Faculty

Turnitin.com is a web-based plagiarism prevention and detection tool. Student work is checked against a database for any matches between submitted papers and any internet content or previously submitted work. If you are an instructor considering using Turnitin, contact Ashley Vikander for instructions on setting up an account for your class.

Learn how to edit your faculty web page.

Welcome aboard! We recommend you or your department manager to contact Social Ecology Computing Services support@soceco.uci.edu with the following information so we can anticipate your arrival.

• Name, UCInetID, position, start date of the new Faculty member.
• If relevant and funding available; request a quote for your new faculty computer and or lab computers.
   

Research accounts are usually set up by Faculty members, shared by a group of researchers and do not generally have print credits.

To login use your assigned login ID, password, and in the third field select "SOCECO."

Individual UCInetIDs are granted to each member of the faculty, staff, and student population at UCI. For the duration of your relationship with UCI, you will use your individual UCInetID regularly to access important online services, one example would be accessing email services.

Activate your UCInetID at http://activate.uci.edu as early as possible. Activation usually takes 24 hours to process.

Network and Academic Computing Services provides email accounts for all faculty. Social Ecology recommends using POP email and the following email clients: UCI licensed Eudora, Mozilla Thunderbird, and Apple Mail.

For specific infomation about getting started with email, visit:
http://www.nacs.uci.edu/email/start.html

You may access your email using the campus webmail system, located at:
http://webmail.uci.edu

Network and Academic Computing Services provides a number of mailing lists, the lists are available at:
http://www.nacs.uci.edu/computing/maillists/

Keep in mind, a three year warranty must be purchased with all new computers.  Apple purchases -even from the bookstore - require the purchase of Apple Care.

 The Electronic Educational Environment is UC Irvine's course management system. Established in 1995, it provides many tools for enhancing instruction and managing course information via the web.

For details, visit:
http://eee.uci.edu

SPSS: Faculty members can purchase SPSS for university owned machines at a discounted price. These SPSS licenses are renewed each year in July. The pricing fluctuates each year. Please check the link below for updated pricing.

SAS: Faculty members can purchase SAS for university owned machines at a discounted price. These SAS licenses are renewed each year in July. A home use license agreement is also available.  The pricing fluctuates each year. Please check the link below for updated pricing.

Webfiles is a file storage system provided by Network & Academic Computing Services (NACS) to faculty, staff and graduate students at UCI. The system provides 1 Gigabyte of disk space that allows you to store copies of important documents (e.g. homework, notes, papers, theses, dissertations, graphics). In addition to storing private files, you may also use this space to publish a personal home page and collaborate with colleagues.