Using Technology at Tufts

Academic Affairs Subcommittee of the ITC
The Information Technology Council is dedicated to improving technology services at Tufts.

University Information Technology
University Information Technology (UIT) delivers information technologies to the Tufts community that facilitate teaching, learning, research, administration, and outreach.

UIT Academic Technology
UIT Academic Technology is a university-wide resource that provides guidance and professional advice on using technology in support of teaching and research initiatives.

Information Technology Services
IT Services provides troubleshooting tips, guides, and support for technology usage at Tufts.

Office of Information Technology
OIT provides technological support to faculty at Tufts University School of Medicine, The Sackler School, and the Friedman School.

Educational Media Center
The Educational Media Center supports both Tufts University and Tufts-New England Medical Center. We provide video and audio recording for all digital formats including Web video. We also provide media equipment, teleconferencing services, media conversions and duplication services.

Office of Technology and Industry Collaboration
OTL&IC’s mission is to make Tufts inventions and discoveries available for public benefit, to promote research at Tufts by facilitating appropriate relationships between the university and industrial collaborators, and to generate income to support research at Tufts University.

Online Course Information:

Blackboard
Log-in for online course information at Tufts.

TUSK
Tufts University Hirsh Health Sciences Library, with the support of the Medical, Dental, and Veterinary schools, has created a dynamic multimedia knowledge management system (TUSK) to support faculty and students in teaching and learning. TUSK provides a portal to an integrated body of knowledge and ways to personally organize the vast array of health information through its online curricular materials and related applications.

OpenCourseWare
Tufts OpenCourseWare is part of a new educational movement initiated by MIT where course content is accessible for free to everyone online. Tufts’ initial offerings demonstrate the University’s strength in the life sciences, as well as a multidisciplinary approach, an international perspective, and an underlying ethic of service to our local, national and international communities.