Making the most of IT
Making the most of IT
Introduction to computing, e-learning and libraries
at The University of Edinburgh
September 2014
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Today’s session
IS services
Computers, mobile
devices & printing
Finding books and
journal articles
Help and support
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Useful info for new students webpage
Web page
http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/new-students
Search
Go to www.ed.ac.uk and search for
‘useful info for new students’
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Useful info for new
students web page
http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/new-students
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IS services
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IS services
University card
EASE
MyEd
Office 365
Learn
Collaborate
PebblePad
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University card
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EASE
www.ease.ed.ac.uk
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MyEd portal
www.myed.ed.ac.uk
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MyEd portal
www.myed.ed.ac.uk
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MyEd channels
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Office 365
www.ed.ac.uk/is/office365
Email
Calendar
Contacts
Documents
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Accessing Office 365
Via MyEd:
www.myed.ed.ac.uk
Via web page:
www.office365.ed.ac.uk
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Email (Outlook)
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Accessing email on
your mobile device
• Connection guides at http://edin.ac/1oCrVQ4
(including iPhone and Android)
• Get Connected sessions in Main Library this week
• Mobile device clinics
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Calendar
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People
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OneDrive
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Creating a document
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Uploading a document
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Office 365 help
University web pages
www.ed.ac.uk/is/office365
or
Microsoft’s Office 365 Help
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MS Office free download
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Learn
www.ed.ac.uk/is/learn
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Learn: My Institution area
My Blackboard link
All your Learn courses
Alerts and system news
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A Learn course
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Collaborate
www.ed.ac.uk/is/collaborate
Text chat
Audio
Video
Interactive
whiteboard
PowerPoint
display
File transfer
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Scheduling a Collaborate session
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PebblePad
www.ed.ac.uk/is/eportfolio
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Adding and designing content
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Example: Blog
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Example: Webfolio
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Computers, mobile
devices & printing
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Wireless and VPN
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Wireless networks
www.ed.ac.uk/is/wireless
eduroam
central
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• Unsecure
• Log in each time you access
network
• Log in using the details you
registered for the wireless service
with – username s1234567
‘EDUcation ROAMing’
Secure
Need to configure your device
Once configured, devices connect
automatically and securely
• Access the internet from any
eduroam-enabled institution
• Username s1234567@ed.ac.uk
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VPN
www.ed.ac.uk/is/vpn
• Secures communications between
your computer and the university network
 From home
 Using the insecure ‘central’ wireless network
• Hides passwords and the content of your data
• May provide access to university resources
normally inaccessible from outside the network
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Anti-virus
www.ed.ac.uk/is/security
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Document storage space
• University servers:
 160MB for undergraduates
 240MB for postgraduates
• Office 365 users:
 25GB
• Only documents on the university servers are
backed up by the university
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Open access computing
www.ed.ac.uk/is/open-access-computers
• Lab locations
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Central area
King’s Buildings
Holyrood
Some halls of residence
• Activating your computer lab account
 https://www.ease.ed.ac.uk/complabs/
 Enter EASE password
 Click Activate your account now
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• Checking availability
 Open access computing web pages
 MyEd – PC Access channel
 Information screens
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Printing and copying
www.ed.ac.uk/is/printing
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Printing: Loading credit
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Printing and copying
• Print via the cloud from a
lab computer
 Select a cloud print queue
 Go to any printer
 Swipe card to print
• Print from a laptop
 Add the cloud printing queue
 Connect to a university wireless network
 See instructions online
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EveryonePrint
www.everyoneprint.is.ed.ac.uk
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www.ed.ac.uk/is/printing
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Finding books and
journal articles
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Finding a book on your reading list
e.g. James, G. (2007) Modern Engineering Mathematics (4thed) Harlow: Prentice Hall
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e.g. James, G. (2007) Modern Engineering Mathematics (4thed) Harlow: Prentice Hall
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e.g. James, G. (2007) Modern Engineering Mathematics (4thed) Harlow: Prentice Hall
Ask us to buy copies of books that we don’t have:
http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/RAB
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Finding an online journal article
Higgs, P.W. (1964) Broken Symmetries and the Masses of Gauge Bosons, Physical Review Letters, 13, 508-509.
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Higgs, P.W. (1964) Broken Symmetries and the Masses of Gauge Bosons, Physical Review Letters, 13, 508-509.
Read the information to help you choose the
right link for the article you want
Some journals (or years of journals)
may only be available to you in print –
use the library catalogue to find their
‘Library Location’
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Ebooks on the
library catalogue
Use Searcher to find
relevant academic
literature on a topic
www.ed.ac.uk/is/finding-resources
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Help and support
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Help and support
www.ed.ac.uk/is/help
Online
help
IS
Helpdesks
IS Helpline
Mobile
device
clinics
iSkills
seminars
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Event Booking channel
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Useful info for new students web page
www.ed.ac.uk/is/new-students