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IT training videos available on O365 Stream channel

A number of IT training webinar recordings have been uploaded to ITS O365 Stream channel for staff and student access. If you missed previous live sessions, you can play back the recorded sessions at your convenient time.

New VPN service for replacing CTVPN

The new VPN service ‘Cloud Express’ will be available to all Mainland-based students starting form 4 January 2021. ‘Cloud Express’ service provider will have two Data Centres (located at Beijing and Shenzhen) allowing PolyU students based in Mainland to establish direct VPN connection. Both Data Centres have data circuits from three telecom carriers in Mainland (China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom). ‘Cloud Express’ provides a higher-resilience multiple-entry secure VPN service for students in Mainland cities irrespective of local Internet service providers subscribed by students.

Security tips on protecting your instant messaging account

The new VPN service ‘Cloud Express’ will be available to all Mainland-based students starting form 4 January 2021. ‘Cloud Express’ service provider will have two Data Centres (located at Beijing and Shenzhen) allowing PolyU students based in Mainland to establish direct VPN connection. Both Data Centres have data circuits from three telecom carriers in Mainland (China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom). ‘Cloud Express’ provides a higher-resilience multiple-entry secure VPN service for students in Mainland cities irrespective of local Internet service providers subscribed by students.

Teaching & Learning Information Technology Community of Interest

Teaching & Learning Information Technology Community of Interest (TLIT CoI) consists of a group of students and staff who interested to collaborate and share experiences in applying software tools to compose content with element of technologies such as Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), Mixed Reality (MR) as well as animated characters including gamification. TLIT CoI aims to promote active learning via technology to bring out creativity, innovation and problem solving skills among students.

What's new in Microsoft Teams

Some new features on MS Teams Meeting enhancing online teaching delivery and video conferencing (VC) meeting experience have been released: 1. Breakout rooms Breakout rooms allow meeting organizer to create sub-meetings in virtual meeting rooms (up to 50) within a scheduled Teams meeting for small group discussion and collaboration.

Direct print from student mobile phone

Students who need hardcopy printout of softcopy document can leverage the Student Computer Centre (SCC) mobile print app and send softcopy document to Multi-Function Printers (MFP) located at Block M SCC on 3/F or 4/F or Block Z 1/F.

IT security online training course - Module 7 available for students

New module of the IT Security Online Training Course for students is now available on LEARN@PolyU. This module will introduce how to identify gift card scam and protect yourself from being a victim of these frauds.

IT services and tools support work from home

In response to the recent upsurge of local COVID-19 infection cases, if you plan to stay and work from home, please refer to the FAQ webpage with essential information on IT services support work from home.

New features of mySurvey in 2021

mySurvey is an online survey tool that can be leveraged for field research. With mySurvey, users can compose online survey forms for external participants to access and extract survey collected feedback with a few mouse clicks. Survey can be conducted without tracking participants identity. Participants submitted results can be exported to Excel or SPSS for further analysis.

Smart tips for students to attend online invigilated exam

To get students prepared for the online invigilated examination, three student guides and an animated video covering what to pay attention to before, during and after online exam have been made available for student reference.