Kategorie: ‘Announcements’
Adjusted accessibility of the IT Center
The year is now coming to an end and we would like to inform you about the service hours during the holidays and the turn of the year.
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Corona lockdown in NRW also applies to RWTH Aachen University
Germany does not yet have the Corona pandemic under control: the still rising number of new infections require a hard lockdown from December 16, 2020 until initially January 10, 2021. The RWTH Aachen University is also living up to its responsibility as the city’s largest employer and is switching university operations to emergency mode from Wednesday. Employees will work in mandatory home offices from Wednesday at the latest. Nevertheless, the operational capability of the university’s IT services – especially with regard to online teaching – will be ensured in any case.
As of December 16, 2020, RWTH Aachen University will go into emergency operation.
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Christmas mood: Check!
This year everything is a bit different than usual. However, a few traditions should still be observed – of course, respecting the current hygiene regulations. Even if no big get-together is possible, the employees of the IT Center will come together next Friday, December 11, 2020, for a virtual Christmas party.
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Welcome to the RWTH, dear students!
We would like to welcome all students at RWTH Aachen University for the winter semester 2020/2021. Since teaching will be offered online until further notice, it is our special concern as IT Center to support you in your start into the new semester.
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Limited availability of support on 21.10.2020
Tomorrow, on Wednesday, October 21, 2020, the chat support is only available until 4 pm due to an internal online event.
But this is no reason for concern, as the IT Services are of course still guaranteed at all times!
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Reopening of the IT-ServiceDesk – Personal Support
Only with an appointment and in compliance with the hygiene measures!
From Tuesday, 20.10.2020, it will again be possible to take advantage of the personal support of the IT-ServiceDesk. The prerequisite for this is an appointment and, of course, compliance with the hygiene measures for protection and containment of the corona virus. All information about the special circumstances, the booking of appointments and the updated range of services can be found in this blog post.
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Winter is Coming… and With it Completely New Possibilities: The New Plugins in RWTHmoodle
Yesterday we enjoyed 30 degrees in the sun, but now the first gingerbread is smiling at us in the supermarket. An unmistakable sign that we have arrived in the semester with the word “winter”. It is high time to replenish our own stock of thick socks (keyword: brace yourself). But besides cold and darkness, the winter semester has a lot of great new possibilities to offer, like our three new plugins in RWTHmoodle!
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Reopening of Printing Service and IT-ServiceDesk
***16.10.2020. Important note! Change of editorial office: The IT-ServiceDeks of the IT Center will open on Tuesday, 20.10.2020. All information can be found in the blog post about the reopening***
Soon it will be time for the IT Center’s print service and IT-ServiceDesk to reopen for personal contact. Although this is only partially and under certain conditions due to Covid-19, we are pleased to inform you that we will soon be able to support you again in personal contact.
Part of the reopening are the Printing Service at Seffenter Weg 23 and the IT-ServiceDesk at the same location.
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Like a Breath of Fresh Air… in September
At least for RWTHmoodle this is the case, because the first big update this year is coming. RWTHmoodle will be updated to Moodle version 3.9, including some minor and major changes. Improvements in accessibility, the widely used e-tests and the selection dialog when adding activities are just as much a part of this as minor adjustments to the forum, the grading of assignments and the question collection.
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The exact date for the update to version 3.9 is 09.23.2020.
