Services
1. Support for Education
Identification & Access
- 🆔 Iscte Card – Institutional identification that grants access to spaces and services.
- 🧑💻 User Account – Credentials for authentication in internal systems.
- 📧 Email account – For official communications.
- Multifactor Authentication (MFA) – Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is an electronic authentication method in which users confirm their identity by presenting two or more pieces of evidence successfully.
- Backups
- Awareness in Cybersecurity
Teaching & Learning
- 📚 Moodle – Iscte’s e-Learning plataform.
- 💻 Online-Learning – Iscte’s online plataform.
- NAU – Sempre a Aprender – Online teaching and training platform for large audiences.
- 📚 Scientific and Academic Databases – Resources subscribed by Iscte and accessible only to the community outside the Campus.
- 🤝 Collaboration & Knowledge Tools
- 💻 Software
Infrastructure & Connectivity
- 📶 Wireless network (Wi-Fi) – Access throughout the campus.
- 🔐 VPN – Secure remote access to Iscte’s internal resources.
- 🏫 Common Spaces
Services & Support
2. Support for Management
Identification & Access
- 🆔 Iscte Card – Institutional identification that grants access to spaces and services.
- 🧑💻 User Account – Credentials for authentication in internal systems.
- 📧Email account – For official communications.
- Multifactor Authentication (MFA) – Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is an electronic authentication method in which users confirm their identity by presenting two or more pieces of evidence successfully.
- Backups
- Awareness in Cybersecurity
Infrastructure & Connectivity
- 📶 Wireless network (Wi-Fi) – Access throughout the campus.
- 📞 VoIP – Voice calls using an Internet connection.
- 🔐 VPN – Secure remote access to Iscte’s internal resources.
- 🏫 Common Spaces
Tools, Services & Software
3. Support for Research
Identification & Access
- 🆔 Iscte Card – Institutional identification that grants access to spaces and services.
- 🧑💻 User Account – Credentials for authentication in internal systems.
- 📧 Email account – For official communications.
- Multifactor Authentication (MFA) – Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is an electronic authentication method in which users confirm their identity by presenting two or more pieces of evidence successfully.
- Backups
- Awareness in Cybersecurity
Research & Resources
- 📚 Scientific and Academic Databases
- 🤝 Collaboration & Knowledge Tools
- Research Data Management
- Zenodo – Trusted repository for storing and sharing research data (Manual)
- ARGOS / OpenDMP / DMPOnline – Tools for creating data management plans.
- Amnesia / DataTags / Zingtree / ARX – Data Anonymization Tool – Tools for anonymising research data.
- Data encryption – Recommendations for security and protection of private data.
- The Carpentries – Teaching basic coding and data science skills.
- Persistents Identifiers
Infrastructure & Connectivity
- 📶 Wireless network (Wi-Fi) – Access throughout the campus.
- 📞 VoIP – Voice calls using an Internet connection.
- 🔐 VPN – Secure remote access to Iscte’s internal resources.
- Hosting/Housing Services – Sites hosting and equipament housing.
- 🏫 Common Spaces
Services & Software
4. Collaboration & Knowledge Tools
- Teams – Central communication and collaboration platform within Microsoft 365.
- OneDrive – Cloud storage service integrated into Windows 10 and Microsoft 365.
- SharePoint – Team-oriented collaborative platform within Microsoft 365
- Educast – Service designed for recording, editing, managing, and publishing educational videos.
- Videocast – Service that allows live streaming of video, audio, and slides through a simple web page.
- Filesender – Service that enables sending and temporarily storing large files.
- Colibri/Zoom – Videoconferencing service that uses the Zoom platform.
- NAU – Sempre a Aprender – National Portuguese‑language MOOC platform offering massive open online courses.
- Scientific and Academic Databases – A set of essential resources supporting research, teaching, scientific output, and access to specialized literature.
5. User Account
The User Account is personal and non-transferable, and allows access to institutional systems and services. For example, user Xisto Ximenes has the credentials below
- Username: xxnes@iscte-iul.pt
- Email address: Xisto_Ximenes@iscte-iul.pt (Student) or Xisto.Ximenes@iscte-iul.pt (Employee)
- Password: Password.2020
6. Email
The Email service is supported by the Office 365 platform, ensuring integration with other tools such as Teams, OneDrive, and SharePoint.
Setup
7. Printing and Scanning
8. Networks and Connectivity
9. Software
Iscte provides a comprehensive set of licensed applications to its students and staff.
- IBM SPSS Statistics – Advanced statistical analysis for data processing, testing, and reporting.
- IBM SPSS AMOS – Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), ideal for hypothesis testing and theoretical models.
- IBM SPSS Modeler – Data mining and predictive analytics tool with text analysis capabilities.
- Eviews – Advanced econometric modeling, forecasting, and statistical analysis for economics and finance.
- Stata – Robust statistical software for data analysis, regression, and social sciences.
- R – Environment for computational statistics and data visualization (open-source).
- MAXQDA – Qualitative data analysis and mixed methods research.
- Matlab – Numerical computing, simulation, and algorithm development software used in engineering and science.
- Intel Tools – Toolkits for software development, compilation, and performance optimization.
- Microsoft Azure – Access to software such as Windows 10, Visio, and Project, as well as cloud computing and development resources.
- Autodesk (Education) – Free access to educational software such as AutoCAD, Revit, Maya, Fusion 360, and others — ideal for architecture, engineering, and design.
- think-cell – Advanced PowerPoint/Excel add-in that quickly creates professional and complex charts.
- Microsoft 365 / Office 365 – Complete productivity suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, OneDrive, etc.
- Microsoft Copilot – AI tool that supports content creation, editing, analysis, and task automation in Microsoft 365 applications.
- Qualtrics – Platform for creating surveys, collecting data, academic studies, and institutional analysis.
- IBM SkillsBuild – Free educational program focused on technological and professional skills valued in the market.