IT Services
Student
Windows Live
Hotmail
Contents
Register now! ............................................................................................................................... 2
How to register and log on............................................................................................................ 2
How to send an email. .................................................................................................................. 4
How to read an email.................................................................................................................... 6
How to respond to an email. ......................................................................................................... 7
How to send an attachment. ......................................................................................................... 8
Student email – Windows Live Hotmail
The student email system at NEWI is called Windows Live Hotmail it is a Microsoft product and is
based on Microsoft Hotmail. Windows Live enables students to access email from any computer
in the world with internet access and has many additional features such as 5Gb storage, calendar,
messenger chat and more.
Every student at NEWI automatically has an email address generated upon enrolment. Your
email address is made up of two parts, firstly your username (eg. S07099999) followed by
@stu.newi.ac.uk so this email address would be s07099999@stu.newi.ac.uk for example.
Register now!
Once you have enrolled and have your NEWI student ID, it is crucial that you register your email
address immediately. All emails from NEWI, from within Blackboard and from your lecturers will
be automatically directed to your @stu.newi.ac.uk email address.
So do not miss those important emails register now.
How to register and log on.
Go to www.newi.ac.uk and click on Students, on the next screen click on
you will now see a brief reminder about username and password then click on the
button again. This will redirect you to another browser page where you will be
prompted to enter your username and password. Ensure you enter the correct username and
password and click on Sign In. See below .
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Username is your studentnumber@stu.newi.ac.uk
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Password is the same as your network and Blackboard
password and it is case sensitive.
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You can also access your Live email via www.hotmail.com
or www.hotmail.co.uk
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If you are using your own PC/Laptop you can select
‘Remember me on this Computer’ or\and ‘Remember my
password’. This will enable your details to be stored so
you do not have to type them each time.
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Logon screen -
Enter your
username@stu.newi.ac.uk
Enter your password.
Click on
Once you have entered your username and password you are now logged on to Live@Edu and
ready to start using Live. This is the screen you will see.
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How to send an email.
To start a new email
click on the
button.
You will then see this screen -
Enter here the
email address of the person who
you want to send an email to.
Enter here the
subject of the email if required.
Message area – type
your message in
here.
Once you have
completed your
email click
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An email can be sent too many email addresses. To do
this enter all the email addresses in the To box separated
by a (;) semi colon.
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It is best practice to keep the subject short and to the point
as not the entire subject heading may be displayed when
received.
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How to read an email.
When someone has sent you an email it is received in your Inbox. Your Inbox is displayed as
on the left hand side of the screen. The bold number in brackets displays how many
new unread messages you have in your Inbox.
Click here to
open your Inbox.
Your Inbox screen, as below, displays a list of received emails and it shows who the email was
from, the subject heading and the date received.
Click on the message to
open the email and read it.
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How to respond to an email.
When an email is received and open you are presented with another tool bar with several options.
Click here to
print an email.
Click
here to reply to
the email.
Click
here to delete an
email.
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When you click on Delete it immediately deletes the email
from your inbox and moves it to the Deleted folder.
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If you wish to reply to everyone that the email was sent to
then select Reply All.
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You can send the email on to someone by clicking on
Forward this with then open the email message box where
you can enter their email address and then click send.
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How to send an attachment.
When sending an email it is possible to attach a file with it. First start a new email and complete
all the necessary fields i.e. email address, subject, message.
Click here to
attach a file and select
either
depending on what
you are attaching.
Once you have selected either File or Photo, depending on what you wish to attach, a new window
is opened where you locate the file you wish to attach to your email.
Click here
when the file is
located and selected.
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The file is now attached and
listed here.
Click here to send
the email with its
attachment.
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To attach a file to an email you must know where it is
saved so you can locate it easily.
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Any file can be attached to an email. For example, a
Microsoft Word document, a Microsoft Excel Document or
a photograph
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If you want to send a very large attachment then check
that the recipient is happy to download a large file from
their email.
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Be careful when opening attachments from unknown
senders as they could contain a virus.
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