Mobile Devices Although Cardiff Met does supply mobile phones and tablets to certain staff Software & Systems members, the majority of devices in use at Cardiff Met are personal – so called Microsoft Office Bring Your Own Devices (BYOD). All of our staff and student computers Mobile devices are a convenient way to are built using a software “image” that check your Cardiff Met email on the contains a standard set of software. The move, view and add appointments to most popular package on university your calendar, access Moodle and machines is the productivity suite, manage your files through OneDrive for Microsoft Office. Business. Details of how to configure Office includes several applications; your mobile device with your Cardiff Met many of which require little explanation: email (and calendar) accounts can be Word (word processing), Excel found in the Flash Guides: (spreadsheets), Outlook (email & calendar), PowerPoint (presentations). Some of the other Office applications are It is crucial that if you access Cardiff Met less frequently used, but are data (including email) on a mobile nonetheless often useful: device that you apply basic security measures, such as a screen lock, to OneNote – note taking. help prevent data loss should the device Publisher – desktop publishing be lost or stolen. This is covered in more Access – database software (not detail in the Information Security to be used store corporate data) Awareness e-lesson that forms part of Project – project management your induction. *Visio – diagrams and flowcharts (installed on request). The current version on Cardiff Met PCs is Microsoft Office 2016. Hardware Office for Home Use Cardiff Met has agreements in place with several key suppliers of computer The main Office apps are available for hardware. We maintain a catalogue of home use, for free, under the Office recommended products that have been 365 programme. You can install the assessed to ensure they perform as software on up to 15 devices, including expected, are reliable, and work well mobile devices. Follow the Office 365 with our systems and services. software installation guides on the Help & Training pages for installation details: For advice and recommendations as to which hardware might be suitable for you, consult the IT Purchasing pages, available at:
Mobile Devices Although Cardiff Met does supply mobile phones and tablets to certain staff members, the majority of devices in use at Cardiff Met are personal – so called Bring Your Own Devices (BYOD). Mobile devices are a convenient way to check your Cardiff Met email on the move, view and add appointments to your calendar, access Moodle and manage your files through OneDrive for Business. Details of how to configure your mobile device with your Cardiff Met email (and calendar) accounts can be found in the Flash Guides: It is crucial that if you access Cardiff Met data (including email) on a mobile device that you apply basic security measures, such as a screen lock, to help prevent data loss should the device be lost or stolen. This is covered in more detail in the Information Security Awareness e-lesson that forms part of your induction. Hardware Cardiff Met has agreements in place with several key suppliers of computer hardware. We maintain a catalogue of recommended products that have been assessed to ensure they perform as expected, are reliable, and work well with our systems and services. For advice and recommendations as to which hardware might be suitable for you, consult the IT Purchasing pages, available at: Software & Systems Microsoft Office All of our staff and student computers are built using a software “image” that contains a standard set of software. The most popular package on university machines is the productivity suite, Microsoft Office. Office includes several applications; many of which require little explanation: Word (word processing), Excel (spreadsheets), Outlook (email & calendar), PowerPoint (presentations). Some of the other Office applications are less frequently used, but are nonetheless often useful: OneNote – note taking. Publisher – desktop publishing Access – database software (not to be used store corporate data) Project – project management *Visio – diagrams and flowcharts (installed on request). The current version on Cardiff Met PCs is Microsoft Office 2016. Office for Home Use The main Office apps are available for home use, for free, under the Office 365 programme. You can install the software on up to 15 devices, including mobile devices. Follow the Office 365 software installation guides on the Help & Training pages for installation details:
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