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A timer app is ready for Zoom class activities now

To enhance staff and students’ teaching and learning experience, the Zoom Timer App is now available in Zoom for lecture capture and hybrid teaching delivery usage. The Zoom Timer App is a new feature that is a countdown and alarm to remind instructor of remaining time to go. It is very handy and useful for timing the duration of student presentations and other class activities as well.

Review your office desktop / laptop installed software

Software license compliance is an on-going and continuous process of Software Asset Management (SAM). Staff members are responsible for the software installed and used on their office desktop / laptop computers. Staff can review the latest list of installed software via PolyU Desktop management System (PUDMS).

New version of softphone mobile app available

Commencing on 16 January 2023, a new version of softphone mobile app (Deltapath Mobile version 6.1) has been released to Google Play (for Android smart phone) and App Store (for iOS smart phone) for download and installation.

Identity Portal – Gateway for managing your PolyU online identity

The PolyU NetID (Network Identity) is the key to use University’s IT facilities and services. It is a unique personal identifier and is made up of a single username and password pair, named as NetID and NetPassword respectively. With the NetID, users can access the University’s online facilities including University Portal, eLearning Platform, Wi-Fi and other network facilities and services, etc.

Use personal notebook in teaching venues

If instructors want to record what they shared with the class using their notebooks or conduct a hybrid class with students joining online, they can use their notebooks to join the VC session as a guest participant and use the Classroom PC to start the Cloud based VC Meeting as host to benefit from the visual / audio integration already pre-configured at teaching venues. ​

IT skills workshops for students in January

A series of workshops on IT skills for Future of Work and Research has been planned for January. Topics include machine learning, web scraping with Python, recommendation engine explications, video editing and Excel macro.

Archive Microsoft Teams course content

Aligning with LEARN@PolyU(理學網) course housekeeping schedule, all MS Teams course groups created on or before AC 2021/22 Semester 2 will be archived and removed from O365 student Connect Cloud on 30 January 2023.

Workshops for instructors on using Smart Panel built-in teaching PC for teaching delivery

Starting from Semester 2 of Academic Year 2022/23, teaching instructors conduct face-to-face / hybrid class in teaching venues with smart panel will be able to leverage keyboard and mouse on the teaching lectern to sign in the embedded teaching PC built-in smart-panel. Moreover, the display monitor on the teaching lectern can be served as a duplicate or extend screen of smart panel display.

Zoom meeting with new authenticated user option

Effective from 22 December 2022, instructors conduct face-to-face class delivery in teaching venues and use Zoom VC Cloud platform for lecture recording can have an additional access management option for setting up the VC meeting.

Tips to follow if your device is infected by ransomware

If you fall victim to ransomware attack, please stay calm and follow the tips below: