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Online workshops for students in February

A list of workshops covering practical use of MS Excel, video editing and game development tools will be made available in February. Students who are interested are welcome to join. If you are new to video editing and looking for video editor that is easy to learn and quick to apply, you should attend the coming online workshop 'The Art of Video Editing'.

University Research Facility Management System

University Research Facility Management System (URFMS) has been adopted by UBSN in 2021, URF in Materials Characterization and Device Fabrication (UMF) has started to migrate their equipment from 3 January 2022 onwards to URFMS. Additional functions and features added in the latest release of URFMS include:

Put your PolyU staff/student ID card away from smartphones while using wireless charger

Staff and student ID card has a built-in chip set to support fast reading of encrypted information stored on card from device using Near Field Communication protocol. Wireless charging has become one of the standard features on smartphones as it provides user convenience to charge their smart devices without the need of plugging in a cable.

IT security online training course – Module 19 available for staff

New module of the IT Security Online Training Course for staff is now available on LEARN@PolyU. This module will introduce four different types of ransomware: Crypto Ransomware, Locker Ransomware, Double Extortion Ransomware and Ransomware as a Service.

Updates of Student Computer Centre

Due to the revised assignment of campus space, the third floor of Student Computer Centre (SCC) at Block M will be closed and returned to the University on 1 February 2022. If you plan to use SCC classrooms or informal study space for group project discussion, print hardcopy of document from your phone, please move to SCC 4/F at Block M.

Workshops on face-to-face class recording and use of smart panel

Face-to-face teaching will resume in Semester 2. To facilitate the teaching and learning activities, workshops on face-to-face class recording and on-site demonstration on using smart panel will be brought to teaching instructors in early January 2022.

Upcoming workshops on Python for students

Python is one of the powerful programming languages in the world which continues to grow now. We are offering two workshops, ‘Basic Python’ and ‘Deep Learning with Python’, to provide students with a solid understanding of programming using Python and how to implement artificial neural networks and deep learning methods using Python, with practical examples.

Webinar on Microsoft Bookings in O365

Microsoft Bookings is a scheduling tool on O365 available to staff to facilitate the management of reservation. To introduce this new booking tool, two identical sessions of webinar will be organized in late January to all staff.

Last call of AI-900 MS Azure AI Fundamentals Certification Exam

As communicated in the last issue of newsletter, two sessions of AI-900 Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals Certification Exam will be offered on-campus on 18 and 26 January. Students who aspire to enrich AI skills and plan to earn

IRD: Your main contact on IT support and services

To provide consultation to individual departments and enhance communication and collaboration, a dedicated senior ITS staff member, named 'ITS Representative to Department' (IRD), has been assigned as the direct contact point to each Department/Office/Centre/Unit.