ISSUE

36


July 2014

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TOUCH BASE

e-Newsletter


Content

1. Campus IT / AV Upgrade Work

2. Increased Online Storage by Microsoft

3. Mobile Teaching is Coming (Staff Only)




1. Campus IT / AV Upgrade Work

It is to report Campus IT / AV upgrade work is in good progress. Staff and students would be available to make use of enhanced new facilities in the new academic year. As a recap, our recent enhancement work includes,

Lectern PC / Monitor

  • Installation of Touch Screen Monitor
  • Installation of High speed PC with Blu-ray supported

Classroom AV system
  • Installation of Full HD projection system (1920 x 1080) (WK only)
  • Installation of Wide screen visualizer with preview screen
  • Support for Tablet PC (iPad : AirPlay / Others : HDMI input)

Similar to last year, there will be training session on new AV system on WK campus in late August and announcement will be made via ITU notice in due course.

For AV support of both campuses, user can contact CFM hotline via x0666 (HHB) and x0999 (WK).

2. Increased Online Storage by Microsoft

It is to inform user size of online storage provided by Microsoft, OneDrive, is increased to 1TB. User may access Microsoft OneDrive via webmail.

OneDrive

Since Microsoft OneDrive makes use of online storage provided by Microsoft servers, users are reminded more transfer time are required, especially for transferring large file, like multi-media materials between OneDrive and Local hard disk. A second reminder is your eligibility to use Microsoft OneDrive provided by CPCE is depending on your status in CPCE, HKCC and SPEED, the service will be terminated upon your departure from unit (e.g. Graduation). All materials on OneDrive should be backup by users or users will take the risk of losing these data.

User is welcome to visit the following link for information of Microsoft OneDrive and contact ITU helpdesk by email at pfitoper@cpce-polyu.edu.hk or by phone at 3746-0818 or 3746-0819 for enquiries.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/what-is-onedrive-for-business-HA102822076.aspx

SkyDrive

3. Mobile Teaching is Coming (Staff Only)

Following to staff enquiries, it is to inform colleagues that there will be training sessions for mobile teaching and distribution of tablet PC on the week of 25 Aug. User please follow ITU notice for announcement of details of training.

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