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Computer facilities Students must acquaint themselves with the following two important policies: ■ Code
of conduct for users of the student computing services environment https://www1.up.ac.za/cs/groups/staff/@public/documents/document/mdaw/mda0/~edisp/004227.pdf ■ Policy on acceptable use of computing resources https://www1.up.ac.za/cs/groups/public/@public/documents/document/chby/mde3/~edisp/uppr017218.pdf
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Tuks Google account
All registered students have free access and use of the Internet on all campuses and in all residences. All registered students have a UP enabled email service hosted by Google as TUKS Gmail: …@tuks.co.za. This TUKS Gmail account is used as one of the official channels of communication with students, and, once activated, will be available for life. The Google services include spam protection, unlimited mailbox space, a powerful search tool and the ability to send attachments of up to 20MB in size. The Google Apps Education Edition includes applications such as Google Photos, Google Drive, Google Calendar, Google Hangouts and Google Docs. If you already have a personal Gmail account your personal and TUKS Gmail account will be independent of each other. Your personal account has, for example, the format ‘username@gmail.com’ while your TUKS account has the format of ‘u12345678@tuks.co.za’.
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Google Plus
Google Plus (Google+) is a simple to use, powerful social networking tool, and all posts are visible to the worldwide Google+ community. The Department of University Relations will post important announcements, relevant news items and events on the channel on a daily basis. The University of Pretoria’s official Google Plus (Google+) account is available at https://plus.google.com/+universityofpretoria.
7.10 TuksPrint TuksPrint service is a quick and convenient system that enables students to manage all their printing, copying, and scanning needs from one unique print account, mobile or online. Konica Minolta South Africa (KMSA) has been contracted to provide multifunction devices (MFDs) on all our campuses with advanced functions to print, copy and scan documents with a single solution print billing and release software system (YSoft), which replaces the previous Phonet and P-counter billing systems. This combined multifunction printing and management system for UP students is called TuksPrint. TuksPrint features is a web and mobile-enabled system, allowing you to submit and manage print jobs and manage your printing account from your smart mobile device or internet connected workstation computer. ■ TuksPrint ‘pay-per-page’ is a prepaid system. Your TuksPrint account will only be debited for pages printed, copied or scanned. ■ TuksPrint ‘secure-release’. Use your unique PIN (personal identification number) and your student card at a specific TuksPrint MFD to ensure that only you will be able to retrieve your print jobs from that device. ■ TuksPrint is available on all UP campuses. The same functionality is available at any of almost 200 MFDs on all the campuses. You can print wherever you find a TuksPrint linked MFD to enjoy simple and easy ‘follow me’ functionality! (See maps). ■ TuksPrint informs you of every action in your printing account by email (eg deposits, scan jobs, print jobs, etc) ■ TuksPrint is quick and convenient. ■ TuksPrint
Contact information Website www.up.ac.za/en/tuks-print
7.11 Student Technology Programme (STP) What is STP? The University of Pretoria subscribes to the nationwide Student Technology Programme (STP) for public universities. On offer ■
Registered students can purchase various models of laptops at discounted prices and can choose additional products or warranties added to their purchase. ■ All models are compatible with the network and wireless infrastructure of UP. ■ All laptops purchased through this initiative are supplied with full software licenses for Microsoft Windows. Microsoft Office 365 is available for students at http://office365.up.ac.za. Contact information Website www.stp.ac.za