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Objectives

After completing this workshop unit, you will have gained the skills and knowledge necessary to accomplish the following:

  • Define Information Technology and discuss it's role in the workplace
  • Identify key points to computing policies
  • Identify types and functions of U.Va. computing accounts
  • List the Information Technology resources and training available at U.Va.

Review Questions

Instructions:
After completing this unit of instruction, please answer the following questions based on what you have learned. You may refer to your notes, the Web, and the other resources from the manual. Your answers help determine how much you learned and what areas you still need to study.

  1. What are 3 services that ITC provides?

  2. What are 2 examples of Information Technology?

  3. There are various rules and policies governing the University computing environment. List 3 areas or topics that are covered by these policies.

  4. List the 2 different ways that you can establish a U.Va. computing account.

  5. List 4 different kinds of accounts available at U.Va. and explain their function.

  6. List 2 places where you can locate and download software that is available for distribution to U.Va. faculty, staff, and/or students, such as Simeon, anti-virus software, or CorporateTime.

  7. List your U.Va. computing ID and explain its function.

  8. How can you sign-up to participate in a free ITC workshop or seminar?

  9. List 3 different types of training programs that are offered by ITC Training Services.

  10. Who are LSPs and LSAs and what are their roles?

  11. List 3 ways you can get assistance from ITC with a computing question.

  12. Whom should you contact for permission to send an email message to 400 or more users?

  13. What type of information can be found on ITCWeb?


  14. Which U.Va. organizations, other than ITC, provide technical training courses?

  15. Why should passwords used at U.Va. be difficult to guess?

  16. List 4 computing policies and describe the intention of each.

 


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