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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:

Form creation function will be disabled on PFS

As communicated in the last issue of eNewsletter, the "Create Form" function in the existing PFS will be disabled from 1 January 2023 to prepare for the next phase of transition from PFS to PFS 2.0.

New ‘Cloud Express II’ VPN for Mainland-based students

Effective from 23 November 2022, a new VPN service called ‘Cloud Express II’ has been made available to all Mainland-based students for continuing the provision of smooth connection to LEARN@PolyU. The existing ‘Cloud Express’ VPN service will retire at 23:59 on 14 December 2022, students based in Mainland cities are encouraged to switch the VPN service to ‘Cloud Express II’ as soon as possible.

Enhancements on Class Attendance Application

The Class Attendance Application has been enhanced with two key features to facilitate instructors to manage class attendance records, please check the details below.

Launch of new student mobile app PolyULife

PolyULife, a native mobile app facilitates students conveniently access essential information for study such as personal class and exam time table, payment due date and other notifications to support students in their course of study at PolyU.

Hyperledger Fabric workshop and AI-900 certification exam

Blockchain workshop and on-campus AI-900 certification exam will be held in December 2022 during term break. Interested students are encouraged to leverage the term break period to gain hands on skills to prepare for future of works demand.

Tips on managing your mailbox size

If your O365 Inbox, Sent Items, Calendars or Deleted Items folders were filled with large volume of messages over a lengthy period, you will experience performance degradation in synchronizing messages to either your Outlook client on desktop or mobile. Sizable mailbox content also runs higher risks of data corruption. Followings are few tips to assist you in managing Outlook mailbox content.

PolyU Form Service 2.0

With more departments leveraging PolyU Form Service (PFS) for event online registration, conducting survey and voting, the demand of a larger base for more concurrent users has out growth capacity of the existing PFS platform.

IT skills workshops for students in November

The last round of workshops covering IT skills for Future of Work and Research for this semester will be conducted in November. Topics of workshops include using macro in Excel, creating animated content and 3D models, publishing dashboard with R and the use of Tableau. Students who are eager to enrich their IT skills are highly recommended to take this opportunity to join the workshops.