2001, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2024, MPAA 320/330

If you are using one of the classrooms listed above, the links to each room contain information specific to the technology used in that room.

If you ever need immediate assistance please call the DoE Tech Help Hotline at (949) 824-5537 during our open business hours. Check our Tech Help page for other ways to contact us. Get Tech Help in any way which works best for you. 

If you intend to use any room you must reserve it. To reserve a classroom please contact the Student Affairs Office Scheduler, Penny Suphunthuchat, psuphunt@uci.edu, (949) 824-3348.

If you know you will using a/v equipment in any classroom, it is always helpful try everything well ahead of your class. If you have any problems, you can call the Tech Help Hotline at (949) 824-5537. A Tech Staffer can help you immediately. Waiting until just before class to try techincal equipment can cause unecessary delays and make you appear much less professional than you are. You are always welcome to set up an appointment with a Tech Staffer ahead of time to walk you through all your equipment needs without the pressure of your class about to begin.

If you have any special equipment needs from our Equipment Checkout pool, we ask for notification from you to gse-tech-help@uci.edu at least 24 hours in advance. If you have any special software needs, we ask for a minium of one week notice in advance. Software can be very difficult to order, obtain and install in a short period of time. We also cannot guarantee any software can be purchased. Our budget is entirely limited to the hardware and software we already purchase and support. We find it better in most cases if you choose free software for instructional purposes. It is not only free to us, but free to your students to download and use on their own machines forever after.

As an alternative to using computer labs (which are disappearing fast these days), consider having your students use their own laptops in any regular classroom. Almost every student at any university enters with a laptop. They can download or purchase their own copy of required software before class, load it on their own machines and practice with it before coming to class. Most for-cost software is offered to students at incredibly huge discounts through the Bookstore. More and more free software is available online. For any student without a laptop, Tech Services has a limited supply of both Windows and Apple laptops which may be checked out on a class-by-class basis.

Using a laptop model instructors can include computer-based instruction in any classroom. Once the software required has been installed on the students' own machines, the software and all their work will go with them as they move on into the "real" world. They can work on computer asignments anywhere they have their laptop and never have to worry about coming in to use a lab. If campus licenses for any software students purchase expire after they leave school, the student is free to download or purchase the software on their own to continue using it. The laptop model of computer instruction has many advantages over computer labs.