Author Archives: Pirjo
Personal WWW home pages (UO)
Personal home pages could be created in any web server to which one has a user account. In practice students have user accounts of Paju server and the staff have user accounts of Koivu server. Both of the servers are Apache web servers and the users have a home directory (5 GB) there. You can […]
File encryption
If you are saving confidential or secret information, you can use the encryption tool of the desktop application or encrypt several files at the same time with a compression software. When using some of the encryption methods, you define yourself the password with which you can later open the files. Remember that the password cannot be […]
Webropol Survey & Reporting (UO)
Webropol Survey & Reporting is a web based tool to create queries and collect data. You can analyze the results, print various reports, and also transfer data to other programs for further processing. Link to the service: Webropol Survey & Reporting The service operates through the network International; the inquiries can be created in 29 […]
Modules (Lmod) environment system (UO)
We are using module system called Lmod in Oulu University computing servers. It is installed, because there are plenty of software versions / libraries available for users. This is short guide for using module system. It is really straightforward to use. Module system is also used in CSC Rahti and Puhti supercomputers. Loading module is […]
Meeting invitation and reservation of a room on campus (UO)
If you want to arrange a meeting between more people and at the same time book a suitable room, make a reservation in your Outlook calendar of O365 service. The facilities reserved for the university are as resources on the O365 service and appear in the room list. This instruction will tell you how to […]
Oulu Campus Navigator
Oulu Campus Navigator is a mobile navigation and indoor positioning application for University of Oulu campuses; Linnanmaa and Kontinkangas. The application is free and open to use for everyone and it does not require any login information. So, it can be used not only by campus students and staff, but also by visitors. You can […]
Cella room reservation application (UO)
Cella is a mobile application that enables students and staff at University of Oulu to find available working spaces and meeting rooms for their use on the go. Cella currently supports a limited amount of working spaces around Linnanmaa campus, but the selection will be expanded in the future. Install and use! Act this way: […]
Remote desktop connection to Linux server (UO)
This instruction applies to Linux remote servers of the university: kataja6.oulu.fi kataja7.oulu.fi kataja8.oulu.fi To access the university’s Linux remote servers, your computer must be connected to the campus network either via a wired network connection (university devices only), wirelessly via eduroam, or via a VPN connection. For the VPN connection, your computer must have a […]
Using Carpo2 computing cluster (UO)
As a part of the FGCI-project, Carpo2 is a computing cluster that offers the faculties participating in the project resources for scientific computing. The project participants from University of Oulu are the faculties of Science, Technology, Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, Medicine and Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine. Carpo2 computing cluster is physically located in the […]
Remote desktop connection to Windows server (UO)
This instruction applies to Windows remote servers of the university: jalava1.univ.yo.oulu.fi lippu.oulu.fi sampo.oulu.fi winoodi.oulu.fi To access the university’s Windows remote servers, your computer must be connected to the campus network either via a wired network connection (university devices only), wirelessly via eduroam, or via a VPN connection. For the VPN connection, your computer must have […]