By Simon Alexander Today (Wednesday 17 September), we have started rolling out the new software for the 2014/15 academic year to staff PCs. We do this in phases, bringing machines up to date with a series of ‘patches’ (six in all) to make sure that staff who have personal settings and software installed can have …
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New 2014 Managed Desktop being installed on staff PCs
September 17th, 2014 | Posted by in IT preparations for teaching | Uncategorized - (0 Comments)Balancing Act – how we protect IT Services in the Start of Year period
August 13th, 2014 | Posted by in Uncategorized - (0 Comments)We have a IT change restriction period between 5 August and 6 October to protect University services.
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A clean slate – resetting your printing balance to zero
July 31st, 2014 | Posted by in Uncategorized - (0 Comments)by James Griffiths From 1 August, the desktop icon which shows the cost of your printing will revert to £0.00. After that, the balance will continue to run (in minus figures) as you print so you will be able to see exactly what the cost is as you go along. Some types of printer are …
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New Way of Printing for students in Adsetts Learning Centre
June 30th, 2014 | Posted by in Uncategorized - (0 Comments)A new way of printing for students at Adsetts learning centre.
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SHU staff – test our new remote desktop service
May 23rd, 2014 | Posted by in Uncategorized - (0 Comments)A pilot Remote Desktop has just been made available to all staff within the University to test. We will be using feedback to understand what support will be needed when this replaces the current supported Remote Desktop later in the year.
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Brush up on your IT skills with Lynda.com
May 12th, 2014 | Posted by in Uncategorized - (0 Comments)Through a campus-wide subscription, all Sheffield Hallam University staff and students now have access to Lynda.com – an online video library with tutorials from experts in IT
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New ways to connect and communicate – updating our telecommunication systems
April 29th, 2014 | Posted by in IT improvements | IT projects | Shaping the University's future | Uncategorized | Unified Comms - (0 Comments)IS&T is updating the University’s telecommunictions systems to give us more control in the ways we communicate and greater flexibility in how we work.
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Preparing teaching rooms for start of year
April 28th, 2014 | Posted by in IT improvements | IT preparations for teaching | Uncategorized - (0 Comments)IS&T has alread started the work involved in preparing the teaching rooms for the start of the academic year.
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See the cost of your printing on your desktop
March 20th, 2014 | Posted by in Uncategorized - (0 Comments) By Pete Middleton Last month, IS&T installed a tool on staff PCs to enable them to see the cost of their printing. From next week, we’re deploying it in a slightly different way so that the information will display on the desktop by default on log in – staff will no longer have to …
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Keeping pace with change – learning lessons from adopting technology
March 5th, 2014 | Posted by in Uncategorized - (0 Comments)by Jonny Feldman, Head of Help Support and Guidance in IS&T The rapid and accelerating pace of technology change poses challenges along with the opportunities for staff and students. Jonny Feldman, Head of Help Support and Guidance in IS&T, thinks we can learn from the way we’ve adopted new technology in the past. He looks …
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