How can I get access to Penn State Labs applications remotely?
If you only need access to a single application at a time (and not a full desktop environment), you might be interested in WebApps, which provides remote access to the most popular Penn State Labs applications. This is available to all students and faculty at all Penn State locations, including World Campus.
What is the Penn State Labs ecosystem?
The Penn State Labs ecosystem provides several virtual and remote access options: All students and faculty at all Penn State locations, including World Campus, have access to WebLabs, a full cloud-based desktop computer lab environment.
What is remote access to a computer lab?
Some locations provide remote access to computer labs, which allow you to access physical computers in computer labs when they’re not in use or the building is closed. The availability of this service is limited to certain programs and campuses. Access is available via WebLabs.
Who has access to WebLabs at World Campus?
All students and faculty at all Penn State locations, including World Campus, have access to WebLabs, a full cloud-based desktop computer lab environment.
Virtual Labs
All students and faculty at all Penn State locations, including World Campus, have access to WebLabs, a full cloud-based desktop computer lab environment.
Virtual Apps
If you only need access to a single application at a time (and not a full desktop environment), you might be interested in WebApps, which provides remote access to the most popular Penn State Labs applications. This is available to all students and faculty at all Penn State locations, including World Campus.
Network Storage
WebFiles provides access to Penn State network storage, including UDrive and PASS.
Remote Labs
Some locations provide remote access to computer labs, which allow you to access physical computers in computer labs when they’re not in use or the building is closed. The availability of this service is limited to certain programs and campuses. Access is available via WebLabs.
What is researchcomputing.psu.edu?
The site researchcomputing.psu.edu provides a comprehensive listing of technical services and resources available to Penn State researchers in the categories of IT, IT security, research data, cyberinfrastructure, research computing , high performance computing, research administrative software , and select research administrative services.
What tools does Penn State use to transfer research data?
Research data transfers can be automated with Penn State licensed tools such as Globus ( Globus Training ).
What is guidance for remote teaching?
Guidance for Performing Remote Teaching or Research from Home -- includes information for faculty members who wish to conduct teaching demonstrations or research activities while working from home. A three-tiered approach has been established to provide guidance on four hazard categories (biological, chemical, physical, and radiation) using a table format.
What is Penn State's cloud storage?
Penn State's primary cloud-based storage services are OneDrive, Box, and Google Drive . Researchers using these services will be best positioned to work remotely. When utilizing these services for university-related purposes, login with your Penn State identity.
Is Trello part of Atlassian Suite?
Trello also enables the integration of many of the tools your team already uses (e.g., OneDrive, GitHub, Google Docs). Trello is now part of the Atlassian Suite, so departments with Jira/Confluence licences may already have access to Trello.
Is Trello free at Penn State?
While much less feature-rich than Jira or Asana, it has the advantage of being free, easy-to-use, and available to everyone at Penn State as part of O365. Trello is a project management tool which allows teams to use boards, cards, and lists to facilitate collaborative projects.
Where is the ICDS-ACI located?
ICDS-ACI hardware is located in the University Park Data Center. Researchers may choose to execute research in the cloud rather than on university-owned resources. Penn State has contracts with Azure, AWS, and GPC, and has consulting capacity to help you move your research to the cloud.
What Is It?
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) is a virtualization technique enabling access to a virtualized desktop. These virtual desktops are hosted on a remote service over the internet. This allows access to specialized software without the need to travel to a computer lab.
Requirements for the College of Engineering VDI Service
Before students are able to ultilize their department's VDI environment, they must request an increase in their Penn State Access Account Storage Space quota from work.psu.edu. Select the MAX quota (10GB).
Access Via VMware Horizon Client
In addition to using your browser to access the College of Engineering's VDI platform, you may also want to use the VMware Horizon Client if you need to tie local USB devices to your session or use multiple monitors.
Research
Catalog of services, software, and tools available to aid in the execution and administration of research projects by researchers and research administrators
Security
There are several FREE anti-virus software options available for Penn State faculty, staff, and students.
Cloud Services
Provides access to industry leading public cloud computing platforms to enable easy and rapid acquisition, development, and scaling of IT resources.
Seminars, Webinars, and Training
Central Technical Services
Computing Options
Storage Options
Remote Access to Existing Computers in Offices and Labs
Remote Access to Specialized Software
- Reduce your reliance on desktop-installed software tied to specific computers. 1. Use Specialized Software in Penn State Computer Labs via WebApps; this includes software such as: 1.1. ArcGIS (Desktop and Pro) 1.2. Mathematica 1.3. MATLAB $2018a 1.4. Microsoft Access 2019 1.5. Microsoft Office 2019 1.6. Minitab 18 1.7. Minitab Express 1.5 1.8. SAS ...
Automation and Digitization
Planning, Task Management, and Project Management
Software Engineering and Application Development
Remote Operations and Scheduling of CORE Facilities and Research Labs