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IT Services

For on campus students

An Introduction to IT at the University of Leicester

• Help Zone in the Library

• Call 0116 252 2253

• Email [email protected]

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University IT account• You can use your University IT account to login to:

– PCs on campus– Blackboard VLE– University email

• Save files to your personal Z: drive– Available off-campus from www.le.ac.uk/myfiles

• 500MB of secure storage space

– Free wifi– Library resources

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University IT account• Do not share your password with anyone

• Ensure you choose a secure password

• Reset your password:– www.le.ac.uk/resetpassword

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Student email

• Your email address is [email protected]

• Email storage is 25GB

• On campus: Student email icon on your desktop

• Off campus: webmail.le.ac.uk

• Connect your email to your smart phone or iPad

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Blackboard VLE

• Virtual Learning Environment for:– Course materials and activities– Submitting your assignments

• Login with your University IT account on or off-campus: blackboard.le.ac.uk

• Help videos available on the Blackboard Home page– Log in and get around Blackboard– Submit your work to Turnitin

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Printing• Print from any University PC on campus

• Login to a Print Station or Library photocopier and select your documents from the queue to print

• Top up your printing account– By card online at printcredit.le.ac.uk– By cash in the Library

• Colour printing, photocopy and scanning available in the Library

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Free wifi

Connect your laptop or phone to eduroam wifi anywhere on campus:

• Connect to eduroam-setup

• Then follow instructions at wifi.le.ac.uk

• Free wifi at many other eduroam Universities and institutions worldwide

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IT Help• Help Zone in the Library

– Monday-Friday 9am-9pm– Saturday 10am-4pm and Sunday 12pm-6pm

• IT Service Desk– Monday-Friday 8.30am-5.00pm– Call 0116 252 2253– Email [email protected]

• Follow IT Services on Twitter @uolits

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IT Training

• Online training at go.le.ac.uk/it4students

• Training workshops, including:– Word Long Document Essentials– PowerPoint for Academic Posters– PowerPoint for Presentations

• One-to-one IT Help consultations