Skip to content

How to reduce your digital waste (UO)

– 18.4.2023

Transferring, preserving, and processing data is a burden on the environment. Every file and email you handle, as well as social media updates, will increase energy consumption. You can reduce the weight of your carbon and digital footprint, for example, by cleaning up unnecessary data from the devices and cloud services you use. Cleaning measures […]

» Read more

Published in categories: English version available, All instructions, for the University of Oulu staff, for the University of Oulu students, accessible content, UniOulu
Tags: , , , ,

Write accessible math formulae fast with TeX

– 9.3.2023

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 […]

» Read more

Published in categories: English version available, All instructions, Oamk , for Oamk staff, for Oamk students, for the University of Oulu staff, for the University of Oulu students, accessible content, UniOulu
Tags:

Which pictures I am allowed to use in my materials?

– 3.3.2023

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, […]

» Read more

Published in categories: All instructions, Oamk , for Oamk staff, for Oamk students, for the University of Oulu staff, for the University of Oulu students, accessible content, UniOulu

YuJa media platform: Information about accessibility

– 15.2.2023

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 […]

» Read more

Published in categories: English version available, All instructions, Oamk , for Oamk staff, for Oamk students, for the University of Oulu staff, for the University of Oulu students, accessible content, UniOulu
Tags: ,

General responsibilities, risks and principles of recording online meetings at the University of Oulu and Oamk

– 19.1.2023

(Adapted from the text of Ulla Virranniemi (Oamk) By default, the responsibility of sharing a recording, belongs to the recorder.  If the recorder gives user rights to a person, who further distributes the recording, the person distributing the recording further, bears the responsibility for his or her part. The risks associated with meeting recordings include […]

» Read more

Published in categories: English version available, All instructions, Oamk , for Oamk staff, for the University of Oulu staff, accessible content, UniOulu
Tags: , , , ,

Zoom cloud recording (NORDUNet)

– 12.12.2022

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 […]

» Read more

Published in categories: English version available, All instructions, Oamk , for Oamk staff, for Oamk students, for the University of Oulu staff, for the University of Oulu students, accessible content, UniOulu
Tags: ,

Classroom AV technology

– 7.11.2022

First, connect your laptop to the dock with an USB-C cord. The cord is marked as “telakka” (=dock in Finnish). Some class room have a Clevertouch interactive display. If you want to use it, you must connect your laptop to the display with a HDMI-2 cord and a USB cord: You’ll find the cords behind […]

» Read more

Published in categories: English version available, All instructions, Oamk , for Oamk staff, for the University of Oulu staff, accessible content, UniOulu
Tags:

Accessibility of videos (e.g. online lecture recordings)

– 14.9.2022

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 […]

» Read more

Published in categories: English version available, All instructions, Oamk , for Oamk staff, for Oamk students, for the University of Oulu staff, for the University of Oulu students, accessible content, UniOulu
Tags: ,

The 24/7 Campus Card gives students access to the Linnanmaa campus – see how to purchase the card

– 14.9.2022

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. […]

» Read more

Published in categories: English version available, All instructions, Oamk , for Oamk students, for the University of Oulu students, accessible content, UniOulu
Tags: , ,

FortiClient installation and VPN connection

– 1.9.2022

Install FortiClient on the computer, tablet or phone on which you want to use a secure VPN connection to university or OAMK services outside the campus network. As an alternative to FortiClient, you can use OpenVPN together with the eduvpn profile. The contents of this instruction: FortiClient installation and use in different operating systems: Windows […]

» Read more

Published in categories: English version available, All instructions, Oamk , for Oamk staff, for Oamk students, for the University of Oulu staff, for the University of Oulu students, accessible content, UniOulu
Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,