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Efficiency enhancement on purchasing process

Shifting department internal approval process for purchase request to online brings more transparency on department purchase expenditure and potentially drive up administration efficiency. Stakeholders receive email notification once internal purchase request pending their action. Subject expert and Department General Office each can check and validate respective information say technical standards and charge to account code respectively in parallel. This speeds up turnaround before flow to HoD or delegate for final approval. Essential supporting and justification needed for specific type of purchase can be included as reminder text to potential requestor.

IT security online training course – new module available for staff

New module of the IT Security Online Training Course for staff is now available on LEARN@PolyU. The module will introduce two types of common phishing attack, gift card scams and ransom email, and how to protect yourself from those phishing attacks.

Pivoting the infrastructure and capability for pervasive remote working and studying

As the coronavirus spreads, studying online and working from home are the new reality for PolyU students and staff. To enable students to embrace online teaching and staff to remote work from home, there is a list of initiatives ITS have taken:

Remote access to licensed software running on SCC

The PolyU Desktop Sharing portal has been launched and students can remote access to desktops at Student Computer Centre (SCC) to use licensed software installed on these machines (e.g. Adobe Creative Cloud, SPSS etc.) for learning purpose anytime and anywhere.

SCC service during COVID-19 pandemic

To accommodate the study needs of students, our Student Computer Centre (SCC) continues to open during COVID-19 pandemic with a list of precautionary measures implemented:

Skype for Business will retire in July 2021

Skype for Business has been serving PolyU users for many years and will retire on 31 July 2021. As a replacement, Microsoft Teams will be the primary tool for all calls, video conferences and meetings for users using Office 365.

Summer Term extended classroom teaching delivery updates

Summer Term has begun and preparation has been made at AV IT facilities in GT/LT to ease teachers to conduct synchronous online teaching delivery while accommodate students who attend at classroom.

Data breach incident at online food ordering website

Refurbishment of teaching labs at Block M Student Computer Centre

mySystem virtual machine is open for application