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IT services orientation workshop for students

A new school year has just started, a wide range of IT facilities and services is made available to support your study at PolyU. Please check this out.

New round of Hyperledger Fabric courses opens for registration

A series of courses on Hyperledger Fabric has been organized in August to enrich students’ knowledge on Blockchain technology. With overwhelming response, the Hyperledger Fabric courses will be re-run in September and October.

September workshops on IT skills for future of work and research support for students

New semester begins and a new round of training workshops to support coursework/ research activities will be offered to students in September 2022. The topics of the training include (1) IT skills for Future of Work such as practical use of MS Excel, animated content production and software of game development;

Enhance your productivity: Office ProPlus and Office Online

To support teaching and learning, research and administrative activities, PolyU staff and students are entitled to leverage Microsoft Office ProPlus and Office Online. Let’s check them out and learn how to leverage these software to enhance your productivity.

IT security online training course - New module for students and staff

A new module of the IT Security Online Training Course for students and staff is now available on LEARN@PolyU. This module covers types of advanced phishing attack posing risks to the PolyU community and practical tips to stay safe from the attacks.

Campus access for alumni

To facilitate alumni to participate in various face-to-face events on PolyU campus, an Alumni Campus Access Registration Application has been released for use by alumni to self-register and obtain one-day campus access QR code.

Popular open source software used in Mainland

To facilitate researchers' collaboration with Mainland counterparties in Higher Education, Industries or Government ministries/bureaux, ITS has conducted research on popular open source software used in Mainland and tested their compatibility with Office document and files used at PolyU.

Update of Turnitin Assignment on LEARN@PolyU platform

The current interface of LEARN@PolyU platform to Turnitin Cloud will be retired and replaced with Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) interface on 12 August 2022.

New blanket agreement for notebook, PC, and workstation

Are your department planning to replace the aged desktop computers and notebooks in the office? Or looking for a new desktop or workstation with better performance for your new staff? ITS has prepared a 24-month blanket agreement on supply of office desktops and notebooks to facilitate departments in sourcing and procuring PC, notebook and workstation during the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2024.

CLO meeting held in July to communicate the latest IT updates

Departmental Computer Liaison Officer (CLO) is an important role who serves as a contact person between ITS and the department on IT related matters. We will arrange quarterly CLO meeting to communicate the latest University IT development with CLOs and invite them to provide their feedback. The CLO meeting was successfully held online on 20 July recently.