Web Hosting Services
Web Spaces
Web publishing hosting service available to university faculty and students.
Department Websites
Cascade, website content management application, is used to create and manage content on university websites. *Requires approved access from your web content coordinator in your department.
Website Support
Web Team
Our university web team is dedicated to designing and developing university department websites only. Some departments have content managers to update their departmental website. The web team does not provide web design and development support for personal faculty web spaces.
DIY or Hire a Part-Time Student
Faculty and Students spaces allow for a "Do-It-Yourself" (DIY) approach, therefore we have written the basic steps to get you started. (See Brief Overview Below)
Hire a Part-Time Student
If you need website design and html assistance, we highly recommend that you hire a part-time student with web design and html skills to assist in developing your faculty web space to your liking.
DIY Web Pages with Adobe Spark Page
What if you could create a professional-looking web page in minutes - no designer, no code, and no hosting required - and all completely free? With Adobe Spark, you can.
Turn words and images into beautiful, magazine-style web stories that will impress readers on any device.
DIY - Adobe Express Web Pages
Adobe Express is a web page builder that puts the power of creating a web page in the hands of anyone with a story to tell, a product to sell, or a passion to share.
This presentation is an Adobe Express Web page.
Get started on your Adobe Express Web Page, just log into to Adobe Express using your Adobe Enterprise License!
Make Web Page About Your Research
Create an Adobe Express Web Page
Applications in myUTRGV
Office 365 - Access the Microsoft suite online and contact your peers and professors.
Office 365: Power BI - Used to create and use analytics reports
Office 365: Teams - collaboration tool that provides the ability to work together and share information via a common space.
Gartner - Analytical Researching Service that can be utilized by all students, faculty, and staff.
Surveys (Qualtrics) - Online survey tool to collect data for research purposes
UTRGV Support Center - Click on Information Technology to search our client portal for knowledge base articles and to submit technology issues and service requests.
Research Computing Services
Faculty and Research Support (OFRS) offers technology consulting services for research projects.
The High-Performance Computing Center (HPCC) provides High-Performance Computing Services on a multi-node Computing Cluster.
Virtual Machine for Research - A Virtual Machine (VM) Server mimics a physical hardware server's actions and is capable of performing as if it was an entirely separate server. A Virtual Machine can host applications and services that are needed as part of your research.
Software
Software Center provides software and applications that are available for download and installation on UTRGV-managed computers.
ArcGIS - A location-based analytics platform that provides tools for mapping, spatial reasoning, and data analysis.
Endnote - A market-leading research manager and bibliography generator.
Mathematica - A sophisticated technical computing software package capable of doing exact mathematical calculations, from basic College Algebra to elaborate Quantum Field Theory calculations.
MATLAB - An application software with a sophisticated programming language and interactive environment for performing numerical analysis, data visualization, matrix computation, signal processing, video and image processing. MATLAB® is used by over one million engineers and scientists around the world for teaching, researching, and project-based learning.
Minitab - A powerful statistical analysis software that automates calculations and graphs. It allows you to import data and easily correct any mismatches, manipulate and format your data to your liking right in worksheet, graphs are automatically updated as you edit or add data, and effortlessly create presentations by exporting graphs straight to Microsoft PowerPoint or share your output by exporting it to Microsoft Word. Minitab® provides tools to turn your data into solutions.
SPSS - Statistical package that performs highly complex data manipulation and analysis using simple instructions.
Enterprised Licensed Software - All of the software that is available to UTRGV students, faculty, and staff.
Installing Authorized Software
Software Directory - Search the Software Inventory List of 1,248 software titles before purchasing to avoid duplicate purchases.
Software Assessment Requirement Note from our Chief Information Officer:
All UTRGV employees must submit a Software Assessment Request for all software purchases, including freeware and free applications, before buying, downloading, contract renewal, or any differences as defined in the original assessment.
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Software Assessment Process for Purchasing Software with University Funds
All UTRGV employees requesting software must complete the Software Assessment Request to reduce duplicate spending, delays in the software procurement process and ensure that it is properly assessed before it is purchased and implemented at UTRGV.
Purchasing Computers
iTech Computer Store
The iTech computer store is the best way to purchase computer equipment for UTRGV. It offers computer that have been pre-approved by IT and are pre-loaded with standard software and secured with encryption.
You can use the Custom Quotes form to request custom specs for high-end computer configurations, such as the Z Workstations by HP.
If you need assistance please reach out to us for a Computer Purchase Consultation by submitting a Service Request on our Support Portal.
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