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QuickstartIT. Your essential IT & technology survival guide. IT access for all students!. All matriculated QMU students get IT accounts. What’s it for???. Use your student IT account to: Access the QMU student desktop on campus. Internet & wireless access on campus. WebCT. Webmail.
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QuickstartIT Your essential IT & technology survival guide
IT access for all students! • All matriculated QMU students get IT accounts.
What’s it for??? • Use your student IT account to: • Access the QMU student desktop on campus. • Internet & wireless access on campus. • WebCT. • Webmail. • O! timetable system. • ePortfolio. • Student portal • You can also use your account to access the QMU remote desktop service.
Student desktop login Student portal – http://u.qmu.ac.uk WebCT – http://learn.qmu.ac.uk O! timetable – http://o.qmu.ac.uk/o!web
Want access?? • You need 2 things: • Username • Password
6facts about passwords • Expire every 60 days. • Must be 7 characters or longer. • Need a combination of 3 of these: • Upper case letters (A, B, C etc) • Lower case letters (a, b, c etc) • Numbers (1, 2, 3 etc) • ‘Special’ characters (£, $, @ etc) • Can’t be the same as your username. • Can’t contain your full name or part of your name. • A ‘good’ password might look like this – Fr@nce98
Forgotten your password? • Contact the LRC service desk: • Email – lrchelp@qmu.ac.uk • Phone– +44 (0)131 474 0000 and ask for “LRC service desk” • In person – go to the service desk, near the front of the LRC NB: You’ll need your QMU student number • If you’re on campus, go to any thin client terminal and click on the Student Password Reset option. You will need to know the answers to your security questions – you should have set these up when you matriculated.
“But I want to use my Gmail account instead” • You should be able to access any personal email accounts that offer web-based services. • However, all messages relating to your studies will only be sent to your QMU email account. • You need to logon and check your QMU email regularly!
7 QMU systems you will use • QM:u – the student portal – http://u.qmu.ac.uk • WebCT – http://learn.qmu.ac.uk • Webmail – https://mail.qmu.ac.uk/exchange • Citrix remote access – https://access.qmu.ac.uk • O! timetable - http://o.qmu.ac.uk/o!Web/ • ePortfolio – http://eportfolio.qmu.ac.uk • Library catalogue - http://millennium.qmu.ac.uk/ • You will be able to attend sessions to learn about WebCT & ePortfolio, the Library catalogue and accessing your timetable during your induction week.
Printing, copying and scanning on campus • Students can print, copy and scan on campus using MFD , or Multi Function Devices. • You will be charged for every sheet that you print or copy. • Scanning is free. • You will find MFDs in the LRC and the atrium areas. • Find information on how to use the MFDs here.
6 facts about your student card • Your student smartcard is your gateway to QMU. Your smartcard: • is your ID card. • gives you access to the academic building and the halls of residence. • is also your Library / LRC card for borrowing resources. • lets you release your print and copy jobs on the MFDs • is used to purchase print and cashless vending credit. • is used for cashless purchasing from the Students Union, LRC, Food for Thought and University shop.
About Add Value Machines (AVMs) • You can add credit to your smartcard in several ways: • Add cash (UK currency only) at an AVM machine on campus. • Use your credit or debit card to top up at the AVM at Reception in the Academic building. • Top up online via PayPal or WorldPay. • Instructions for how to use the AVM machines are on posters beside the AVMs. • Find out more here.
Want to use your own computer on campus? • You can use your own computer on campus. • You can connect to the QM Wireless service throughout the campus and in the halls. • Bothwirelessand ‘wired’ connectionsare available in the halls. • You can also connect to your QMU email with a mobile device.
Working off campus • The Citrix Access Gateway or Citrix Remote Desktop is a method of connecting to the QMU network remotely. • The service replicates the thin-client desktop that is available on any campus based terminal. • It is aimed at users who have a broadband or other high speed connections to the internet and who need access to their QMU applications and files.
6 facts about Citrix Remote Access • Citrix Remote Access lets you run a “virtual desktop” that gives you access to: • QMU email via Microsoft Outlook. • All QMU networked applications which are available to you on campus. • All your files on your QMU Z:\ drive (home directory). • Files in any QMU shared drive (G:\ drive). • The QMU intranet. • All electronic resources that are available on campus. • Click here for more information.
Got a question?? • Then search the QMU FAQ service for the answer. • http://faq.qmu.ac.uk
Need help with IT & technology? • Contact the LRC service desk: • Email – lrchelp@qmu.ac.uk • Phone – +44 (0)131 474 0000 • Ask for “LRC service desk” • In person – go to the service desk • It’s near the front of the LRC • Our Technology Training site on the QMU intranet has everything from handy tips and tricks through to self-paced training courses. • NB – You need to be a matriculated QMU student to access the intranet.