Oamk no longer has a Padlet license because the service does not meet GDPR requirements. There is no completely equivalent replacement service. With Microsoft’s Whiteboard, you can make boards on which content is created together. You can share content in a visually interesting way with ThingLink. You can use Presemo to activate students. In Howspace […]

If you don’t deal with confidential personal information in your email, you can forward your emails to your personal email. Emails sent (or forwarded) to external addresses, that haven’t been encrypted, move unencrypted in the external network. In OUAS’s internal messaging emails are sent only inside our own network. Confidential emails that are classified as […]

Changing the language on Outlook 1. In Office 365, click on the settings icon in the upper right-hand corner. Click on Sähköposti. 2. Choose Yleinen and then Alue ja aikavyöhyke. Set your preferences and click on Tallenna. In english: General->Region and time zone

Changing the language on Chrome 1. Click on the three dots in the upper-right corner. Click on Settings 2. Click on the Settings in the upper-left corner 3. Click to expand the Advanced menu and choose Languages 4. Click on Languages and then Add languages. Search for the desired language and it will be added […]

With RSS feeds you can stay up-to-date on topics you’re interested in. A good RSS feed to follow is https://ict.oulu.fi/it/oamk/students/english/feed?lang=en. This way you will be notified of all new guidelines posted in English at the it.oamk.fi support site. 1. First install an RSS reader for Chrome (Click on Add to Chrome): https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/rss-feed-reader/pnjaodmkngahhkoihejjehlcdlnohgmp/related 2. A new icon will […]

OneDrive Files On-Demand helps you access all your files in OneDrive without having to download all of them and use storage space on your device. This feature comes with Windows 10 and 11. Keep your computer uptodate with latest security and performance patches and updates for Windows! Please read more about the OneDrive Files On-Demand from the […]

NB! This ESET tool will only look for possible malware, thus it will not remove any: If your computer is infected, you need to use other programs to clean it up (e.g. the ESET full version, which has a free 30 days trial.) Go to this web page: https://www.eset.com/us/home/online-scanner/ When you clock the “SCAN NOW” button, you will download […]

If you get an Office document, a calendar link or another file to your email and when you are handling the file it gives you a dialog or warning prompt that looks something like this: Always answer No, just like you would do with any Office Macros. Background: Microsoft’s Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) is an old (1987) feature of MS products (mainly […]

ICT Services is responsible for IT support of Oulu University of Applied Sciences (Oamk). IT support will help you with IT problems related to your studies. If you encounter a problem, e.g. you cannot reach a service, it could be because of scheduled maintenance work. (NB. The regular maintenance window is every Friday from 7 […]

N.B.! While the network drives are still in use, the IT services recommend the cloud services.  The cloud services available to you are the Microsoft Office 365 cloud service  (incl. e. g.  e-mail and calendar, OneDrive and Sharepoint) and the Google suite for education (incl. e. g. Google Drive, Youtube). How to map a network drive in Windows Here […]