Author Archives: Pirjo
DisplayLink Manager in macOS device
If you want to connect your macOS device to halls or classes presentation technology, there should be an application DisplayLink Manager installed and running on the macOS device. In addition to these, you must enable “screen recording” in the system preferences. The contents of this instruction: Install Use Remove Install 1. Before you start installing, […]
Sign in systems with your student user account
The systems used by web browser have mostly shifted to use Entra ID authentication and a unified login method. This effectively means logging into our systems with your long username (MS account) and password, as well as securing the login by your phone. However, the exception is the electronic examination system Exam, which does not […]
Information security deviation and notification
In case of information security deviations or cases related to them, the safest thing to do is to ask Campus ICT for advice. If you observe or suspect misuse of a network, services or an account, you can also send an e-mail notification to tietoturva@oulu.fi. In this instruction: What is an information security deviation? Reporting […]
M365 language settings
Microsoft 365 Education service’s language settings a) When using M365 service with a web browser, the online applications are affected by the following language settings: Your M365 profile’s language setting Region settings in M365 and/or OneDrive (in some cases/apps) Language settings for the browser you use (affects the front page view of the M365 portal). […]
Mobile Security Guidelines for staff members and students
Mobile devices (smart phones and tablets) can easily get lost or stolen. Therefore, they entail the risk of unauthorised access to the user’s or university’s data. Unauthorised users can also pose as the device owner and send e-mail in his/her name. Hence, it is important to know the information security risks and act accordingly. Contents […]
Information Security Guide for staff
This Information Security Guide is primarily intended to serve as a general guide for university staff members, regardless of their place of work. It has been produced as a collaboration between universities and has been aimed at making it suitable for all universities. This Information Security Guide is the product of collaboration by the University […]
STUDENT’S INFORMATION SECURITY GUIDE
This Information Security Guide is primarily intended to serve as a general guide for university students, regardless of their place of study. The Information Security Guide is the product of collaboration by the University of Helsinki, University of Eastern Finland, University of Jyväskylä, University of Oulu, Hanken School of Economics and Åbo Akademi University, and […]
VPN Portal (UO)
VPN Portal vpn.oulu.fi: If you do not have a VPN client on your device, you will get a secure connection to the university network from outside it through VPN Portal. The VPN connection is easily obtained by the web browser, but there are very limited functionality in comparison with the use of the client. At […]
Static websites for projects on version.oulu.fi server (UO)
Version.oulu.fi is a Gitlab server and it supports static websites that can be published using Gitlab Pages feature. Every Gitlab project on version.oulu.fi can contain one website that will be published in following domain: https://username.version-pages.oulu.fi/repository. You can find guides how to enable it from Gitlabs official documentation: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/pages/