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Student Technology Guide

Available Servers

Stuweb Web space available
Students.olin.edu Quota of 200 MB per student
Studev Student Web Development Server
Studev.olin.edu Quota of 200 MB per student

Currently, the servers are Server 2003/2008 Microsoft platforms, which support HTML, Active Server Pages, Cold Fusion, PHP and Active Perl.

Fsvs01 Network file server

Studev and FSVS01 are accessible from off campus only through the Virtual Private Network (VPN). If you require access, please email the helpdesk for a VPN logon and password.

Network Printers

There are many network printers on campus that are available for student printing. In West Hall, there is a Xerox 5655 on the second floor and in East Hall you will find a Xerox 5655 in the 1st floor lounge. All of these printers are configured to duplex by default. Additionally there are color network printers on the second and third floor of the academic center of the Academic Center. For a complete list of available printers as well as directions on adding a network printer, see printing

Electronic Mail

The standard official e-mail address at Olin College for students is:

firstname.lastname@students.olin.edu

As well as personal email addresses, there are many email groups designed to reach groups of people on campus. Some examples:

  • List@olin.edu (faculty and staff)
  • Staff@olin.edu (all staff members)
  • Faculty@olin.edu (all faculty members)
  • students@olin.edu (all students)
  • classof2013@olin.edu (all students in class of 2013)
  • classof2014@olin.edu (all students in class of 2014)
  • classof2015@olin.edu (all students in class of 2015)
  • classof2016@olin.edu (all students in class of 2016)

Digital Drop Box

  • Our email server has a 20MB attachment limit so you should share files via Sandbox

network file share, not email with on campus users

  • Use http://dropbox.olin.edu to share files with off-campus users
  • See the IT web site-documentation→web services for further detail

Off Campus email access: https://webmail.olin.edu

Enter your network credentials using the following example

Domainname\username

Example

  1. Username: olin.edu\mfitzpatrick
  2. Password

Accessing the Course Management System

https://courses.olin.edu

Olin College uses Blackboard as its course management system.

  1. To get to Blackboard, point your browser to courses.olin.edu
  2. Click on Login
  3. Enter your network credentials
  4. Network username and password

Olin Mailing Lists: http://lists.olin.edu

Olin Portal: https://my.olin.edu

Login using your network username and password and click on the student tab for access to our Student Information System. You can also find calendar information and links to important urls on campus.

Dell Premier Web Site

Students, faculty and staff are able to make discount purchases through our Dell Premier Web Site. Please see the link for Personal Computer Purchases on the IT web site for further info.

One Card

Accessing the One Card Transaction System Olin community members are now able to more conveniently add funds to their Dining Dollar account through the Web.

https://onecard.olin.edu/

See the IT web site-documentation web services for further detail