We now have more than 3,000 people actively using Lynda.com at Sheffield Hallam.  We are seeing a move from staff being the primary users to students using it more.  Since this September, more than 8570 videos have been viewed totalling  more than 734 hours of footage. The  table below shows the top ten videos watched over the …
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Learn about using the office suite – Word, PowerPoint, Excel and more – anywhere through mobile apps or online Take part in a workshop about the best use of tools like OneNote or Sway for collaborating or communicating Drop in at one of the IT Help Points to get started with Office 365 or ask …
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Sheffield Hallam University has become part of Microsoft’s early adopter’s programme which means  we are among the first customers in the world to preview and use the new Surface pro 4 devices.   Our ambition in IS&T is to support SHU to gain business advantage by becoming a leader in the use of digital technology in …
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The list of software which will be installed in teaching rooms is now confirmed and available here.  Each piece of software has a member of teaching staff responsible for testing it and signing it off.  If you aren’t the nominated tester but would like to have access to the software so you can try it …
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ITIL and Agile training pays off in Corporate Systems Over the past 2 years, the Corporate Systems team in IS&T has invested heavily in IT service management training for their staff. This has focussed on ITIL  (the industry-recognised best practice methodology for IT Service management) and Agile training (a requirements and solutions approach to software …
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IS&T is working closely with faculties and directorates to understand their IT requirements for the next academic year. Requests for software have been submitted via business planning but we need some further information before 30 April.
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By Chris Cook, IT Support FD & DID moved into their new building, 1 Furnival Square (previously known as Arundel House) last month. I have had the pleasure of representing IS&T on the Building ‘Steering Group’ and the related ‘New Ways of Working’ Project Board since April 2013. ‘New Ways of Working’ introduced challenges for …
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        By Jon Collinson, Corporate Systems The University rolled out its new Cashless payment and reward service in September this year and it’s been outstandingly successful.  Over £80,000 has already been put onto people’s accounts and over £60,000 has been spent.  The papercut transfer service has also been used to transfer more …
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