Transcript Student Computing at UCL

Student Computing at UCL
ucl.ac.uk/isd
Registering
1. Enrol as UCL student
2. Get UCL ID card
3. Register for central IT services
in Foster Court
– Obtain userid and password
– No appointment – just turn up
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
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
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: [email protected]
– Reply within one working day
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 you
receive will tell you your
email alias
– [email protected]
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
– [email protected]
• NB: your email address does NOT use the word ‘live’
Full details on the live@ucl link on the ISD web page
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
WiFi
• eduroam wireless network everywhere
(it’s free!)
• Look for the eduroam (or RoamNet) logo
• Connection surgery each week at Helpdesk
Portico
• Official source of course &
personal information
• Update your address
• Select modules
• View your results
portico.ucl.ac.uk
Moodle
• Used in most academic courses
– Resources
– Activities
– Communication
• Also contains key skills resources
moodle.ucl.ac.uk
files
notes
images
MyPortfolio
external
news
links
Curriculum
Vitae
myportfolio.ucl.ac.uk
BLOG
Key Skills development
Academic skills
Self-management skills
Communication skills
Interpersonal skills
• Use Portico for review and planning
• See resources at the Key Skills Website
• Use MyPortfolio to present evidence
www.ucl.ac.uk/keyskills/
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
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.
UCL Go!
Offers easy mobile phone access to UCL information.
• Currently this includes:
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Alerts
Directory
Locations
Friend Locator
News - Library
Pocket Guide
Calendar
Access via mobile web browser: ucl.ombiel.co.uk
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
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
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
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