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Outlook: How to disable desktop notifications

– 20.8.2019

Turning off desktop notifications for new emails is a good practice if you share or record your screen, or if you want to focus on your tasks without being distracted by incoming messages. How to disable Outlook desktop notifications: New Outlook Open Settings (cogwheel icon) from the top right. The settings menu should default to: […]

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Accessible web content: use clear standard language

– 17.5.2019

Adjusting the text for better clarity The comprehensibility of content is one of the key principles of accessibility. Clear and easy-to-understand language is the single most important element of comprehensibility*. In higher education, it is sufficient to use clear standard language. Standard language refers to the language that is used in newspapers and textbooks, for […]

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Remember to take your important files with you when you are about to graduate

– 14.5.2019

When you graduate (or otherwise stop studying at the OUAS), you can no longer use the services provided to the students of the Oamk. In case you wish to save your files to your own computer or on your personal cloud service account, please do that well before you graduate, as you can’t reach your files […]

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Web accessibility online course

– 20.11.2018

Accessible online services are a pre-requisition for successful digitalisation: when the service is accessible, as many people as possible can take care of their affairs online without outside help. The Act on the Provision of Digital Services obliges public bodies to produce accessible online services. The Act also applies to higher education institutions. If a […]

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Office 365 – Outlook: Encrypt your email

– 20.9.2018

(English translation by Joni Liikala)  Encrypting means that your email and it’s attachments are transformed from a natural language to an encrypted form, that only the recipient can open with a one-time passcode. Sending an encrypted message Receiving an encrypted message Sending an encrypted message You can encrypt your email message in Outlook by adding […]

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Problems with the Canon uniFLOW devices?

– 20.8.2018

Canon takes care of all the Canon printers in use at Oamk and the University of Oulu.  Canon takes care of both the papers and ink on the devices. If a machine is out of paper or ink, or if there is a functional disorder, Canon’s services are notified about the issue automatically. Canon’s service will […]

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How to fill a personal data protection information sheet (= GDPR privacy notice)

– 5.6.2018

Unfortunately, this guideline is not available in English yet.

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