Computer Lab Information

Authorized Users

COTC and OSUN students, faculty and staff are permitted to use the open labs located in Founders, Reese and Hopewell. Campus guests may visit the library for wireless access accounts.

Register First

When you visit a campus lab, you will be asked to sign in to the TutorTrac computer to register your attendance in the lab. The first time you visit a lab, you will need to take a few minutes to register with a unique number as instructed on the compuer, record your first name, last name, what institution you attend and your purpose for visiting the lab. Once you have established your account in TutorTrac, you will be able to quickly sign in with your birthday plus the last 3 of your social security number. (MMDDYY###) each time you visit.

Log On

To use the computers in the campus labs, students must have their Newark Campus Account username and password.

Instructions to obtain Newark Campus Accounts username and passwords can be found under the FAQ link.
COTC students' Campus Connect Account has the same username and password they use when accessing COTC email.

OSUN students will need to synchronize their OSU Email account with their Newark Campus Account username and password. When a student requests their Newark Campus Account username and password it will be emailed to the student's OSU email account. Once they receive their Newark Campus Account username and password, they will be asked to change their password to match their OSU email password.

To go directly to the Newark Campus Account request, OSU students may click on the following link: OSUN Students Request a Newark Campus Account

For more information about Newark Campus Accounts for OSUN and COTC students, see Newark Campus Accounts on the ITS Web Page link located in the Navigation Bar.

Students may be required to show a student photo ID when attending the labs to verify that they are a current student.

All students are required to adhere to the COTC/OSU Acceptable Use Policy.

Pay to Print

All open labs have Pay to Print. You must bring your campus ID to the lab in order to use the printers in the labs. You may obtain a Campus ID (BuckID or COTC ID) at the Security Office located in Hopewell Hall, Room 122. The campus ID has 100 free pages loaded on the card each quarter. After the first 100 pages, each page costs 6 cents to print.
If your money has not been put on automatically at the start of every quarter you have to call the BuckID Services (614-292-0400) and say that you are a NEWARK CAMPUS Student and you have not received your money. The TechConnect representatives will help you with Pay to Print in the labs if you have any questions.

Online Testing Error Reporting

There is always a chance of losing an internet or network connection for any number of reasons. If a student is taking an online test and loses their connection a TechConnect representative (open lab monitor) will document the event. The information needed to document the event will be as follows:

Date
Student name
School
Course
Test name
Program being used during testing
Time of occurrence
NCCC# of computer
Type of error
Course instructor
Employee name of who documented event

The lab monitor will take this information regarding the event and complete the Online Testing Error Log. The current log will remain in each open lab at all times. Completed logs will be forwarded to J. Keith Fowlkes for archiving.

After recording the event, the monitor will send an email to the instructor and email a copy to J. Keith Fowlkes at kfowlkes@cotc.edu.

F174- Student Technology Center

The Student Technology Center located in F-174, is a state-of-the-art digital media design facility. STC provides students with the latest hardware and software. With multimedia capabilities and expert help, students can complete their projects with four workstations that offer video editing, DVD burners, web editors and digital cameras, scanners, and eight Dell laptops on an open conference table environment available for student use.

Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator After Effects, and Premier Pro, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Freehand, Fireworks, Flash Pro, Microsoft Visual Studio, and Office 2003, with FrontPage on every machine.

R206- Open Lab

The Reese open lab boasts 40 computers and two video viewing stations, making it the largest open lab on campus. Programs such as Microsoft Office, Publisher, PowerPoint, FrontPage, and several Nursing programs (ChartSmart II, NCLEX-RN 3000, Psychiatric Nursing Made Incredibly Easy) are available on every machine.

106A - COTC Open Lab

The COTC open lab contains 25 computers in Founders Hall. Programs such as ChartSmart II, NCLEX-RN 3000, Psychiatric Nursing Made Incredibly Easy, Microsoft Office, Publisher, and many more are available on every machine.

F180 - OSU Open Lab

The OSU open lab contains 32 computers making it the second largest lab on campus. Programs such as Microsoft Office, Publisher, PowerPoint, FrontPage, and CIS software packages are all available on every machine.

Hopewell Cafeteria Open Lab

The Hopewell cafeteria has 24 laptops with Microsoft Office, Publisher, PowerPoint and FrontPage available on each laptop. Students must bring campus ID and sign an agreement form when using the laptops in the Hopewell Cafeteria. Hopewell Cafeteria laptops must stay in the cafeteria at all times. Pay to Print is available in the cafeteria as well.