Dear Colleagues, 

Welcome to the September 2022 edition of the IT Services newsletter and I hope you will find the contents of this edition useful and relevant to your role. It has been great to see our physical campus so full of life and active with students and staff, and our digital campus has remained busy and active.

Canvas Catalog launched in Autumn 2020 and to date has seen over 4,500 students enrol into a variety of courses.  In this article we share details of the platform and our work with the Centre of Professional Development in getting Canvas Catolog rolled out.

Stephen joined University College Cork in 1999 and in that time has made over 1000 films for the University, taught on a master’s program and run two multiyear evening class Photography programs and one on Photographic Lighting for Adult Continuing Education (ACE).

October is Cyber Security month, a global event with the aim of raising awareness of cyber security threats, to promote cyber security among organisations and the general public, and to provide resources to protect themselves online, through education and sharing of good practices. 

IT Services have been working with colleges and units across UCC to deploy devices to enable hybrid meetings in UCC.  This article will share information about the roll out and the devices that are being installed.

The Digital Advisory Centre (DAC) can assist departments to digitise paper-based processes. We utilise existing technologies and applications such as Teams, Outlook, SharePoint, OneDrive, Forms and Lists. Further information and a contact a form can be found on the Digital Advisory Centre SharePoint Site.

IT Services are supporting blended working through the advice and technologies we provide to staff in UCC.  In this article we will share how to avail of a free docking station in return for your desktop. 

IT Services support our students through our Student IT Services, providing them with the work-ready learning tools they need to succeed in today’s world.  IT Services have over 44 students who support both the staff and student IT Service desks and in this article we will share details on our Student IT Services.

IT Services in partnership with the Registrar's Office are delighted to introduce the new Survey Tool, Qualitrics. This project is led by Deirdre Kearney and Paul O’Donovan, Academic Affairs and Governance.