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IT support and printing services
about 1 month ago
As a result of the recent IT incident the IS team is currently working to improve the security of laptops issued to staff at the University.
To ensure that your laptop is safe to be used on campus we ask all staff to visit one of our drop-in...
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2 months ago
Zoom Rooms are locations set up to facilitate a hybrid style of video conference, where multiple staff members on campus can connect with their colleagues working from home. Within each room will be a large display screen, a webcam and a...
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2 months ago
Zoom is a cloud-based enterprise video and audio conferencing solution that includes chat, screen sharing and webinar functionality. It is easy to start, join, and collaborate across any device. Zoom is available for use for staff and students at...
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2 months ago
We have recently introduced a method of connecting to physical computers within the University using Microsoft Remote Desktop. This means that you are able to use one of the University computers remotely and be able to use any of the software...
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about 1 year ago
Set your default email address
Students have 2 email addresses, one has the format up1234567@myport.ac.uk and the other your firstname.lastname@myport.ac.uk, you may find you have a number at the end of your email if someone else already has the...
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about 1 year ago
The IT Training team have a number of free solutions in place to support student IT Training and digital skills. These include online learning solutions such as scheduled training sessions on common applications and personlised IT skills coaching...
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over 1 year ago
LinkedIn Learning offers over 40,000 courses on business, technical and creative skills and is free to all students and staff.
Sign in
To sign in to LinkedIn Learning you can either use our single sign-on (SSO) link - this will take you straight...
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over 1 year ago
If you have been issued a staff laptop please refer to the information below for basic user information
Logging in the first time
The first time you log in you will need to be on campus at the university connected to the network via an ethernet...
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over 1 year ago
Google Meet is a video conferencing app. Google Meet integrates with G Suite versions of Google Calendar and Gmail and shows the complete list of participants and scheduled meetings. You can find general instructions for frequently used features...
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over 1 year ago
These instructions have been tested on CentOS 7, Ubuntu 18.04, Windows 10, and Mac OSX Mojave.
In order to run specialist software applications (such as matlab, opnet, sage etc) from a PC in one of the two Linux labs A2.02 or A2.03, and be...
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