If you have encountered a problem using the Stellar system or have a comment or question about Stellar, please contact the Service Desk
via email
or at 617-253-1101, Monday - Friday 8-5 EST.
For a list of issues with Stellar of which we are aware and working to solve, and for their workarounds, please see the Known Issues page and the Stellar FAQs page.
For information on supported browsers, certificates at MIT and other technical issues, please see our Software Help page.
For training, please visit the IS&T Training site to register for a session.
We also have a set of training videos about using Stellar, please visit Stellar Training Videos to watch.
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Stellar User Guide
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There are several ways to navigate the user guide. You can search for specific topics using the searchbox, use the "Table of Contents" to view the topics of the current page, or use the dropdown menus in the header of the user guide.
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DropdownMenus"> Dropdown Menus
The dropdown menus include the related pages of each topic (Homepage, Membership, Calendar, etc). Clicking on the topic itself ('Sections' in the screen shot) brings you to the homepage of each topic.
TableofContents"> Table of Contents
The "Table of Contents" provides a lists of links to specific sections of the current page. On the homepage the "Table of Contents" lists every page in the user guide.
You@Stellar is a personalized page displaying class site information for a Stellar user. It shows all classes for a semester and associated Materials and Announcements for each of those classes. The default view is the current day; however, the user can scroll backward and forward within the semester to view past and future class information. You@Stellar contains cross-links to Course Guide which provides detailed pages containing subject history information on past classes.
The Course Guide is a complete listing of all courses at MIT. Summarizes all known information about a particular course including title, description, course number, past and present Stellar sites, OCW sites, cost of course textbooks, and more. Section sites can be listed in the Course Guide and have the course title and access level. Course Guide tab in topnav links to full guide containing class lists from the past year's semesters.