Office of Information Technology Technical Support
OIT supports Rice faculty, staff, and students with their tech needs in a variety of ways– see the Support Services list below. When you need guidance or have a technical issue, contact the consulting staff of the OIT Help Desk via phone or electronically. The OIT Help Desk is the centralized point of contact for information technology support services including account management, connectivity to Rice network, password reset, general troubleshooting, mobile device support, VPN configuration, email setup, and more.
Support Services
- Service Alerts: The IT Status web page shows notifications about planned and unplanned outages affecting campus computing and networking services.
- Classroom Support: While teaching, if you experience technical difficulties, call 713-348-4989.
- Canvas: Vendor technical support is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week via hotline or chat. Log into Canvas, and select the Help button in the Global Navigation bar.
- Teaching & Learning: For helpful tips about Zoom, Kaltura, Canvas, and more, see Learning Environment's FAQs.
- Research Computing Assistance: Reach out to the Center for Research Computing.
- Administrative Systems: Information about the Administrative Applications that support the business functions of the university.
- Service Overview: See the OIT Web Site to learn about available services.
- How-to Documentation: search the Rice KnowledgeBase (KB) for technical instructions including:
- Getting Started with IT: Faculty & Staff • Graduate Students • Undergraduate Students • Online Students
- NetID: • Activate NetID • Change Password • Reset Forgotten Password
- Connect to Rice Network
- Duo Authentication
OIT Help Desk
Hours
Monday - Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
(excluding university holidays)
Contact Methods
Phone: 713-348-4357 or on-campus extension: xHELP or x4357
Online form: https://oit.rice.edu/request-help
Email: helpdesk@rice.edu
Remote support (this link is to be used as directed by Help Desk support staff): BeyondTrust (Bomgar)
In-person support:
Faculty and Staff: request in-person appointment by calling, using the on-line form, or sending email.
Students: See available support hours in Canvas.
(excluding university holidays) Location: Mudd Lab Lobby Phone: 713-348-7989 The staff of the Mudd Operations Center:Operations Center
Hours: Monday - Friday
CLOSED: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
OPEN: 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 pmServices