Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Support

The Office of Instructional Resources (OIR) provides thesis and dissertation students use of the Faculty Multimedia Center (FMC); Digital Image Processing Lab (DIPL) free of charge for production/preparation of ETDs and related components, including scanning, PDF creation, and conversion of existing files into acceptable formats.

Use of the FMC computer lab is also available free of charge to any student preparing an ETD, and services are available during OIR business hours.

Please call the FMC at (407)823-2571 or DIPL at (407)882-1191 to schedule an appoinment for ETD services.

In some cases, distance students may make arrangements for over-the-phone training, or may email their document to OIR for conversion to PDF.
For more information about distance learning services, please contact Ryan Retherford at (407) 823-2571.

We are also providing Online Video Tutorials

Video 1 Introduction to the Word Interface

Video 2 Styles

Video 3 Creating a Table of Contents

Video 4 Creating a List of Figures/Tables

Video 5 Formatting Pagination

Video 6 Creating the PDF file

Additionally we have produced an example of the PDF file and a small Troubleshooting Matrix.

PLEASE NOTE: The OIR staff cannot assist with UCF Graduate Studies manuscript formatting requirements:
As always, it remains the responsibility of the student to complete all formatting and adhere to the guidelines
provided by Graduate Studies. For questions about manuscript formatting and ETD requirements, please consult the Graduate Students website at www.graduate.ucf.edu or contact the Thesis and Dissertation Editor at editor@mail.ucf.edu

FMC and DIPL are unable to store in-process or finished work on their hard drives or elsewhere in their facility: Students are responsible for saving all of their own work. While FMC and DIPL's services are free, use of printers and media consumables (CDs, disks, etc.) will incur a nominal charge.


FMC's services include:

DIPL's Services include:

ETD Workshops

To accommodate the growing number of students producing a thesis or dissertation, ETD workshops are now coordinated by the Graduate Students Association (GSA). Workshops will be held in spring and fall semesters, and will cover the ETD process, ETD resources, and Microsoft Word styles. Stay tuned to the GSA website at www.gsa.graduate.ucf.edu for dates and times.

The Faculty Multimedia Center will be offering three workshops on MS Word for ETD, the dates are:

For questions about OIR location, services or hours, please contact (407) 823-2571. For questions about ETD requirements, preparation or submission, please contact the Thesis and Dissertation Editor at editor@mail.ucf.edu