Medical School Computer Cluster
Jane Dean-Cluster Manager [email protected]
Rob Jones-Ed Tech Team [email protected]
Computers
“Computers are mindless devices capable only of doing what they are told”
Andrew L. Johnson, Elements of Programming with Perl.
Manning Publications Co.
Medical School Computer Cluster
Names and passwords, for any University account are for you ONLY - NOT friend/housemate/family. (Can be seen as F2P issue)
Heavily used area-Think of others. Printing - Only coursework stuff. Help often available - look before you ask/give up.
(Help functions in programs are often quite, err, helpful…)
Rules
Please read the cluster rules!
Summary:
1. No Food and Drink in the
2. During booked sessions that area is CLOSED- NO EXCEPTIONS!
3. Thought for others
DO NOT! On any university computer or
networkNot going to give you a definitive list
Be aware of what you are doing-will it cause offence?
Should you be paying for it? Be aware that when other students will be
given a small(ish) fine, you may be sent to F2P and/or asked to leave the course.
Couple of points
Do NOT save to the desktop.
The file is lost once you log out.
Documents opened from attachments are NOT saved anywhere you can access.
Do a ‘Save as…’ before you start to work on an emailed attachment.
Carefull!! SAVE, SAVE, SAVE!
You are more likely to recover a document that has been saved earlier
BACKUP, BACKUP, BACKUP!Be aware that Memory sticks are good for transporting stuff/backups etc BUT,DO NOT HAVE YOUR ONLY COPY ON A MEMORY STICK-THEY CAN, AND DO, BREAK OR GET LOST/MISLAID/STOLEN
Security & Phishing 1
You are NOT going to have won the lottery/ suddenly find rich relatives/ be able to help a widow get her millions out of the country
Security & Phishing 2
Be careful what you put on the web-who can see it? (pets names, best friend, Birthday-i.e. Facebook stuff)
Never open an email from someone you don’t know
The Service desk (or Bank etc) will NEVER ask for your password
Security & Phishing 3
Be careful of email from your bank/ building society. It might not be them.
NEVER OPEN A LINK FROM AN EMAIL TO AUTHENTIACTE TO A BANK ACCOUNT.
Always log into your bank account by going to the usual home page-type it in to be sure.
This applies to any account you need to keep secure.
Logging in
(Med School Cluster, IS Clusters, Barnes Library, WebCT, Email, my.bham)
Name abc123Password 8 digit alpha/numeric
(from registration form)
(This may be referred to as your ADF name password if you need to contact help)
How do I report problems ?
(Computing Service Desk, Main Library.) Website: itservicedesk.bham.ac.uk Or through my.bham.ac.uk Telephone: 0121 414 7171 (int phone 47171) [email protected] - ME!
For WebCT, PebblePad, and IntraMed problems
The Educational Technology Team
Email: [email protected] Please Quote: Username, Course, Year and Student ID Number
Service desk
Find an Answer
Always the first port of call for any problem
Make a requestIf you are not reporting a fault but can’t do what you need to.
You may need to involve your supervisor.
“Make a General Request” may be most appropriate.
Report a faultIf you can’t find the answer.
Please give as much info as possible in a concise way
×Computer doesn’t work=BAD
Computer ISML-WSTL-092 gives message ‘xxx’ when I try to do ‘yyy’ = Wonderful!
Back-ache
Adjust your
chair Be comfortable
Online Learning resources
WebCT intraMed ePortfolio – PebblePad
Learning Support
WebCT
Online learning environment 24 hrs / 7 days a week Used across university integrates with the University Student Portal,
my.Bham Simple to use
How do I find webct..
eLearning Home Page: (WebCT)
http://www.weblearn.bham.ac.uk
My.bham (my.learning tab)http://www.my.bham.ac.uk/
Browser Check – must have
Cookies enabled Pop-up blocker
disabled
http://www.weblearn.bham.ac.uk/
How do I log in ?
Username - 6 characters e.g. abc123. (i.e. ADF…..)
Password - The default password is printed in Section 7 on your registration form.
http://www.weblearn.bham.ac.uk/
MBChB Year 1 Homepage
http://www.weblearn.bham.ac.uk/
Student IntraMed
Administrative applications– Absence monitoring– Module evaluation – Submitting assignments
Access using username and password
http://medweb4.bham.ac.uk/studentintramed
Student intraMED
http://medweb4.bham.ac.uk/studentintramed
Access using ADF username and password
PebblePad – ePortfolio
Student Selected Activities Blogs Reflection
Drop in sessions in the cluster if there are problems Wednesday 3/11/2010
Access using ADF username and password
http://www.PebblePad.bham.ac.uk
ePortfolio - PebblePad
ADF username and password to access
http://www.PebblePad.bham.ac.uk
ePortfolio - PebblePad
http://www.PebblePad.bham.ac.uk
Learning Support
http://medweb4.bham.ac.uk/learningsupport/home.asp
Press-It
Turning Point Clickers to each session Provide interaction in
large lectures
Remember to remove plastic tabs from back
Press-It – collection
Date: Thursday 30 September
Time: 1.00 pm – 3.00 pm
Venue: Meeting Room 1
You must bring £10 in cash or a cheque made payable to ‘University of Birmingham’
Useful links WebCT – http://www.weblearn.bham.ac.uk/
Pebblepad – ePortfolio http://www.pebblepad.bham.ac.uk/
Online learning resources http://medweb4.bham.ac.uk/learningsupport/home.asp
IntraMed http://medweb4.bham.ac.uk/studentintramed/Home/SignIn.aspx
Service /Helpdesk – https://universityofbirmingham.service-now.com/
Problems with WebCT PebblePad IntraMed Learning Support site Turning Point
The Educational Technology TeamRoom: WG43 Email: [email protected]
Please Quote: Username, Course, Year and Student ID Number
Recap exercise
Please find your clicker units
What is the capital city of Canada?
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3. Montréal
4. Ottawa
5. Seattle
What username do you use for accessing intramed?
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1. Full email address
2. ADF username
3. Surname
4. Student ID number
5. Don’t know
What is the ePortfolio tool you will be using called?
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2. PebblePad
3. Med ePortfolio
4. Pebble Porfolio
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If you contact the EdTechTeam what should you include in the email?
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1. Description of problem only
2. Username & Password
3. Username, student ID number & description of problem
4. Username, password, student ID number & description of problem
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Thank you
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