Kepler Repository | Information Services and Technology

Kepler is an electronic storage and retrieval system used to archive HCAD students’ assignments. Providing them with a web-based portfolio while also feeding longitudinal academic performance studies. Examples from a student’s body of work can ultimately be submitted to accrediting committees.

The system works by having each student - both undergraduate and graduate- upload every assignment. This requires the student to perform their own individual self-assessment and consider carefully what will constitute the record of his or her work. Kepler offers the student not only the chance to compose and post a set of final record documents of each project but to compare it in both form and content to other posted projects. This ability to compare one's work with that of their peers galvanizes students to become better designers, raising the bar on the overall quality of work produced at HCAD.

To access the Current Courses click here: http://kepler4.njit.edu/, then click on the Current Semester link.

Log on instructions for Students and Faculty:

Students and Faculty and Instructors log on using their NJITDM domain and password. Example:

Username: NJITDM\UCID
Password: xxxxxxx

If you cannot login please contact the IST Service Desk at https://servicedesk.njit.edu/.

Kepler Log on Issues for Former Students who are now Faculty:

When an NJIT graduate comes back to teach they are assigned an NJITDM account if they did not already have one. Academic domain accounts have been retired. Individuals in this scenario should log in to MyUCID (http://myucid.njit.edu/) to claim or reset/resync the UCID passwords with their NJITDM accounts, and then log into Kepler with NJITDM\UCID.

Cannot upload your work?

If you can log on but the Upload button is not there or greyed out please contact the IST Service Desk at https://servicedesk.njit.edu/.

Navigating to My Courses:

From top navigation, select subject area: AD, Arch, DD, ID, INT, Graduate, MATH Select Studio or Lecture/Seminar depending on the course you are trying to access. Lecture/Seminar will list all courses. Find your course and click on it. Studio will direct you to the course and then click on your instructor's name to access individual sections.

Uploading work:

Each assignment folder under each course/section contains student folders.
Click on the Assignment# you need to upload to.
Find the folder with your name on it and click on it.
Once you are in your folder, click "Upload"*

Naming files:

All files need to be named as follows:

LastName, FirstName, 01
LastName, FirstName, 02
LastName, FirstName, 03…

Format for image files:

2000 x 2000 .jpg (NOT .pdf) for all images
Include images of the final presentation boards
Include 2000 x 2000 .jpgs of ALL the graphic material shown on the boards
Include 2000 x 2000 .jpgs of models

REPEAT THIS FOR ALL THE COURSES YOU ARE TAKING THAT REQUIRES SUBMISSION ON KEPLER

KEPLER DVD

ALL OF YOUR WORK FROM ALL COURSES (INCLUDING SOURCE FILES) SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO YOUR STUDIO INSTRUCTOR ON A DVD DISTRIBUTED BY YOUR STUDIO INSTRUCTOR AT THE END OF THE SEMESTER.

Cannot upload your work?

The uploading function might not work when the system is backing up. Please give a couple of hours and try again.

If you can log on, but the Upload button is not there or grayed out please contact the IST Service Desk at https://servicedesk.njit.edu/.