OIT Help Desk
Help for Distance Students
Distance Support Services
A website by the Distance Support Services Department that is a one stop
shop for all things Distance Education.
Using ISU Resources with another Internet Provider (ISP)
If you are using another company for your Internet Service such as
America Online, MSN, Time Warner or Verizon, you can still access many
of ISU services and resources.
Help Desk FAQ: Web Courses
The Web Course section of the Help Desk FAQ.
Connecting to the ISU WTS using:
Windows XP Remote Desktop or with
The Citrix
Client
Windows Terminal Software (WTS) enables off campus users to log onto an
on campus computer and utilize software such as SPSS or network
resources such as Banner that aren't available on their own machine.
Windows XP has software built in to connect to a WTS. If you are not
using Windows XP, please choose the
Citrix
Client link instead.
Contact your professor to get a Citrix/WTS account.
Microsoft Campus
Agreement (MSCA)
ISU has signed an agreement with Microsoft for students to use the more
popular software programs. All ISU students that have paid the Student
Technology Fee can obtain their copies of software for PC or Mac at no
additional charge.
Accessing your Home Directory Remotely
Students get 100MB of space on our Novell servers, in order to access
these files remotely you must FTP to the Novell server. Click on the
above link for instructions on how to do this.