The new staff printers will be starting to roll out to University departments from 28th August 2018. The new staff queues will automatically add to your staff PC and you will be able to begin using these when your new Ricoh MFD has been installed. Up until that point, the original print queues will still […]
Category: IT News
Student printers and Lab computers – temporary queues
Today and into next week the way you print to a student printer will change. There will be a transition period where we will be operating both the old (Konica Minolta) printers and the new (Ricoh) printers. We will label the printers to let you know which is which. The KM printers will remain on […]
The printers are changing – Staff training opportunity
Staff may be aware that there has been a review of all Multi-functional devices (MFD’s) located across the campus. The review has highlighted that some devices were being under-utilised and therefore, to reduce costs and to maximise the efficiency of each appliance a number of changes will be introduced over the coming weeks. Following a tender process, […]
Box of Broadcasts – TV and radio programmes for education
The Library subscribes to Box of Broadcasts (BoB), which is an on-demand TV and radio recording service. We can record from over 62 free-to-air channels, and staff and students can also access the online archive of over 2 million broadcasts going back to the 1990s. What is BoB useful for? BoB is useful for teaching […]
FREE Microsoft Office software for your own devices
Staff and students of the University are allowed to download the Microsoft suite of software (Excel, Word, PowerPoint etc) under the University of Stirling Licence while you are studying or working here. Students can download Microsoft office 365 from within student email account http://office365.stir.ac.uk Navigate to the settings menu, there is an option to download the […]
Students there will be new printers on campus soon!
When you come back for the new semester you may notice some changes with our printing facilities. Over the summer we have changed our printer supplier. Throughout August before the start of semester, we are planning to replace the student Multi-Functional Devices (MFD) across campus with new modern devices. Along with the current locations for student printers, […]
Want to be a Wi-Fi Wizard – We are recruiting!
Information Services is seeking to recruit student staff (Wi-Fi Wizards) to assist with setting up staff and students on the University Wi-Fi service – eduroam. This year our Wizard team will also be involved in supporting the new Lecture Recording system, Panopto, which is being installed this summer. The job involves: Being part of a […]
BrowZine Trial, a Simple Way to Explore Scholarly Journals, What do you think?
We are currently running a trial of BrowZine. BrowZine allows you to browse, read and follow our current journal content either via browzine.com or from an Android or iOS mobile device. The main features of BrowZine are: Search for journals by title, ISSN or subject term Browse content and back issues of the library’s journal […]
New multi-functional devices
Recently there has been a review of all multi-functional devices (MFDs) located across the campus. The review has highlighted that some devices were being under-utilised and therefore, to reduce costs and to maximise the efficiency of each appliance, a number of changes will be introduced over the coming weeks. The biggest change is that, following […]
Listen Again is changing – introducing Panopto!
From Autumn semester 2018 we will be replacing the software behind the Listen Again service with a new video platform, Panopto. Panopto are the UK market leader in lecture recording and video management in HE and the change represents a transformation in our ability to use video to support teaching and learning: Lecture recording closely […]