TechFinder Administrators

Training & Support

TechFinder is an application that updates a database of information about technology available to students in locations around campus. The information is displayed on the web using Google Maps at TechFinder.

In the 2007-2008 accreditation process, an observation was made that perhaps UNM did not have enough computers available to students, citing 500 computers available in the IT Pods as the only publicly available computers listed. At the Provost’s request, student-facing computers were inventoried revealing almost 3,500 computers available to students in 2009. The issue then for students became how do students know what technology is available for student use?

IT, in collaboration with other departmental IT groups, posted survey results for Fall Semester 2011 at TechFinder. TechFinder is where information relating to technologies available for student use is maintained by the departments who provide it.

Click here to login to the TechFinder Admin site or click the "Access TechFinder Admin" link located at the top of this page.

A UNM NetID is required for access. Authorization to the application is granted by the managers of the IT Pods and Computer Classrooms (aka the "Super Admins"). To request access to the system please submit a Help.UNM ticket or call the UNM IT Service Desk at 277-5757.

If you attempt to log in and receive an error message, you are currently not setup as an admin in the system. Please submit a Help.UNM ticket or call the UNM IT Service Desk at 277-5757 and provide the Lab name and NetID of the administrator for the lab.

Any department who manages computer classroom(s) or lab(s) or tech commons available for student use (whether open to all UNM students, all departmental students or only students taking a specific class), is responsible to the Provost’s Office for updating this information and communicating it publicly.

As many environments as you manage that are available to students should be created and kept up-to-date in TechFinder.

If you cannot edit a certain lab, you are currently not listed as an admin for that lab. Please submit a Help.UNM ticket or call the UNM IT Service Desk at 277-5757 and provide the Lab name and NetID of the administrator for the lab.

Please submit a Help.UNM ticket or call the UNM IT Service Desk at 277-5757 and provide the Lab name and NetID of the administrator for the lab.

First, compile a list of data pertaining to the value table you wish to have data added to. You can view the contents of a value table by clicking the corresponding link located under the “Values Table” header in the left-side navigation bar. For example, to have a new software title added, click the “Software” link and provide the following: Software, Category, Contact, Viewable in Search and Comments. Then, click the “Request/change a value” link located above/below the value table and fill in the “Request/change to be make” textbox with the data for the new value. Click submit to finish.

When you are logged in to the TechFinder Administration site, you can submit a bug or request a feature by clicking the “Feedback & Bug Reports” link located at the top of any page. The “Page in question” textbox will be pre-populated with the page you are on when you click the bug report link. If the bug is in reference to a different page, please provide the correct page. If this is a feature request and not a bug, please ignore this field. Use the “Description” textbox to give a detailed description of the bug/feature request. If this is a bug specific to one of the tabs used to edit a lab’s data, please provide the tab name.

If you have any questions please submit a Help.UNM ticket or call the UNM IT Service Desk at 277-5757.