IT services Your account Open access PCs Wireless/wired areas Training opportunities.

IT services

• Your account• Open access PCs• Wireless/wired areas• Training opportunities

Change your password now:• https://password.westminster.ac.uk

Logging on

• Username

w + first seven digits of student ID

e.g. w0123456

• Initial password is date of birth

i.e. ddmmyyyy

Online services

SRSWeb:

Student Record System

 Email - 30 GB / account IMAP, POP Mobile access        

Google Docs Word processing, Spreadsheets, Presentations

Calendar Multiple calendars, Mobile access

Talk Instant messaging, File transfer

Google Sites Students can build their own websites

 The University powered by provides

Google FAQ’Shttp://www.westminster.ac.uk/email

H: Drive (Home drive)

• Your space on the University network to save files

• Can be accessed over the internet using FileLinx at: https://filelinx.westminster.ac.uk

General and Specialist IT

– General IT Support is provided by IS

– Via FixIT Call logging

– Use phone from labs

– Library counter

– Specialist IT support is provided at

– https://support.ecs.westminster.ac.uk

– Provides FAQ, Lab description, software

– Technical support offices

– Via FixIT

Technical Support Web Sitehttps://support.ecs.westminster.ac.uk

Software download for home & laptops

• Free antivirus

• SPSS, SPSS Modeller

• SIMUL8, AnyLogic

• SAS (Computer Science Students only)

• DreamSpark: Free Microsoft products (FST only)

• Autodesk University Program: 30+ software

• SQL Developer

• MathType (electronic Math Formulas)

• Cadence Orcad (worth £20K)

• Comptia Security+

DreamSpark DreamSpark: Free Microsoft software for teaching, learning and researchhttps://support.ecs.westminster.ac.uk/

DreamSpark WebStore

Specialist facilities in Faculty of Science and Technology

https://support.ecs.westminster.ac.uk/

Computer Labs

General Open-Access labsFor Life Science students

C3.05 reserved as open-access: 36 PCs – silence study areaPCs in Library on 3rd/4th floor: 45 PCsOther labs available when not used for teaching:

C2.01: 60 PCs C2.02: 40 PCs CG25: 43 PCs CG26: 23 PCs

Specialist Computer labs33 labs: Games, Network,

swipe cards Specific access control open-access outside

teaching and maintenance

650 PCs, 63 MACRange of specialist softwareComputer labs in Clipstone building for Computer Science students

24x7 access

– Same timing as library 24x7

– Two labs on ground floor at 115:

– CG26: Computer Lab for Life Science, Psychology

– CG24: Computer Lab for Computer Science, Electronics

– PCs in library

Make the specialist space work for you

– Follow University H&S

– No Food & Drink except bottled water in labs

– Use the facilities with respect and consideration to others: keep noise to a minimum

Details in your course handbook

westminster.ac.uk/library-and-it

Enjoy your studies