IT services at UiT

Nora MacLarenDepartment of Information Technology

Contents

• Orakelet• Starting the semester off right• Student ID card• Accessing services

– Printing/copying– Internet access– Free software

Orakelet (IT help desk) orakel.uit.no

Studentweb studweb.uit.no

User account profil.uit.no/user/activate

Fronter fronter.com/uit

Min side (information for students) uit.no/studenter/minside

Student ID on your phone uit.no/studentid

Accessing services from home (VPN) vpn.uit.no

Printing/copying https://safecomweb.uit.no/safecom (activate account)mobilprint.uit.no

Eduroam (wireless network) orakel.uit.no (search for “eduroam”)

Student Residence Network (cabled network)

orakel.uit.no (search for “studentbynett”)

Email mail.uit.no

Free software profil.uit.no

Microsoft Office uit.no/orakel/office365

Microsoft Word tutorials uit.no/orakel/oppgaver

Mazemap (interactive campus map) uit.no/campustromso

IT support onlineorakel.uit.no

Ask a question by phonePhone number: 776 4454408:00-18:00 (16:00)Monday – Thursday (Friday)

Visit the help desk09:00-18:00 (15:00)Monday – Thursday (Friday)

Emailorakel@uit.no

Orakelet

Brukernavn

Presentasjonsnotater

Does your question concern a UiT computer? Include the host name! For Mac: System Preferences – Sharing – Computer name

Need password

Need username

Need activation code

Need username

Need username and activation code

Have to have paid thesemester fee!

What should I do at the start of the semester?

Activate your user account!

https://profil.uit.no/user/activate

Register for exams!

https://studweb.uit.no

Log on to Fronter the next day!

http://fronter.com/uit

What does having a UiT username and password get you?

What are the bonuses of having a user account?

• Free software– Microsoft Office

• Fronter• Printing• Email account at mail.uit.no• Internet access• Digital library services• Access to computer labs

• You become an awesome, UiTstudent

Accessing the wireless network (eduroam)orakel.uit.no (search for «eduroam»)

• There is no limit on how many devices you can connect to eduroam at any given time

• If eduroam covers the area you are in, you have access

• (eduroam is also available at airports, other universities in Norway and abroad, some university colleges, etc)

Accessing the Student Residence Networkorakel.uit.no (search for «studentbynett»)

• Cabled network in the student dorms• Connect up to 10 devices at any given time

Work from home (VPN)vpn.uit.no

• Access IT services from home

Emailmail.uit.no

• Correspondence from UiT, your teachers, etc will be sent to this address• Address book with UiT students and staff• Class schedule• Reserve group study rooms

– FutureLab

Min sideuit.no/studenter/minside

Hugin UiT student app

• Calendar (with info about courses you are enrolled in)• Messages from Fronter• Your status as a student (which courses you are taking)• 5 most recent emails to your student account

• Download from Google Play or Apple Store

Free software for studentsprofil.uit.no

Office 365uit.no/orakel/office365

• Free installation of Microsoft Office for Mac and Windows• Online document storage• Share documents

– Access– Co-authorship

Fronterfronter.com/uit

• Course resources like readings, discussion forums, etc

• Who should you contact when course “rooms” are missing?– Check student web (studweb.uit.no)– Contact your faculty or the student information desk– User support

What does your ID card get you?

Physical student ID card

• Key card• Printing• Library card

Digital student ID carduit.no/studentid

• Identifies you as a student through an app

• Semester registration receipt

• Student discounts

Printing/copying

Printing from a UiT PC• Activate your account at

safecomweb.uit.no/safecom• Print to “pullprint”• Use your student ID to collect the

document from the printer

Printing from laptop, tablet, phone• Upload file to mobilprint.uit.no • Send as attachment to

mobilprint@uit.no

Smart things to know about(that don’t require a username or ID card)

What’s happening at UiT?

• Subscribe to announcements from UiT– uit.no/nyheter/rss– Orakelet – IT driftsmeldinger

• Events, buy/sell, etc– tavla.uit.no

Smart tips - MazeMap

Indoor map service Search for room numbers Find your position Generate a path to a room Available for iOS and Android

Smart tips – free software courses

• Will be announced by email and on tavla.uit.no

• Photoshop• Endnote• Word

– uit.no/orakel/oppgaver• Excel• And more!

Resource center for teaching, learning and technologyresult.uit.no

• Goal to improve pedagogical use of technology at UiT• Free, online course in information literacy

– Mooc.no iKomp