Information Technologies & Resources

Between 80% and 95% of all courses at UCF make use of electronic information resources for course document such as syllabi, reading lists, discussion groups, demonstrations.

UCF has made significant commitments to provide technology resources that enhance the student experience. All students are provided with e-mail accounts, space to create a Web page and access to all campus network resources. About 95% of all UCF classrooms are equipped with advanced multimedia presentation facilities. More than 1,800 courses are delivered partially or totally over the Web. Every college has implemented a technology requirement appropriate to the college's field of study and provides courses to help students acquire the necessary skills for success.

Thousands of resources are available online to the University of Central Florida community, including: the Library catalog, the catalogs of the State University System of Florida, indexes and abstracts, directories, encyclopedias, handbooks, full text journals, images, statistics, legal and government resources, standards, proceedings, financial data and tax information, patents, maps, newspapers and historical documents. These are provided through a wide variety of sources, including OCLC's FirstSearch, Check http://library.ucf.edu/Databases for a more complete listing.

The previous answer lists types and examples of UCF's licensed electronic resources. Most of the resources are licensed for unrestricted access by any computer within the ucf.edu domain. Nearly all of these resources are also accessible remotely through our library proxy server. A few of our online resources also allow access with a University ID. See http://library.ucf.edu/ask for additional information on remote access to UCF online Library's resources.

All of UCF's twelve colleges have implemented a technology requirement appropriate to the college's fields of study and provide courses to help students acquire the necessary skills for success.

The University of Central Florida expects that all students have ready access to a personal computer appropriate to his or her field of study. This access requirement can be met by purchasing or leasing a computer, sharing a computer with family or roommates, or using a UCF student PC Lab.
Students wishing to acquire a personal computer are strongly advised to consider a notebook computer with wireless networking card. Recommended configurations and prices can be found on the university's Web site at http://cstore.ucf.edu/page.cfm/recommendations.html

UCF has an online course reserve system and offers more than 1,800 Web-based courses.

All UCF faculty have a networked personal computer.

Complete information about UCF programs and admissions procedures are available online. Both undergraduate and graduate application forms are available on the Web.

Currently, 95% of all undergraduate students, and 96% of all graduate students report they have full time use of a personal computer.

A technology fee will be implemented effective July, 2009.  The fee will be 5% of tuition.  Resources generated from the technology fee will be used to enhance instructional technology resources to students and faculty.