1. Innovation and Technology: Turning an Idea into a Startup
It is time to think innovatively and turn our brilliant ideas into a startup. ITU will deliver two seminars for staff and students respectively in early May 2021.
Details will be provided via emails soon. The seminars will cover the following:
- How to start a startup?
- How to protect ideas and intellectual property?
- How to pitch to Angel Investors, Venture Capital and Family Office?
- Pre-series-A, series-A-B-C-Z, IPO, RTO, and SPAC
- Different types of government funds available for application
- How to help entrepreneurs build successful startups via innovation and technology?
About the speaker:
Dr. Jason Chan, JP, CPCE Head of IT, is actively engaged in public services related to innovation and technology.
- Member of Advisory Committee, Information and Technology Venture Fund (ITVF), Innovation and Technology Bureau (ITB) (2017- )
- Member of Assessment Panel, Enterprise Support Scheme (ESS), Information and Technology Fund (ITF), Innovation and Technology Commission (ITC) (2017-2019)
- Member of Entrepreneurship Committee Advisory Group, Cyberport (2020- )
- Mentor, Cyberport Mentorship Services, Cyberport (2020- )
- Mentor, Mentorship Programme, Hong Kong Science and Technology Park (2018- )
- Member of Digital Economy and Information Technology Advisory Group, Consumer Council (2018- )
- Assessor, The Hong Kong Awards for Industries (HKAI): Technological Achievement (2013-2019)
- More can be found at https://itu.cpce-polyu.edu.hk/about-itu/team-members/JasonChan
Having great ideas but not sure how to proceed? If you would like us to incorporate your concerns into our seminars, you are most welcome to email Dr. Jason Chan (
pfjason@cpce-polyu.edu.hk).
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2. Essentials for MOOC/Online Course Video Shooting and Production
In view of the demand for video shooting and production for online course, ITU is going to organize five briefing sessions in April 2021 to all academic staff, details are as follows:
Topics:
1. Before video shooting
- What do you need to know?
- How to prepare your teaching material and script for video shooting?
2. Video shooting
- What to wear and avoid when presenting on camera?
3. Post production
- How many rounds of review provided from the 1st draft to final draft?
4. Timeframe
5. Sample video clips sharing
6. Q&A
Registration for Briefing Sessions:
Please register one of the following sessions
| Date |
Time
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| 7 April (Wed) |
3:00pm – 3:30pm |
| 13 April (Tue) |
3:00pm – 3:30pm |
| 22 April (Thu) |
3:00pm – 3:30pm |
| 26 April (Mon) |
3:00pm – 3:30pm |
| 30 April (Fri) |
3:00pm – 3:30pm |
Venue: Online via Microsoft Teams
Colleagues please enrol the above briefing sessions via “IT Training Registration” under CPCE Portal
( https://portal.cpce-polyu.edu.hk).
Should you have any questions, please feel free to email e-studio@cpce-polyu.edu.hk or contact Gigi Lam at 3746 0837.
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3. Tips of Microsoft Teams
1. Presenter View in Teams Presentation Sharing
The presenter, in control, can now see a presenter view during Teams Presentation Sharing in a meeting.
Once the presenter selects a PowerPoint file from the Teams Share Tray, Presenter View is opened automatically. The presenter can see the current slide,
the slide notes, and a thumbnail strip of all the slides in the deck for easy ad-hoc slide navigation.
This view is private to the presenter in control. If another presenter clicks “Take Control”, presenter view will be opened for the second presenter,
while the previous presenter will be switched to the audience view without any access to the slide notes and the thumbnail strip.
2. New Video only Meeting stage experience
In Microsoft Teams meetings where some attendees had videos on and some had videos off, users would see up to 9 attendees on screen in a “mixed grid”:
a mix of video-on and video-off participants. Audio-only participants (those who have their video turned off) would be shown as avatars
(see examples below; avatars can be either initials or a profile picture).
This occupied substantial space on the screen which could be used instead to show more video participants as available.
New experience:
With the new view optimized for video experience, the meeting prioritizes showing participants who have their video turned on.
This makes it possible for the user to simultaneously see up to 9 video participants in a meeting.
For meetings with more than 9 participants, we prioritize participants with video to be shown on the stage.
Participants with audio are clubbed and shown below the videos.
3.Use Teams App instead of Teams Web version
Use of App (Desktop, Mobile) version of MS Teams is always recommended over Web version of MS teams on the following benefit
- App version of MS teams provides better performance, speed, over web version
- You are better identified by meeting organizer, e.g., Class Lecturer, by sign-in your account
- You can make use of features of sign-in, e.g., showing of profile picture
You can download MS teams at this link Download Microsoft Teams Desktop and Mobile Apps | Microsoft Teams
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4. Tips for Online Submission of Homework
1.Conversion of Apple Pages file to Word format
If you are Mac user and make use of Apple Pages for word processing instead of Microsoft Word,
you may need to change file format to MS Word format (.docx) or it will not be supported by Turnitin and may not be able to open by lecturer.
To convert an Apple Pages document to MS Word format, you may refer to the steps in this Apple Support page
Convert Pages documents to PDF, Microsoft Word, and more - Apple Support
2.Reminder on scanned submission (handwritten answers)
To prevent poor submission quality, there are following suggestions on scanned submission
- Perform scan in environment with enough sun / room light
- Colour / Grey level scanning is recommended over Black and White only scanning
- Make use of specialized scanning software like Microsoft lens to crop and correct scanned document
- Review scanned document BEFORE SUBMISSION. Re-scan if you found the scanned document is unclear.
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5. New Materials availabe for 3D Printing
It is to announce 2 new materials available for 3D Printing
MetalFil-Ancient Bronze : MetalFil-Ancient Bronze is 80% filled bronze filament with real bronze look and approximately 300% heavier than PLA.
MetalFil-Ancient Bronze is easy to post process and can be brushed, sanded, polished, waxed, coated and patina post-processed.
Python Flex TPU : Python Flex TPU-White is a high-performance flexible thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) filament, which is designed for high speed printing.
Python Flex has a shore hardness of 98A and has great elastic properties as allows itself to be stretched up to 450% before breaking.
You are welcome to ITU at 3d-print@cpce-polyu.edu.hk for enquiry or adoption of these materials in your 3D Printing project.
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6. Reminder on Anti-Virus Software
To minimize data loss due to computer virus or hacking activity, students are reminded to install Anti-Virus software in their computer and there are some recommendation* supporting as follows
*Source
(1) No. 533, Choice Magazine
(2) The Best Free Antivirus Protection for 2021 | PCMag
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