Instructor Services
ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ and the School of Computer Science offer many resources for instructors.
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Technical Support
Instructor Technical Support Contact Information – Information for instructors on how to access various support staff.
ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Instructor Services
ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Administrative Services
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- Student Clubs and Societies Room Booking Request Form
- Search for room schedules:
- Enterprise Room Booking / Infosilem Campus / Scheduler (Use your CUNET account name without @cunet.carleton.ca):
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- the CUrb Showcase
- the CUrb Information
- E-Shop Log in – ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´â€™s eProcurement solution
- SAP Concur Travel and Expense Reimbursement
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- Employee Phonebook
- – ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´â€™s central employee hub
- – employee information
- – employee training modules
- New Employee Tech-checklist – things new employees should do when joining ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´/SCS
- CU WorkSafe portal – reporting safety incidents to Environmental Health and Safety (EHS)
ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Account and Email (cunet, cmail)
The university uses Office 365 (O365) as its official mail server. It is sometimes called cunet, Exchange or Outlook for Faculty and Staff, and cmail for students. As of Jan. 2019, you have a 50GB email quota.
@carleton.ca, @cunet.carleton.ca and @cmail.carleton.ca email addresses and aliases are managed by ITS. Please see the ITS Email Support for assistance.
- Email Client Setup – Instructions for setting up your email in Outlook and other third-party clients (Mac Mail, Phone, etc)
We strongly advise all ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ employees and students to use ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´â€™s email for ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´â€™s business. We discourage forwarding ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ email or communicating via a non-ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ email provider.
SCS has its own legacy SCS email server. Many of the faculty and staff have addresses @scs.carleton.ca which signifies the SCS email server. Contact the SCS Tech Staff for assistance with this email.
ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Wireless and Remote Access
- WiFi / CU-Wireless / eduroam – University-wide wireless service
- Remote Access (VPN) – Connect securely to ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´â€™s network from off-campus
- SCS External Access Host – Connect securely to the SCS internal network
SCS Instructor Services
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Your SCS website profile and research interests are listed here:
To update your research interests on the SCS website please submit this form:
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Every Fall Term, the School submits a Tech Budget request to support courses offered in the upcoming academic year.
- If you require equipment or software for the operation of your course, then you can request financial support in the tech budget submission
- If you wish to submit a request for a Fall 2022 or Winter 2023 course, you would have to submit your request before December 2021 (Fall 2021).
- If the budget item is approved by the Dean of Science office, the funds are typically available after May 2022
- Please submit your Tech budget items to the SCS Tech staff
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Instructors are encouraged to ensure their students are aware of the labs and the installed software and resources.
Instructors can also login once they have created or updated their SCS Windows Account using the SCS Online Account Management Tool
Instructor Lab Resource Requests
Instructors can request the following Resources:- Software Install – Request that specific software be installed on the Windows Lab Image. The software must be windows compatible. If the software is NOT free, you must provided the required licenses or submit a funding request for the School to purchase the licenses
- VirtualBox Virtual Machine – If your course provides a Virtual Machine image to students, you can request that it be added to the lab computers for students to use there.
- Tutorials, Demos and Presentations – You may book the labs for course lab tutorials, demonstrations and presentations. You may also book the labs for other requirements such as research presentations, student group activities (eg: coding competitions), etc.
- File Distribution – If you have a large file or software package that your students need for their course, you can have it added to a shared folder on the Windows Lab Image. This can be used by students to download the files onto a USB key, which may be more convenient if they have a slow home network connection.
SCS Account Information
Your SCS accounts is used for many different SCS provided services. Visit the SCS Online Account Management Tool to setup or update your account.
IMPORTANT: you must update your account every term!
Services accessed using your SCS Account:
Software and Storage
School of Computer Science students, faculty and staff have access to a variety of software packages through the School or through the University. Some examples include: MS Azure Dev Tools for Teaching, MS Office 365, IBM Academic Initiative, MatLab, Anti-Virus Software, etc.
- Full Software List – An extensive list of available software
- Free Remote Storage – Some options for free file storage
SCS Computer Labs
Labs are available for student use and for tutorials, teaching assistants.
- Computer Labs – Everything users need to know about the SCS Labs
- SCS Accounts – setup your account so you can access the labs
- Study Space
- Instructor Lab Information – Information about the resources available in the labs for instructors and what can be requested for their students.
SCS Courses and Research Support
The school provides a variety of virtualization support both for teaching COMP courses, and to support research within the department.
- Openstack – provides compute resources to COMP courses for hosting servers or providing individual compute resources to every enrolled student
- GPU Computing – provide COMP courses with access to GPU compute resources via Openstack
- Virtual Machines – provide students with a pre-built environment that they can run on their own devices or in the cloud
- Research Groups can also host their servers in the SCS Openstack which allows for near effortless management of the computing resources
SCS Server Room
The SCS Server room is a shared space where we host departmental teaching and research servers. Instructors and Researchers are encouraged to host their teaching and research servers in the server room using the SCS Openstack.
- SCS Server Room – detailed information about the SCS server Room
- Openstack – cloud computing platform used to host computer resources (servers) for SCS teaching and research
SCS Services – General
Some of the many SCS Services include:
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The school has a small storage room with computer related parts and equipment that can be used for school purposes. As of Feb. 2026 that includes:
- Laptops
- VR headsets
- PC components
- Vintage computing parts and computers
- Portable projectors
- Owl video conferencing camera
Disclaimer: The inventory listed above is subject to change at any time as equipment is added, removed, or reassigned for school use.
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The SCS technical staff try to keep pace with the ever growing tech world. We can most likely help you with your technical needs! We offer the following consultation services:
- Tech support
- Technical recommendations
- Purchasing IT home and office equipment
- Purchasing research equipment
General Student Services
This is a listing of frequently used students services provided by ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ and SCS.
- Courses and Learning:
- Technology: