As well as having the ability to set up and run online meetings, Teams can be used for online events without a pre-determined guest list. Uses for this could include a virtual cafe event, a drop in training session that you want to advertise to students and so on. The good news is that this is […]
Assessments
As announced on 26 March, in Spring semester 2020 all examinations for students on professional undergraduate programmes in years 1 and 2, undergraduates in years 3 and 4, and taught postgraduates will be replaced with remote examinations or alternative assessments (see the University FAQs for full information). We have added information to our Canvas and Learning […]
Virtual Library Wellbeing Space
Welcome to our new ‘virtual library wellbeing space‘, bringing together the best of our physical library wellbeing space with much more advice and support. We know that life has got pretty stressful right now so we’ve created a dedicated space where you can take a break away from your work/studies in order to recharge and […]
Library support during the COVID-19 outbreak
Even though the Library building is closed, many resources and services are still available online via the portal and library catalogue. Additional online content Many publishers and book/journal suppliers have temporarily opened up additional content during this period. We have put together a library guide which lists this additional content available: http://libguides.stir.ac.uk/covidlibsupport. Please note that […]
Dissertation Support
Library and IT Support Get your dissertation ducks in a row with the help of library and IT. Are you struggling to find articles and books on your dissertation topic? Fear not, our subject librarians are here to help you find resources for your dissertation research. You can also request a one-to-one appointment with your […]
Download listen again recordings
Today Information Services have made all lectures recordings on Listen Again available for download. This means that those students working remotely and viewing lectures for revision do not have to stream them multiple times. To download a lecture, navigate to it on the Listen Again page in your Canvas module and click the download icon […]
Remote access to lab PCs now available
Need to access a particular piece of software that you don’t have on your home PC? Tried to download some software but failed? Hopefully this solution will work for you. We have made >300 lab PCs available for remote connection. The labs concerned are: 1a11 (60 PCs), 1a13 (34 PCs), 2a15 (57), 2a17 (43), 2b41 […]
Auto start up of staff campus PCs (Hewlett Packard devices only)
On Friday 27th March, we deployed a daily auto start up command to all on-campus Hewlett Packard PCs. This means that if your PC was switched on today, it will now receive an auto start up command every morning at 8:30am. This should safeguard against accidental shut downs (we have seen a number of these […]
Teaching Online – Some Tips for Using BigBlueButton
Conferences that you didn’t set up We have had several reports of BigBlueButton conferences appearing in your modules, apart from the ones you set up yourself. Please note, students are able to add conferences of their own to discuss group work/studies. If you are using conferences via BigBlueButton please post an announcement to tell your […]
Covid19 – work from home FAQs
This last fortnight has been unprecedented in terms of the impact on IT services and infrastructure as staff have rushed to start working remotely. For some, this is the first time they have worked from home. This post reflects on the most frequently asked questions we have been experiencing at the Information Centre. Don’t forget […]