Graduate Students Tech FAQ
What technology resources are available to me as a graduate student?
Gatorcloud - Microsoft Office Online
UFIT is pleased to provide access to free copies of Office 365 ProPlus to UF students, faculty, and staff. As part of UF's campus-wide licensing agreement, the Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus for Education program allows multiple full downloads to personal devices of Office (PC/Mac/iPad). Please see https://it.ufl.edu/cloud/collaboration-tools/office-365/ for more information.
ArcGIS Pro
Students can install and use ArcGIS Pro free of charge on UF-owned or personally owned computers as long as it is for class purposes only (for Grant Funded work students should follow “Faculty or Staff” instructions on the GeoPlan Page).
UF Student Software
Software products offered for home-use by University of Florida Students are available here: https://software.ufl.edu/student-agreements/
UFApps provides remote desktop access to more than 175 applications from the cloud free of charge. It works from any device, Windows, Mac, even phones. Office, MATLAB, ArcGIS, Adobe suite, etc. https://info.apps.ufl.edu/
Email services are provided to all students at UF. You can access your email account at school or at home at https://outlook.office.com/mail/
A student applicant that has been admitted, registered student or non-registered active (summer term) student is eligible for a mailbox and other central services in addition to the basic network access account. Once you graduate, your account and services will be expired in approximately one academic term. Should you again need the account in order to pay loans or apply to the University, you will be eligible for a network access account only (unless you are readmitted), not for email or other central services.
File Storage
The WEC department has network file storage for multiple uses. Our T: Drive is used for shared documents and lab folders. Our OneDrive service is for storing and backing up your personal documents. Please make sure you are storing all of your data in a cloud storage place and not on a local computer so you aren't losing data in case of a computer crash!
Graduate Student Listserv
Our department uses a Listserv to distribute information to all graduate students via email. It is very important that you have subscribed to this listserv so that you do not miss any important information. If you are not on the listserv, please see Karen Webb or Tom Barnash to get added to this list.
Wi-Fi / Eduroam
Wi-Fi Not Working? Connect to the ufgetonline Wi-Fi network. Follow the directions in your browser (if a browser window didn’t automatically open, go to https://getonline.ufl.edu/)