcove and Reeves basement (Win and Mac);  Writing Center; Comenius 101; and Seminary Lab on Main Campus; and HILL’s Graphics Lab 7 (Mac) and Resource Room, Graphics Lab 104 (Mac), and West Hall 222 (Mac), on Hurd Campus.  Unless specified, the computer labs run the Windows operating system.  Any of these labs are available for student use when not being used as a classroom. High-speed networked black and white laser printers are available for student use.

Operating Systems

CIT supports Windows XP Home/Professional, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Macintosh OS X version 10.3 or higher.  It does not support Windows 95, Millennium (ME), Windows 98 or 2000.  A suite of applications which includes a word processor, spreadsheet, database and presentation software is recommended, preferably Microsoft Office.

Help Desk

CIT’s Help Desk is accessible by walk-in, telephone, and e-mail (help@moravian.edu) from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30p.m. Monday through Thursday and 7:30 am through 4:30 pm Friday whenever College administrative offices are open.  Help Desk technicians can assist with a variety of hardware and software issues. Help Desk located in Memorial Hall.  610 625-7929.

Media Services

CIT’s Media Services Center is accessible by walk-in and telephone from 8:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8:00 am through 4:30 pm on Friday whenever College administrative offices are open.  The office provides various media services equipment and facilities to support teaching and learning.  Media Services lends out LCD projectors, 35 mm slide projectors, televisions, VHS and digital camcorders, laptops for a period not to exceed seven days, microphone and public address systems and other hardware.  All multi-media services are coordinated through this center, which is staffed primarily by students.  Students, with sponsorship from faculty or staff, can request media services support and equipment on-line through the CIT, Media Services AMOS page providing the Media Services Center 72 hours advance notice. Media Services is located in Memorial Hall. 610 861-1500.

Student Requirements

Any student who connects any computer regardless of the operating system or computer manufacturer is required to run current anti-virus and anti-spyware programs with automatic updates on their computers.  Although the College provides both programs for students, students may use their own if the programs update automatically.  Students must check their College supplied e-mail on a regular basis, since most College communications are issued electronically.

Technology Fee

Moravian College technology fee supports the full range of information, education, and instructional technology services offered to students at Moravian College.  The fee provides:

• access to Internet
• anti-spyware, anti-spam, anti-virus filtering at the network level
• access to AMOS
• access to campus-wide network
• access to Moravian College Science Instrumentation Network (MoCoSIN)
• access to College’s wireless network
• network connectivity in dorms and residences
• access to Reeves library including online searches and online databases with full-text articles from on or off-campus
• a college email account with storage space
• website with storages space
• college Blackboard account
• college AMOS account
• use of campus public access, classroom, and lab Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX computers
• network storage space
• use of black & white and color printers
• services of the Center for Information Technology personnel (troubleshooting assistance only from the Help Desk)
• current versions of anti-virus and  anti-spyware software for individual use
• programs to remove adware and malware
• use of multimedia resources; projectors, cameras, analog & digital audio & video recorders, etc.
• use of Media Service’s Digital Media Lab
• use of M-Flex account
• refresh of public access, classroom, and lab computers, printers, and projectors
• licensing of software on public use computers, operating systems and specialized software

Global e-mail

E-mail global address book is a shared institutional resource, accessible and usable by faculty, staff, and students, which aids in the effective operation of the college and which is maintained by CIT.  Students are able to send broadcast e-mails by using “Student News,” a service managed by the Director of Student Activities, or by asking a member of the college faculty or staff to do so; in either case, the individual considering sending a broadcast e-mail on a student’s behalf will review the message and forward it only if s/he deems it acceptable and consistent with college policies.

Wireless

Answers to frequently asked questions about computer use at Moravian may be found here.

CIT is located at 120 W. Greenwich Street. 610 861-1442.