Computing & Information Services | Brown University

Computer Education offers a variety of training sessions for supported applications, including the Microsoft Office suite, web publishing tools and database software. Most classes are short (1 to 2 hours) and focused on a specific use of the software.

Workshops offered each semester help instructors learn techniques, tools and best practices for engaging students through the use of instructional tools available at Brown and on the web. Workshop topics include course management techniques, effective classroom presentations, increasing student participation and collaboration.

Course Preview Pages list official Banner course descriptions and provide a place for instructors to supplement this information with a syllabus file or add details from course syllabi such as: course assignments, required readings as well as lab and section information.

Wired ethernet network connectivity to all campus buildings and the Internet. Brown is an Internet 2 connected site for high performance network requirements.

Provide IP addresses for use by servers and end user workstations, routing to campus services and internet and DHCP service for dynamic or reserved IP address allocation.

DNS (Domain Name Service) resolves names that are used by applications (like web or email) to their IP address. Brown maintains DNS names and their corresponding addresses for any name ending in .brown.edu. This service also provides a corresponding reverse lookup function to map IP addresses back to their respective names.