Do you produce materials (for example, in Moodle), which include mathematical formulae for higher education students? I would argue that if you don’t already write mathematical formulae with TeX, then you should learn it now! Content: MathML’s accessibility is practically still in the future What could you do to make your mathematical formulae accessible already […]

1. Use only appropriate pictures, which you have the right to use. One of these must be true, for you to have the right to use a picture: You own the copyright to the picture: the picture is either your own work or you have purchased full rights to the picture. You have a separate, […]

YuJa provides an accessible user interface to the service (e. g. the video player), while we at the University of Oulu and Oamk are content creators, responsible for the accessibility of our own content in the service. Accessibility of video content means that the information on the videos is available to diverse users, while accessibility […]

This instruction describes two methods how to act when you do not know or remember your Oamk username or its password. If you remember your password and want to change it, you can do it in easier way in accordance with the other instructions: How to change your Oamk password (oulu.fi). When planning a new […]

At the university of Oulu and the Oulu university of applied sciences, we use the NORDUNet Zoom, provided to us by CSC. These guidelines are specific to our Zoom. Our Zoom service is located in the secure Nordic NORDUNet cloud. Please note, that Zoom cloud recording settings on sharing the cloud recordings, do not apply […]

VPN connection (Virtual Private Network) is a solution to reach a private network and its resources over public networks securely. In other words, as a student of Oamk you can reach your home directory at school also from your home, instead of e.g. having to move around your files with USB memory sticks. While using […]

For a video to be accessible, you must understand its message just by listening or just by seeing the image and captions. As a rule of thumb, the point of an accessible video presentation can be determined by listening or watching only. Making a video with an audio track that works independently often requires planning […]

As an University of Oulu or Oamk student, you can acquire a 24/7 Campus Card to access the Linnanmaa campus. In other words, you can utilise the 24/7 facilities on Linnanmaa campus even outside teaching hours. All you need is a 24/7 Campus Card, which is available for purchase to all UO and Oamk students. […]

The teachers at Oamk can use Turnitin to find possible plagiarism. Turnitin is available to teachers for assignments returned through Moodle. Turnitin instructions for students are in Moodle. NB. You’ll need to login to Moodle to read the instructions. (Urkund, a similar tool was in use until the end of 2022: Now we use Turnitin.)

The use of OpenVPN Connect client for remote connections of Oamk requires the creation of a personal eduvpn-profile file and importing it to VPN client in the computer. First create the profile file, download it to your computer and then import it to OpenVPN client. Only after that the client will be ready for use. NOTE! […]