Teaching and Learning
eClass Moodle
eClass powered by Moodle is the Course Management System used by the University of Alberta. You will find that a lot of your courses will have websites in Moodle. There is a link to the eClass login at the top of most university webpages.
- Tip Sheet: Getting Started in Moodle (PDF, 135KB)
- Tip Sheet: Participating in Courses (PDF, 131KB)
- eClass (Moodle) Knowledgebase: FAQ
ASTEP (Assignment Submission)
The Assignment Submission, Testing and Extraction Program (ASTEP) is a secure electronic assignment submission facility used in the Department to collect and test code submissions and provide feedback to students.
Other Resources
Languages
Databases
Tools
Please note that these are not supported by the system administrators. The Help Desk will try to answer your questions if they can but you may have to find the answers on your own.
- Git
Version control for your source files - LaTeX, LaTeX Help
Typesetting system designed for technical and scientific documentation - gnuplot
Command-line graphing utility
Operating Systems
- UNIX for Beginners (PDF, 188kb)
- Linux
Open source, UNIX OS - OpenBSD
Highly secure, multiplatform UNIX-like OS - FreeBSD
High performance UNIX-like OS - NetBSD
Multiplatform, UNIX-like OS - The Free Software Foundation
GNU people, supply lots of free UNIX software
Shells
- Bash
Default UNIX shell