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Student Computing at UCL

Student Computing at UCL. ucl.ac.uk/isd. Registering. Enrol as UCL student Get UCL ID card Register for central IT services in Foster Court Obtain userid and password No appointment – just turn up. UserIDs & Passwords. Your account is your responsibility

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Student Computing at UCL

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  1. Student Computing at UCL ucl.ac.uk/isd

  2. Registering • Enrol as UCL student • Get UCL ID card • Register for central IT services in Foster Court • Obtain userid and password • No appointment – just turn up

  3. UserIDs & Passwords • Your account is your responsibility • Don’t let anyone else use your account • Change your password regularly • Use the authentication service • https://myaccount.ucl.ac.uk

  4. IT essentials Z card • Your IT essentials Z card is part of the starter information pack. It contains: • A summary of all points made in this presentation • All of the website addresses mentioned

  5. Helpdesk • Helpdesk is the principal point of contact when things go wrong. • Ground floor Science Library • Open regular office hours Mon - Fri. • Phone: x25000 • Email: helpdesk@ucl.ac.uk • Reply within one working day

  6. E-mail – live@ucl • live@ucl is the mail system for new students • Use your UCL address for all internal emails • One of the first emails youreceive will tell you your email alias • firstname.lastname.year@ucl.ac.uk

  7. E-mail – live@ucl Access email from your windows live account using: • outlook.com or • From the ISD web page • You sign into windows live with your liveID • userID@live.ucl.ac.uk • NB: your email address does NOT use the word ‘live’ Full details on the live@ucl link on the ISD web page

  8. Halls of Residence • Broadband connection • Available in some (not all) halls • To check you can connect and to activate your line • Halls of Residence link on the ISD web page

  9. WiFi • eduroam wireless network everywhere (it’s free!) • Look for the eduroam (or RoamNet) logo • Connection surgery each week at Helpdesk

  10. Portico • Official source of course & personal information • Update your address • Select modules • View your results portico.ucl.ac.uk

  11. Moodle • Used in most academic courses • Resources • Activities • Communication • Also contains key skills resources • moodle.ucl.ac.uk

  12. files notes images BLOG MyPortfolio external news links Curriculum Vitae • myportfolio.ucl.ac.uk

  13. Key Skills development • Use Portico for review and planning • See resources at the Key Skills Website • Use MyPortfolio to present evidence www.ucl.ac.uk/keyskills/

  14. IT Training • All training is FREE • Self-paced materials • 98,729 Video • Text • Training Resources link on ISD web page • Face-to-face training • Book online • IT Training link on ISD web page

  15. IT Training – twice weekly drop in service DMS Watson Teaching Cluster No booking necessary General IT help related to your work Specialist help Statistical, Bibliographic, Graphics packages etc.

  16. UCL Go! Offers easy mobile phone access to UCL information. • Currently this includes: • Alerts • Directory • Locations • Friend Locator • News - Library • Pocket Guide • Calendar Access via mobile web browser: ucl.ombiel.co.uk

  17. Student Timetables • Web-based interface • Personalised for you • Department and Subject timetables available • See what’s on, where, across UCL Student timetables link on the ISD web page

  18. UCL Windows Desktop • UCL offers a networked Windows service • Windows Desktop • Computer Workrooms • Remote Cluster WTS • Access via any web browser • Central file store • Daily backups & archives • Virus protection • 250Mb of storage space

  19. Printing • Annual quota: • 240 copies, then 5p per copy • Printing double sided costs the same as single sided • Pay online, or at top-up points • More information:use the printing link on the ISD web page

  20. And finally … • Remember just 3 things: • Helpdesk – principal point of contact • All web addresses are in your Z cards • Most pages link from www.ucl.ac.uk/isd

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