We strongly recommend graduating students to completely reset their computer (whether it was purchased through the institution or elsewhere) before their graduation date; this helps clear your path forward independent of school-managed services and ensure you will retain access to portfolio work.
Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is required for all users logging into Google email accounts provided by MCAD.
MCAD is upgrading its login security as required by our cyber insurance provider.
This article contains a list of resources for members of the MCAD community who are using their personal computers on campus or to complete work for MCAD.
At this time, MCAD's academic environment is primarily focused on Apple equipment. Undergraduate students are provided with MacBook Pros and most lab computers are iMacs. There are a number of systems that are not as easily accessible from a Windows computer as from a Mac.
Graduate students at MCAD, including those in the Masters of Fine Arts, Masters of Arts in Sustainable Design, and Masters of Arts in Graphic and Web Design programs, have access to most of the same technology resources that MCAD undergraduate students do.
Please visit this page for a full overview of the MCAD Technology Department's computer hardware access policy for staff. (Faculty hardware policy is determin
In recent years, MCAD has introduced the Animation Server to supplement class server storage needs for students in the animation department.
Student computers purchased through MCAD, along with school owned equipment, will receive packaged software and updates from the school, and MCAD manages this software through a Mobile Device Management (MDM) platform used for devices with macOS.
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