Information Systems & Technology

Updates

Illustration of MIT students studying remotely.

Incoming students: Prepare for remote learning

Monday, August 10, 2020

Learn about the resources available to you to support remote learning and what you should do to make your experience as easy and secure as possible.

Topics: security, incoming students, incoming freshmen, freshmen, Dropbox, drupal, drupal cloud, free software, cloud services, eduroam, GitHub, MIT Mobile, microsoft, microsoft office, matlab

Panopto secure video platform now available to the MIT Community

Tuesday, August 4, 2020

IS&T is pleased to announce the availability of Panopto, an easy-to-use video tool for community members to use to bring classes and other aspects of the MIT experience online.

Topics: panopto, video, conferencing, remote

MIT students: Enter IS&T’s Back-to-School raffle!

Tuesday, August 4, 2020

Undergraduates and graduate students who will be enrolled at MIT this fall can enter to win noise-cancelling headphones, an Amazon gift card, or another great prize!

Topics: back to school, back-to-school, raffle, incoming students, students, new students

Illustration of MIT students download software and accessing cloud services.

Incoming students: Get useful software and cloud services

Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Find out about all of the software and cloud-based services you have access to while you’re an MIT student and where can you find them.

Topics: incoming students, free software, cloud services, Dropbox, onedrive, GitHub

Illustration of MIT students collaborating via iPads and Apple Pencils.

New iPad bundle and remote learning support for students

Wednesday, July 15, 2020

MIT will loan a cellular-enabled Apple iPad and Apple Pencil to any undergraduate student, or graduate student working as a TA, who does not already have one, to promote collaboration and small group problem solving for our enrolled students, whether remote or on-campus.

Topics: students

Illustration of MIT students surrounded by cybersecurity symbols.

Incoming students: Secure your devices and data

Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Here’s what IS&T recommends you do to be digitally secure at MIT.

Topics: incoming students, incoming freshman, new students, back to school, new student, Kerberos, MIT Certificate, certificate, duo, email, SIPB Mailto

Illustration of three MIT students creating their digital MIT identities.

Incoming students: Start your digital life at MIT

Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Here’s information about how to create your digital identity at MIT, recommendations for buying a new computer, and where to find key information about IT at the Institute.