IT services & software
Übersicht:
Areas of application
1. IT basics & infrastructure
- UniAccount - User account / Authentication
- IDM - Identity Management
- CampusCard - Identity and payment system
- KeyManagementService - License management (Microsoft products)
- PKI/Certificates - IT security / encryption
- Cisco Secure VPN Client - VPN access / network security
- WLAN Eduroam - WLAN access / university network
- LAN - Connection to the university network via cable
- Goto server - Web address redirection / DNS service
- UniKasselClient - IT workstation environment
- Virtual desktop environment - Remote workstation
- Sophos XDR Cybersecurity Campus - Virus scanner
Network drives - Data storage in the network
next.hessenbox - Cloud storage / file sharing
FTP - File transfer service
Backup service - Data backup
- Printing and scanning - Print services
- Scanning - Digitization service
2. software & applications
- Basic information on software/campus licenses (access for employees only)
- An active VPN connection is required to use many of the programs listed here.
Please follow the instructions for installing and using the CiscoSecure VPN client.
The following programs are available to all students and employees of the University of Kassel via a campus license:
- Adobe Creative Cloud (pool room use for students only)
- Cisco Anyconnect VPN Client
- Citavi
- ESRI
- IBM SPSS
- Matlab and Simulink
- MAXQDA
- Microsoft Azure Dev Tools
- Microsoft Office 365
- Stata
- Zoom
The following programs are only available for employees and auxiliary staff of the University of Kassel:
GitLab - Version control / Software development
Microsoft365- Office software / Collaboration
- Typo3 - Content management system (website)
- Adobe Creative Cloud - Graphics, Video, Design
Chat-AI - Privacy-compliant access to various AI language models, including ChatGPT
Translation tools available at the university:
- DeepL-Pro Advanced for teams
A limited number of "DeepL-Pro Advanced for Teams" licenses are available free of charge for university employees (administration, departments and facilities). These licenses were procured specifically for working with confidential documents such as contracts, personnel files, certificates, etc. It is possible to purchase additional licenses via the ITS. Although the free version of DeepL offers the same translation quality, it is limited in the amount of text and does not offer the same high level of confidentiality protection as the paid license. Further information can be found at DeepL. - eTranslation
With eTranslation, the European Commission offers a new free translation tool that can be used by staff and students free of charge.
3. teaching & research
- Research data management - Data management (research)
- High performance computing (HPC)- Linux cluster
- MAXQDA - Qualitative data analysis
- Stata - Statistical software
- National Instruments LabVIEW - Measurement data processing / visualization
Citavi - Literature management
DeepL - machine translation
eTranslation- machine translation
4. communication & cooperation
- E-Mail Exchange - Outlook - E-mail communication
- RocketChat - Team Chat / Communication
- Mailing lists - E-mail distribution management
- Collaboard - Online whiteboard / collaboration tool
- Telephony
- Zoom - Video conferencing system
- Big Blue Button - Video conferencing system
- Pexip - Video conferencing system
5. organization & administration
eCampus - Campus Management / Student Portal
Tisoware - Time recording / access control
SAP - Business processes / administration
CampusCard - Identity and payment system
Notice board - Notice board system / message platform
- Document management system - Document management
- Confluence - Knowledge management / Collaboration
- Sharepoint - Document management / Collaboration
- Collaboard - Online whiteboard / collaboration tool
- Campus Events - Event Management
- DFN Scheduler - Scheduling
A-Z List of IT services or software
- Adobe Creative Cloud (creative software)
- Backup (data backup)
- Big Blue Button (video conferencing system)
- Campus Events (Event Management)
- CampusCard (identity and payment system)
- Chat AI (AI-supported chat service)
- Cisco Secure VPN Client (network security)
- Citavi (reference management)
- Collaboard (online whiteboard / collaboration tool)
- Confluence (knowledge management / collaboration)
- DeepL (machine translation)
- DFN appointment planner
- Document management system
- Printing and scanning
- eCampus (campus management / student portal)
- ESRI (spatial data analysis)
- E-mail Exchange - Outlook (e-mail communication)
- eTranslation (machine translation)
- Research data management
- FTP (file transfer service)
- GitLab (version control / software development)
- Goto server (web address redirection)
- High-performance computing (HPC)
- Home office and mobile working
- IDM (Identity Management)
- KeyManagementService (license management for Microsoft products)
- LAN - connection to the university network via cable
- LimeSurvey (online surveys / survey tool)
- Mahara (e-portfolio platform)
- Mailing lists (e-mail distribution management)
- MAXQDA (Qualitative data analysis)
- Matlab (numerical calculations / simulation)
- Microsoft 365 (office software)
- Moodle (learning management system)
- National Instruments LabVIEW (measurement data processing)
- Network drives (data storage)
- next.hessenbox (cloud storage)
- Panopto (video platform / lecture recording)
- PKI/certificates (IT security/encryption)
- Rocket.chat (team chat / communication)
- SAP (business processes / administration)
- Scan
- Notice board
- SharePoint (document management)
- Simulink (system simulation Matlab extension)
- Sophos XDR Cybersecurity Campus (virus scanner)
- SPSS (statistical software)
- Stata (statistical software)
- Telephony
- Tisoware (time recording / access control)
- Turnitin (plagiarism check)
- Typo3 (content management system website)
- UniAccount (user account / authentication)
- UniKasselClient (IT workstation environment)
- VDI - Virtual Desktop Environment (remote workstation)
- VOXR (live feedback / interaction platform)
- WLAN Eduroam (university network access)
- Zoom (video conferencing system)