Technology Accounts are allowed to:

• Use ANY computer for ANY reason on campus
• Login to IU Northwest e-mail accounts
• Login to OneStart, portal to online services
• Login to Oncourse, an online course management system
• Login to ERIS if your professor is making copyright information available through the web.
• Create a free  personal web account
• Create a faculty or staff professional web account
• Connect on campus to IU Northwest's wireless network using IU Secure.
  • Download and install special IU software to appropriately configure a PC laptop wireless connection to the IU Secure network.
  • Follow installation instructions to make the connection to IU Northwest's wireless network.
• Obtain free software from iuware.iu.edu
  • Obtain Adobe Products, Microsoft products, Antivirus, and other software.
  • Obtain Identity Finder which is a tool to help prevent identity theft for personal information stored on your computer, file shares or external media. (faculty & staff need technology accounts to obtain Identity Finder home edition)
• Get answers to your IU questions from AskIU. You can send your questions by email, SMS text from your mobile device, or Unicom IM to . AskIU is available Monday through Friday 8am-11:30pm, and Saturday and Sunday 10am-6:30pm.
• Get help from the IU Northwest IT Support Center - visit the Support Center in Hawthorn Hall 108, call the support center at 219-981-4357, or e-mail the IU northwest Support Center at .
• Use IUN mobile address of m.iun.edu for information and services for all IU campuses, accessible anytime, anywhere to your Mobile device. Includes mobile links to Oncourse, News, Campus Alerts, Search, etc. IUN Mobile Brochure
  • Receive Text Messaging from IU Northwest
    • IU Notify - Text / phone messaging (used only for emergency or critical notification only)
    • Sign-up for IU Northwest Text Message or E-mail class cancellation notification.
  • Today's Class Cancellations. (Cell phone friendly) Make it a favorite on your cell phone.
  • See IU Northwest Events for Today's Events, Today's Student Events, Today's Athletics, Today's Athletic Practices, and Upcoming IU Northwest Events items that are listed on the IU Northwest home page in the "Events at IU Northwest" area.
  • IU Northwest News shows upcoming IU Northwest News items that are listed on the IU Northwest home page in the "News at IU Northwest" area.
  • Search IU (Boopsie): This mobile search tool lets you search IU libraries; you can also search Wikipedia. (coming soon).
    
• Use the UITS IT Help Podcast feature which gives tips on using the technology resources available at Indiana University. Topics include help for common computing difficulties, information about software and hardware, and updates on keeping your computer secure. Students, faculty and staff will learn how to get the most out of the IU computing experience. Read show notes at IT Help Podcast Blog.
• Use IU Vault to secured file upload / download student-specific or institutional data. The documents are encrypted using a secret word that you or your guest user specify. If secured file transfer is not needed, use Slashtmp to transfer files.
• File upload / download service via the web - Slashtmp
• The award-winning lynda.com Online Training Library© offers training on Adobe applications, open source software, Macintosh applications, multimedia and web programming technologies, and more. We're providing Free access to IU faculty, staff, and students from August 20 to December 20.