AHS COMPUTING INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTING. AHS COMPUTING PERSONNEL.

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AHS COMPUTING INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTING Slide 2 AHS COMPUTING PERSONNEL Slide 3 You have been given a unique userid so that you can logon to Quest (course selection) This is the only userid you will use for official business while you are at UW! USERID... Slide 4 WATIAM Slide 5 Slide 6 Logon to WATIAM http://watiam.uwaterloo.ca verify your personal information Answer your security questions to activate your account WATIAM Slide 7 Use your WATIAM userid and password If you are having issues, please visit BMH 1037 TO SETUP YOUR ACCOUNT Slide 8 To forward your email to another account fill in the Email Forward field in WATIAM You can also setup a Friendly Email address CHECKING WATIAM Slide 9 WIRELESS Slide 10 BMH and LHI has wireless coverage [email protected] WIRELESS Slide 11 EMAIL Slide 12 Your email is: [email protected] [email protected] To check email: http://connect.uwaterloo.ca Connect also includes Calendaring For students transitioning from undergrad, you must request a Connect account EMAIL Slide 13 CURRENT SITUATION Slide 14 NEXUS Slide 15 ABOUT NEXUS Nexus is a domain, it is not software! A group of computers and devices on a network that are administered as a unit with common rules and procedures.computersdevicesnetwork You can logon to your account from any of the computing labs on campus Slide 16 NEXUS SOFTWARE Office 2013 Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Publisher Internet Browsers Explorer Firefox Chrome Stats Software SPSS 22 SAS 9.4 R 3.11 Other course specific software on selected workstations Slide 17 RLS Grad Lab BMH 2210 7 workstations recprt2 uPrint cost 7 days a week Access by Department Key after hours SPHHS Grad Lab 3 rd Floor LHN 6 workstations hsgprt2 7 days a week Access by Department Key & FOB after hours STUDENT COMPUTING LABS Slide 18 THE N:\ DRIVE Your 10GB file space is located on the N:\ drive Make sure to save your files to either the N:\ drive or to a USB Key Use your N:\ drive to store your files It is a safe, secure and reliable network resource It is backed up every 4 hours There is an archive of nightly backups for the previous 5 days and 2 weekly backups from the previous Sunday night Do not save to your desktop! Slide 19 To connect to your N: drive from off campus you will need to connect to the VPN Instructions http://cn-vpn.uwaterloo.ca VPN Slide 20 If you have problems with printing, please contact: AHS Helpdesk, BMH 1037 or [email protected] [email protected] PRINTING Slide 21 QUEST Slide 22 As a student, you can enroll in courses change your personal contact information view your class schedule, tuition fees, financial aid, and student record information https://uwaterloo.ca/quest/graduate-students/faqs QUEST Slide 23 LEARN Slide 24 Waterloo LEARNWaterloo LEARN is a web-based learning management system that enables instructors to manage course materials and interact with students. It can function both as a complement to traditional on- campus courses and as a platform for hybrid, fully online, and distance learning. LEARN Slide 25 SHOPPING ON CAMPUS (SLC) Located in the SLC PCs & Macs laptops printers software http://bit.ly/uwaterloo-msdn 173 software titles including Windows 8 https://strobe.uwaterloo.ca/ist/saw/webstore IST Service Desk EC2 Slide 26 QUESTIONS? Lowell Williamson, IT Specialist BMH 1631, x32326, [email protected]@uwaterloo.ca