Despite effective filtering, scam and phishing messages can end up in the M365 service’s mailbox. Therefore, it is appropriate to learn how to distinguish cheating messages from proper mail. The Junk Email folder is worth checking and emptying on a regular basis. It can end up with proper email, especially if the message comes from […]

ThingLink is a content creation tool for staff and students of University of Oulu and Oamk. You can create interactive maps, instructional guides, virtual tours, and branching learning scenarios. You can enrich images, videos, 360˚ content and 3D models. Hotspots allow you to add an interactive layer on top of your content, as well as […]

We in ICT Services have noticed increasing interest about Python programming and usage in courses that are provided by Oulu University of Applied Science or University of Oulu. This guide will help you to install Python programming language and Visual Studio Code programming environment on your personal computer without Administrator privileges. The contents of this […]

The password of the university and Oamk students and staff user accounts, as well as temporary UFO user accounts, must be changed at least once a year. You will get a reminder to your e-mail if you have not changed your password during the year. When you are choosing a new password, check out the […]

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, […]

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 our Zoom cloud recording will transfer the recording to our Panopto. You […]

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 […]

This guide is intended for the students and staff of Oulu University of Applied Sciences. Click here for the University of Oulu guide. The use of OpenVPN Connect client for remote connections of Oamk requires the creation of a personal OpenVPN-profile file and importing it to VPN client in the computer. First create the profile […]

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 vpn-profile. The contents of this instruction: FortiClient installation and use in different operating systems: Windows Linux […]