Students

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.

As many of you are aware, the California budget has had a major negative impact on our daily operations.  Unfortunately, we are forced to do our part; we are cutting back on printing in our computer labs.
 
Starting immediately and until further notice, we will be reducing free printing in the labs to 500 pages per quarter (this is half of what the prior allocation was).  This will apply to all Social Ecology graduate students, Social Ecology Honors students, and Social Ecology Mentor/Mentee students.
 
Any questions about cost per page or what can be printed see our policy:

http://computing.soceco.uci.edu/pages/print-credits

Rules

Graduate students are provided with a limited amount of free printing in the Social Ecology labs, which may be used for academic requirements ONLY.  This includes printing final copies of paper assignments, research reports, MA theses, and Ph.D. dissertations. Printing resources should not be used for personal use nor TA work. Printing hard copies of research materials, iterative drafts, and statistical analytic output should be done sparingly. Print credits in the computer labs should also not be used to print course reading materials that are viewable on the web.

Amounts

Each student is given $50 worth of printing credits per quarter. Printing on the black printer is $0.10 per page; Printing on the color printer is $1.00 per page. This means you may print 500 pages of black and white, or 50 pages of color, or some combination of both. There is an icon labeled "print balance" on the desktop of each lab machine that allows you to check your current print balance. At the start of each quarter all accounts are reset to $50. 

Please do not make multiple copies of documents on the printers and use the color printer sparingly. Usage of these printers is tracked and monitored.  Sorry, we do not allow the purchase of more credits, please use wisely.

Problems

Any printing problems in any of our Social Ecology labs should be reported to us at support@soceco.uci.edu for the fastest possible
service.  Any lost credits due to printer hardware problems will be re-credited.  Please report those incidences ASAP to Social Ecology’s Computing Services at this same email.

Please note that your UCInetID must be activated for these instructions to work.

To login use your UCInetID (such as UCInetID at uci.edu), Password (same as UCI email password), and in the third field select "UCI.EDU (Kerberos)."

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."

Social Ecology Gradudate students and Social Ecology students with lab sections are given access to Social Ecology computer labs. Accounts for classes are only active through the duration of the class/quarter.

Listed below are alternate poster printing facilities. Please use these facilities if you require additional prints.

• Biological Science - Imageworks Copy Center 2112 Natural Sciences (949) 824-6414 bscopy@uci.edu http://imageworks.bio.uci.edu
• Kinkos (at the University Marketplace) Irvine CA Campus 4187 Campus Dr Ste M-170 Irvine, CA 92612-4600 USA Phone: (949) 854-7557 Fax: (949) 854-7591

1. Create your poster to actual size. Use Page Set-Up 42"(wide) X 36"(tall) (42" X 36"). This way you can view your file at actual size (100%) to verify resolution and quality.
2. Overly complex posters created in PowerPoint can have display and printing issues. You will have less problems if you use fewer layers and keep your design simple. Adobe Illustrator is recommended for more complex designs, but note that Adobe Illustrator is not available in our computer labs.