The links below require that you be logged in to Blackboard with your Catawba username and password.

Blackboard LOGIN Page
After logging in to Blackboard, hit the close button of your browser to get back to this page. Then, clicking on any of the links below will take you to the appropriate folder of the Catawba Technology Information class for the information you seek. You only need to login to Blackboard once to visit any or all of the links below.

• Blackboard Learning System 
  Blackboard is a web-based software package that allows faculty to post assignments and class information for students, and create an online learning environment that augments the classroom learning experience
  
  
• CatLink
  Through this web portal...
  • Students gain secure access to such information as their class schedule, grades, degree audit, and registration holds
  • Faculty advisors gain secure access to data on the students they are advising
  • Faculty and staff gain secure access to class rosters
  • The campus community has access to an online course catalog and a class openings service that dynamically reflects the schedule of classes offered in a term and the seats available in each class
  • Instructors submit grades
  • Students evaluate courses and instructors; instructors review the summarized results
  • Links to all the major web-based applications on campus are available from the Home tab
    
    
• Central Campus Calendar
  Information about how to use the web-based central campus calendar of events located at http://calendar.catawba.edu.
  Includes:
  • How to add a campus event to your personal Outlook calendar
  • How to create a shortcut to the central campus calendar on your desktop
  • General information on how to use the central campus calendar
    
    
• Computer Security
  Includes:
  • How to Change Your Catawba Password
  • How to Use the Password Reset Utility
  • Identity Theft and Computer Security Facts and Resources
    
    
• E-mail
  Information and online tutorials about the e-mail system at Catawba College
  
  
• "How-To" Documentation
  Includes:
  • A one-page guide to FootPrints, the online system for submitting and tracking IT service requests, located at https://helpdesk.catawba.edu
  • Software Guides on Operating Systems, Web Browsers, Microsoft Office Products, Adobe Products, and General Computer Information
    
    
• Microsoft Software
  Includes:
  • Information on Windows Vista and Windows 7 support
  • Information on Office, including Office 2007 training and documentation
  • Link to ScholarBuys website for discounts on Microsoft software for Catawba College students and faculty/staff purchasing software for their personally-owned computers
  • Information about work-at-home software available for faculty and staff to load on their personally-owned computers at home that are also used for work
    
    
• Policies and Procedures
  Technology-related policies and procedures. Includes:
  • Acceptable Usage Policy for Computing and Network Resources
  • HP Laser Printers: Guidelines for Labels and Toner
    
    
• SafeAssign
  Information about the software that allows faculty to check student papers against databases of previously published materials to determine when original sources have not been correctly cited and/or plagiarism may have occurred
  
  
• Scheduled Systems/Networking Downtime
  Information about scheduled downtime for software systems and/or the network
  
  
• Student Computers
  Information for students about making their personal computer work with the Catawba network. Includes:
  • Network Access Information (both wired and wireless)
  • Hardware/Software Requirements and Recommendations
  • Fees and Charges
  • Troubleshooting the Internet Connection in Your Dorm Room
    
    
• Technology Purchasing
  Includes:
  • Link to ScholarBuys website for discounts on Microsoft software for Catawba College students and faculty/staff purchasing software for their personally-owned computers
  • Information for faculty/staff on purchasing technology for the College
  • Information about work-at-home software available for faculty and staff to load on their personally-owned computers at home that are also used for work

Related links

IT has a YouTube channel of helpful videos for faculty, staff and students:
• www.youtube.com/CatawbaTech