At Eastern Illinois University there are a variety of instructional services provided to the faculty and students. These services provide the capability to enhance the learning experience of the students while making it easier for faculty to collaborate and communicate with their students.
Classrooms and Labs provide a unique learning environment for students across campus. Faculty are able to leverage the technology in these areas to enhance the learning experience of the students. The Gregg Technology Center not only houses the technicians that service the labs, classrooms, and offices it offers equipment for checkout thus giving students an option to create their own mobile instructional environment.
Monday-Thursday: 7 am- 8:00 pm Friday: 7 am - 2:45 pm; Saturday: CLOSED Sunday: CLOSED
Monday-Thursday: 7 am- 9:45 pm Friday: 7 am - 3:45 pm; Saturday: CLOSED Sunday: CLOSED
Monday-Thursday: 7 am- 4 pm Friday: 8 am - 12:00 pm Saturday: CLOSED Sunday: CLOSED
Additionally, three iMacs are set up to comply with requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). These workstations utilize specialized accessibility applications such as ThunderStorm screen reader, Win Braille, Universal Access, Kurzweiil, Text Aloud,and Microsoft Disability software to help students with sight and hearing impairments. A Braille printer is also available.
Designated for faculty, staff, and student training, this area consists of 25 dual-platform iMacs, instructor station, data projector, document camera, touchscreen monitor, and Wi-Fi technology. When not used for training, this area is available as an open lab.
This area provides groups of two to four students an area to view a large monitor and have discussions. Four half-circle tables are equipped with 23" swing monitors that can be plugged into personal laptops or dual boot Macbooks available to checkout and use strictly within the Gregg Technology Center.
From Fall 2020 on, you may contact the CSI at the Booth Library for laptops.
We will try to accommodate requests for examinations, important training sessions, or admissions-related events. If a department requires access to the GTC for a time not regularly scheduled to be open. Please submit your request using the link below. Thank you.
Software available in Booth Library Computer Labs:
East side: 1000, 2000, and 3000 South |
ATAC Computers – Open Lab, 4000 Level of Booth Library |
E-Classroom, 4000 Level of Booth Library |
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Mac OSX Applications Adobe Acrobat DC Adobe Bridge Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Adobe InCopy Adobe Photoshop GarageBand iChat iMovie iPhoto iTunes Keynote Microsoft Office Excel: Mac 2019 Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2019 Microsoft Office Word: Mac 2019 Mozilla Firefox Numbers Pages Preview Safari Sophos Antivirus Text Edit VLC Media Player
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Windows 10 Applications via VMWare Adobe Acrobat DC Adobe Bridge Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Adobe InCopy Adobe Media Encoder Adobe Photoshop Google Chrome Internet Explorer/Edge Microsoft Office Access 2020 Microsoft Office Excel 2020 Microsoft Visio Microsoft One Note 2020 Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2020 Microsoft Office Publisher 2020 Microsoft Office Word 2020 Mozilla Firefox Sniffy the Virtual Rat Sophos Antivirus SPSS Windows Media Player WinSCP Zotero |
Windows 10 Applications Adobe Acrobat DC Adobe Bridge Adobe Dreamweaver Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Adobe InCopy Adobe Media Encoder Adobe Photoshop Google Chrome Internet Explorer/Edge Microsoft Office Access 2020 Microsoft Office Excel 2020 Microsoft Visio Microsoft One Note 2020 Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2020 Microsoft Office Publisher 2020 Microsoft Office Word 2020 Mozilla Firefox Sniffy the Virtual Rat Sophos Antivirus SPSS Windows Media Player WinSCP Zotero |
A degree audit system that details a students' progress toward their particular degree. It shows students and their advisors how coursework, credits, and hours fulfill requirements for general education, majors, minors, and graduation.
A resource which allows users to print to various locations around campus.
In order to teach online classes at EIU a faculty member must meet the Technology-Delivered Course Policy requirements. Each of the below options meets the requirements of the policy.
OCDI Training Course Options: Self-Directed OCDi: The Self-Directed OCDi Training Course is a training series developed and facilitated by staff at the Center for Online Learning at EIU. The course is online and can be completed at any time at the participant's pace. The participant completes readings and learning activities in an effort to incorporate best practices in the development of an online course. The topics focus on effective online course design and online teaching and learning. The participant will develop an online course to submit for review. Enrollment is open throughout the year for the self-directed training. --Register for the Self-Directed OCDi Training Course OCDi Cohort for groups: The OCDi Training Course is a training series developed and facilitated by staff at the Center for Online Learning at EIU. The cohort option is for faculty groups of 6 or more interested in face-to-face training. The cohort meets face-to-face as a group for eight one-hour sessions for demonstrations and discussion. Optional technology training and lab time is available. Readings and learning activities are completed online. The purpose of the OCDi is to assist the participant in incorporating best practices in the development of an online course. The topics focus on effective online course design and online teaching and learning. The participant will develop an online course to submit for review. --If you have a group of 6 or more EIU faculty and would like to request a customized cohort OCDi Training Course, contact Julie Lockett at jalockett@eiu.edu. The OCDI training course is provided at no cost to EIU faculty and staff preparing to teach an online course at EIU. OCDI Course Review: The OCDI Course Review is a review of the design of the participant's online course using the Quality Matters Higher Education Rubric (Fifth Edition, 2014). The internal review is conducted by staff at the Center for Online Learning at EIU. email For questions, contact Julie Lockett at jalockett@eiu.edu. Illinois Online Network
The Master Online Teacher certificate is a comprehensive faculty development program based upon the MVCR (Making the Virtual Classroom a Reality) series of online faculty development courses conducted by the Illinois Online Network (ION). This program recognizes and certifies faculty, staff, and administrators who achieve a measurable level of knowledge related to online course design, online instruction, and other issues related to online teaching and learning. Participants must successfully complete 4 required courses, one elective, and the Practicum, to earn the Master of Online Teaching (MOT) certificate from ION. All courses must be taken before the Practicum, although the elective course may be taken concurrently. All courses in the Master Online Teacher certificate are 8-week courses. EIU is a Global Partner with ION therefore EIU faculty and staff receive discounted registration fees for the MOT courses. Fees for the courses are the responsibility of the participant or the participant's department. View the ION Course Schedule for more information. email For questions, contact Julie Lockett at jalockett@eiu.edu.
The participant must complete a documented and equivalent training activity. The participant must submit sufficient evidence documenting the successful completion of the training. email For questions, contact Julie Lockett at jalockett@eiu.edu.
Panther Access to Web Services is an online application that enables employees and students to access a variety of information via the Internet.
Web-Based Assessment Platform used to develop and administer tests, capture results, and produce standards-based reports.