Accessing Open OnDemand (OOD)

Open OnDemand (OOD) is a web portal to the Discovery cluster.

This topic is for connecting to the Discovery cluster through the browser application, Open OnDemand. If you are looking to access Discovery directly on your system rather than through a browser, please see Connecting to Discovery with a Mac for connecting with a Mac and Connecting to Discovery using Windows for connecting with Windows.

A Discovery account is necessary for you to access OOD. If you need an account, see Request an account. After you have created a Discovery account, proceed with the following steps in order to access Discovery.

To Access Discovery through Open OnDemand (OOD), do the following

  1. In a web browser, go to http://ood.discovery.neu.edu.
  2. At the prompt, enter your Northeastern username and password. Note that your username is the first part of your email without the @northeastern, such as j.smith.
  3. Press Enter or click Sign in.

Watch the following video for a short tutorial. If you do not see any controls on the video, right click on the video to see viewing options.

Next steps

After you are connected, you use the interactive apps in OOD. See Using OOD’s Interactive Apps for more information.