Your Key to IT

Faculty Of Business ITwww.fobit.biz

Plymouth University| Cookworthy | Level 0 |FOBIT Room 020

Welcome to the Plymouth University Faculty of Business specific IT Induction

What this session will cover• Getting Started

• The Rules

• Where are the facilities

• What is available

• Launching Applications

• Printing

• File Management

• Tulip - The Student Portal demonstration

• Student email

• Timetables

• Roaming Network / Wireless access

• AV Loan equipment from FOBIT

• Getting IT Help

Getting Started• Disability Assist Services

das@plymouth.ac.uk +44 (0) 1752 587676

• Username and password

Logging in and OUT

• Change your passwordUse the portal or Ctrl+Alt+Delete

• www.plymouth.ac.uk/password

Where are the Facilities?

Babbage1st floor and labs

CookworthyRefectory and

labs

Roland Levinsky Building

Library24/7 365

access

PC Finder

To find a free open access PC go towww.pcfinder.plymouth.ac.uk

What is available

• Open Access facilities PCs, Scanners, Printers (b/w and colour)

• Desktop Software Microsoft Office 2010, Antivirus Software Kaspersky

• Specialist Software SimVenture (Business Simulation), SPSS (Statistics),

Qualtrics (Online Surveys)

• Software for use on your own PC SPSS etc (Search ILSSelfhelp for ‘Software’)

Launching Applications

• Start ►• All Programs ►• University Software ►• Software A to Z ► Specialist software - we have 300+

specialist apps across the fleet. Your lecturers will guide you to any you

will need.

Microsoft Office 2010 Help

• There are links to Office 2010 Tutorials from the Downloads and Links section on the Faculty Of Business IT Website: www.fobit.biz

• Windows 7 shortcuts: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/keyboard-shortcuts#keyboard-shortcuts=windows-7

Printing

• Uses ID Card• Charge printer card online• Money Loader available at student reception on Level

3 Cookworthy • Copier / Printer• 5p per page • Details next to each printer• “Follow Me” Printing• Student printers/copiers are available in Cookworthy

refectory/Babbage open access Level 1 and the Library• Further details:

https://www1.plymouth.ac.uk/printandmedia/Pages/default.aspx

File Management

Drive letters and what they do:

• C: for Operating System

• D: CD/DVD Writer

• E: for memory stick

• U: your personal file space

File Management

• Use Folders to organise your work

• Archive old files to free up space (copy to CD and then delete)

• Remember : empty the bin

SAVE OFTEN AND KEEP OLD VERSIONS

File Storage

Space Available on the system

• U: drive space: 50 MB

• PebblePad Space: No restriction

• MySite Space: 100 MB

• E-mail Space: 25 Gb

Pebblepad e-portfolioLogin: http://e-portfolio.plymouth.ac.uk/Overview: http://technologyenhancedlearning.net/resources/eportfolio.pdfHelp: http://www.pebblepad.co.uk/pp3help/

As your e-portfolio grows you can begin to showcase your achievements and skills by building a webfolio (a portfolio shown as a web site) or CV that you can let others see when you want to do.

The Student Portal

• To Access your student portal area, use the icon on the desktop

• An official communication route• Single Point of Access to many sources of information:

E-mail, Personal files, Module Folders Electronic Information Sources (Journals etc)

• Can be accessed via web browser:http://student.plymouth.ac.uk

Timetables

Timetable online help

MyTimetable is a service for delivering your timetable to you, via your web browser, calendar application, mobile device or even on paper.

Timetables

Module Folders• All your modules can be found behind the

Programme Link on the front page of the Portal

• You can add links to modules on your MySite

• Some module folders may be empty

• Contents may include: Announcements, Lecture notes, Documents, Reading lists, Spreadsheets, PowerPoint slides, Video clips, Links to the Web, Contacts,

Calendars, RSS Feeds, Blogs, Wikis, Discussions,

Module folders

Office 365 email

• https://student.plymouth.ac.uk/ithelp/office365/default.aspx/ithelp/students/upcloud/SitePages/Home.aspx#

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vplhxll4oWY

Office 365 email help

Library Subject Guides Online

http://www.plymouth.libguides.com

• Eduroam is available in most areas of the campus, connection instructions are on the FOBIT Hub

• Wifi works laptops, tablets and most modern mobile phones etc• Further details: http

://www1.plymouth.ac.uk/itservices/eduroam/Pages/Eduroam-wi-fi-.aspx• For Windows 8 machines please see here

http://www.pbs.plymouth.ac.uk/ithub/WiFi_Internet_Access_for_Windows_8.pdf

Roaming/Wireless Access

Mobile with Plymouth

There is a free Mobile with Plymouth app available to download from http://technologyenhancedlearning.net/mobile/

• www.fobit.biz On-line self help materials http://ilsselfhelp.plymouth.ac.uk/novo

• Online courseware https://student.plymouth.ac.uk/ithelp/tulip/default.aspx

• Babbage 1st Flooropenaccess@plymouth.ac.uk | +44 (0) 1752 588 900

• Cookworthy 228 Local IT support technicians

Getting Help

Video cameras, audio recorders, web cams, headsets with microphones and cameras can

be borrowed from FOBIT for coursework if approved by your tutor.

Cookworthy Level 0FOBIT room 020

AV Loan Equipment

What this session covered

• Getting Started

• The Rules

• Where are the facilities

• What is available

• Launching Applications

• Printing

• File Management

• Tulip - The Student Portal demonstration

• Student email

• Timetables

• Roaming Network / Wireless access

• AV Loan equipment from FOBIT

• Getting IT Help

ANY QUESTIONS about anything covered or any other Plymouth University Faculty of Business IT

related item?

Questions?

Good luck with your Faculty of Business course in Plymouth