KIT - SCC - Services - Service catalogue

Services for students

	Activation of employee, guest and partner accounts The SCC offers you to activate your KIT account in a secure way in order to be able to use various services such as e-mail with this account.
	KIT user account - KIT account The KIT user account, also known as the KIT account, is the basis for many IT services in the KIT network for all KIT members. It provides access to systems and services and is generally used as a "login" in the KIT environment.
	Microsoft Copilot - Access with commercial data protection The service provides access to the AI application Microsoft Copilot with commercial data protection for KIT members who have agreed to use MS cloud services. The advantage of this access is that user and business data is protected and it is not used to train the models. Please do not enter any personal data about yourself or third parties in your prompts.
	Self-Service Portal SCC Self-service portal for students, employees, and guests and partners (GuP). This includes functions related to the personal KIT account, such as password change.
	Two-factor authentication at KIT Various services at KIT have increased IT security requirements that go beyond a simple login with user name and password. These include in particular the SAP system and various VPN accesses.
	Zoom accounts This service provides students and teachers at KIT with the Zoom accounts they need for online teaching. The SCC does not operate a Zoom instance. Please note the information in this service description.
	File exchange and online storage for desktop data (bwSync&Share) The state service bwSync&Share is an online storage service for employees and students of universities and colleges in Baden-Württemberg. It has been operated at KIT since January 1, 2014 and enables users to synchronize or exchange their data between different computers, mobile devices, and users.
	KIT Data storage (for students) This service provides every KIT student with a KIT account a highly available and centralized home directory.This is also referred to as Student Home in the following.
	MySQL databases MySQL Databases for KIT Applications and Students MySQL is a popular open source database system, especially in the web environment. KIT employees and students can create and set up their own MySQL database at SCC using their KIT account. (For students this service is free of charge, otherwise see applicable budgeting rules).
	Campus Online Printing Service (COPS) Der Campus Online Printing Service (COPS) ermöglicht das Absenden (Hochladen) von Druckaufträgen über eine Webschnittstelle an die zentralen Druckmaschinen von »Print & Plot« am SCC.
	Central printing service - Print&Plot KIT students and staff can print A3 and A4 documents as well as large formats up to a maximum of 89cm on the short side on the central printers and plotters.
	Cutting table For cutting large-format print media, the SCC provides a professional cutting table with a cutting width of 1,800 mm. It is located in the basement of the SCC directly next to the elevator shaft and can be used by all KIT members free of charge and without registration.
	Druckkonto Studierende mit KIT-Konto (Typ "UABCD") können die Druckdienste des SCC nach Aufladen ihres Druckkontos (s. u.) nutzen. Das aktuelle Druckguthaben kann verschlüsselt abgefragt werden. Mitarbeiter des KIT können die Druckdienste des SCC uneingeschränkt nutzen. Anfallende Kosten werden der jeweiligen KIT-Einrichtung monatlich in Rechnung gestellt.
	Folding The folding machine performs all common single, wrapping, Z and double parallel, altar, drawing and cross folds for flyers in A3 - B7 formats and grammages from 50 - 160 g/m².
	Großformatscanner Bereitstellung eines Großformatscanners für Mitarbeiter und Studierende des KIT.
	Lamination Laminate sind Schutzfolien, in die der Ausdruck durch Hitzebehandlung eingeklebt wird. Der Ausdruck wird durch die Laminierung wasserbeständig und abwaschbar.
	Certification service Certification service based on X.509 certificates for users and servers with associated documentation. X.509 certificates are also used for signing and encrypting e-mails, among other things.
	KIT e-mail This service provides an e-mail box (with groupware functionality) for sending and receiving e-mails.
	Mailing lists DFN This service provides all users of the DFN (German Research Network) scientific network with distribution lists for e-mails for operating their own lists.
	Mailing lists KIT This service is used by KIT employees and students to compile and administer their own mailing lists. These lists can be configured for different applications e.g., as moderated lists, discussion forums, or newsletters.
	Reporting method for malicious messages and spam Use this procedure to report malicious messages and spam to the SCC. An email clearly identified as a malicious message can be moved to the Spam_KIT folder in your mailbox by participants in the malicious email and spam reporting process. KIT students and staff can participate in the reporting process.
	Spamcheck Automatic checking of e-mails for their spam score. For testing before sending mass emails or for independent error analysis.
	Security Incident Response Handling of security incidents by KIT's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT).
	Laptop loan service for students Students can borrow laptops from TechPoint student support. The loan is intended to bridge short-term defects in your own hardware, it is not a permanent loan.
	SCC Flyer "SCC Flyers" are printed flyers with short instructions for selected SCC services.
	SCC Service Desk The Service Desk is the central contact point of the SCC for all inquiries, problem reports and requests concerning the IT services of the SCC. Requests that the SCC Service Desk cannot answer directly are forwarded via a ticket system to teams of experts within the SCC. You will be informed automatically by e-mail about the current status of your request.
	SCC Service News The SCC Service News contains relevant information regarding changes to the services offered by SCC. They are published under News (Kategorie=Dienste) .
	SCC Ticket system The ticket system of the SCC is used to record and process all requests to the SCC. In addition, organizational units of the KIT (OU) can use the SCC ticket system to manage OU-specific support processes.
	Microsoft Teams Microsoft Teams is a cloud platform that combines chat, meetings, video conferencing, notes, collaborative file editing and sharing, and tasks. This supports teamwork and especially collaboration with colleagues in a hybrid work environment. Functionalities/possibilities offered by MS Teams in general are limited at KIT.
	Remote Access (VPN) This service provides the user with external (INTERNET) access to internal resources of the KIT (INTRANET).
	Fixed network access Devices with network connection in the network of KIT (KITnet) communicate via this service and can access the internet and intranet, guest network, and contractors’ network.
	Microsoft Update Service (WSUS) The WSUS service downloads updates from Microsoft servers and makes them available in the KIT's internal network.
	Softwareshop at KIT SCC The SCC has its own software shop for distributing the software to employees and students.
	Virus protection at KIT This IT service offers KIT employees centrally managed and daily updated virus protection for notebooks, desktop PCs, and servers.
	Wireless LAN at KIT (WLAN) Access to Wireless-LAN (Intranet / Gastnetz des KIT / eduroam)
	Campus Management for Students (Student Portal) The Campus Management Portal for Students (Student Portal) is the campus management platform for students and offers various IT services for self-service students (course catalogue, personal timetable, exam registration and cancellation, download of various certificates, etc.).
	Campus Plus Portal (Campus+) Central portal that supplements functions for campus and application and admissions management (BZM) with in-house developments (+). It currently contains the BZM+ applications with an improved interface for application management and the SignMeUp software for carrying out registration processes.
	JupyterHub for Teaching (Beta) In the pilot phase, this service only supports a limited number of courses. It is only accessible to teachers and students of KIT and offers a low-threshold tool for programming, data processing and visualization.
	KIT-ILIAS (Learning Management System) ILIAS is a web-based learning platform (Learning Management System, LMS) for creating and publishing digital teaching and learning materials for e-learning. In addition, ILIAS supports communication and cooperation among teachers and students, offers the creation and execution of online tests, exams, and evaluations, and the implementation of didactic structures for complete courses. The platform is available to all teachers and students at KIT, access is via https://ilias.studium.kit.edu, login is done with the KIT account.
	Videokonferenz für das Durchführen von mündlichen Prüfungen Video conference for oral examinations For conducting oral examinations via video conference, KIT hosts the web application Jitsi Meet. Apart from a suitable web browser, no other software needs to be installed. The KIT recommends the use of this service for conducting oral examinations via video conference.
	eduroam eduroam (education roaming) is an international Wi-Fi internet access roaming service for users in research, higher education and further education. The KIT has been a member of the eduroam network since its inception. With eduroam it is possible for employees and students of participating institutions to have a secure WiFi access to the local WLAN at all participating institution for the use of eduroam.
	bwLehrpool at KIT Virtual teaching and laboratory environment for PC pools that any pool room operator can use.
	Poolservice at SCC This service provides KIT organizations with a pool infrastructure for computer-aided exercises. For the duration of the protection measures during the corona crisis, the SCC provides remote access to the centrally managed pool computers. Further information can be found in this news article.
	bwCloud SCOPE - Virtualized server and application infrastructure The state service bwCloud SCOPE (Science, Operations and Education) provides virtualized server and application infrastructures as a cloud service for employees, scientists and students at universities and colleges in Baden-Württemberg. bwCloud can operate over 1,000 virtual machines with individual operating systems and software at each operating location. The service runs on dedicated server systems at the four operating sites in Mannheim, Ulm, Freiburg and Karlsruhe - that is a total of at least 4,000 virtual machines for the distributed operation of servers and applications, enough resources for numerous projects.
	GitLab at KIT SCC operates the GitLab platform for KIT at https://gitlab.kit.edu. The SCC provides the service in cluster mode for up to 3000 concurrent users starting in early July.
	Graphics and technical documentation SCC offers various suites and individual products in the field of image processing, graphic design and technical documentation.
	IBM Academic Initiative Software subscription to support academic teaching.
	Microsoft 365 Student Use Benefit Microsoft 365 Apps for Education for students
	Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching Software subscription to support academic teaching.
	Overleaf at KIT - Collaborative work with LaTeX The easy-to-use, collaborative, online LaTeX editor Overleaf is available to all KIT employees and students. This software is a cloud service at overleaf.com. A portal has been set up for the KIT: www.overleaf.com/edu/kit
	VMware Academic Program Software subscription to support academic teaching.
	KIT-Card - Provision of the IT infrastructure The KIT Card is a multifunctional chip card for employees, students and guests at KIT. It can be used as a visual identity card, library card, wallet, vehicle entry authorisation card, for recording working hours, etc. The SCC provides the necessary IT infrastructure for the KIT Card, which is required for the production and the life cycle of the KIT Cards.
	Personal communications directory (self-service) The KIT-wide personal communications directory is provided by the SCC and offers both a self-service in the employee portal (my.scc.kit.edu) to edit one's own communication data and a search mask for a search in the communication data of all employees, guests and partners.
	Websites for students Personal websites for students Please note: Decommissioning after winter semester 2024.25
	Matrix The Matrix service enables secure, encrypted real-time communication in a simple way. Among other things, text messages can be sent and calls or video calls can be made.