1. Beginners IT Disability Support Service

2. Outline PC suites – accessing applications Saving/back-up
Organising files
Library service desk
Printing
Word processing
Blackboard
Wireless

3. ISS website
services/services-for-students/

4.
services/services-for-students/ /
MS Office 365
and your campus account password
Available from all common browsers
Official means of communication from the university
Office pro plus – free to download for all students
Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access & more

5. Real time availability Login with your campus account
PC suites
services/services-for-students/pcsuites/
21 General access suites
47 Departmental suites
Real time availability
Login with your campus account
Core applications – Office, Endnote, SPSS, IE & Firefox
Printing

6. Accessing applications
Launch applications from NAL window

7. Saving/back-up
services/services-for-students/networkstorage/
U: drive storage 100Mb disk space
Accessible from all PC suites and off-campus from
Safest place to save to – you must back-up your files!!!
Do not save to desktop in the PC suites – always know where you are saving to

8. Organising files
Folders for each subject/semester

9. Library and IT Service desk
Ticketing system
Telephone:
Support to students with account queries, passwords etc.
Opening hours: Monday to Friday 08:30 to 22:00
Saturday 09:30 to 13:00

10. Printing
services/services-for-students/printing/
From all PC suites and from wireless (your laptop)
Direct printing or release printing
Printing costs
€0.08 for black & white €0.12 for double-sided
Purchase print credit online from: or use cash at prink kiosks
View balance from same online site

11. Printing options
Printing from PowerPoint –
6 slides per page

12. Printing options Printing from MS Word Double sided default in suites
Make settings at PC

13. Editing – select all or Ctrl + A
Word processing
Formatting
Editing – select all or Ctrl + A
Line spacing

14. University’s virtual learning environment Blackboard mobile app
services/services-for-students/blackboard/
University’s virtual learning environment
Blackboard mobile app
Search for Blackboard Mobile Learn
Install app
Search for National University of Ireland, Galway

15. Accessible across campus
WiFi
services/services-for-students/wifi/
NUIGWiFi
Accessible across campus
Login page appears automatically when you open browser
Wireless printing – need to download wireless print package
services/services-for- students/printing/nuigwifiprinting/

16. Anti Virus
services/services-for-students/security/
McAfee free to download for all students
Your responsibility it download and keep up-to-date
Malware also recommended
All available to download from ISS website

17. Questions