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Storage Space Reduction on OneDrive & SharePoint Online

September 2nd, 2024 | by
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Microsoft products play a major role in everyday university life, especially for many students. Services such as Word, PowerPoint, Excel and OneNote are part of the Microsoft licences included in the Microsoft federal contract that RWTH Aachen University has concluded with Microsoft. This gives students (and employees) the necessary rights to use the software.

Due to new votes and licence changes on the part of Microsoft, the storage space for OneDrive and SharePoint Online on the tenant for students has been redefined.

You can find out what has changed for you and how to proceed in this blog post.

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Overleaf at RWTH Aachen University

August 30th, 2024 | by
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On 6 February 2024, Overleaf officially went into regular operation at RWTH Aachen University. Thanks to the cooperation with the Technical University of Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt), employees with active status at RWTH Aachen now have access to a powerful, web-based LaTeX platform that is revolutionising the creation of scientific documents. This introduction marks a significant step towards more efficient and collaborative research and teaching.

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RWTHmoodle – Usage Survey Results

August 26th, 2024 | by
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In the summer semester 2024, RWTHmoodle users once again had the opportunity to evaluate the system and the associated services such as training and support services.

The usage survey started on June 17, 2024. In total, around 36,300 people who actively used at least one course room in the summer semester 2024 were invited to take part in the RWTHmoodle usage survey. 1,750 users accepted this invitation.

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Women in IT: Success Stories

August 14th, 2024 | by
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Welcome to the second instalment of our Women in IT blog series!

In our first blog post, we looked at the obstacles and challenges faced by women in the industry. Now we turn our attention to the inspiring success stories and lasting contributions that women have already made. These pioneering women have revolutionised the world of information technology and serve as role models for future generations.

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TreMoGe – Your Central Anchor

August 2nd, 2024 | by
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TreMoGe                                                          Source: Own illustration

Dear students of RWTH Aachen University,

Do you need help setting up eduoram on your mobile device, for example? Are you still struggling to set up Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for RWTH Single Sign-On or are you looking for help installing certain software? Simply make an appointment for the “Treffpunkt mobile Geräte” (TreMoGe) – we will help you configure our IT services in peace and time and are available to answer your questions.

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Rwthapp Relaunch: Your Feedback is Needed

July 22nd, 2024 | by
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More than a year has already passed since the relaunch of RWTHapp on 3 April 2023. In this blog post, we want to give you an insight into what has happened since then and what the future holds for RWTHapp. Your opinion is particularly important to us. Which is why at the end of the post you will also find out how you can directly influence the further course of development and maybe even win a little something by doing so

 

 

 

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Exam Scan – Digital Inspection

July 8th, 2024 | by
Moodle Monday

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Digital inspections offer a number of advantages: They save resources by reducing the use of staff, students can participate remotely and receive a copy of the exam without additional effort, which they are allowed to request in accordance with the Higher Education Act in NRW.

In order to be able to use these advantages for paper pencil exams, the IT Center, CLS and the Chair of Controlling at RWTH Aachen University have developed Exam Scan, a Moodle plugin that prepares such exams for digital viewing.

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“Help, I’ve deleted the internet!”

July 3rd, 2024 | by
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Do you know any such experts who have deleted the Internet from their PC? How did they come to think that in the first place? It often happened by mistake that you deleted the icon of the browser you were using (often Internet Explorer in the past) – and thus the usual way of opening “the Internet”. But is it even possible to delete the internet? In this blog post, we want to get to the bottom of this myth.

 

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Women in IT: Challenges and Successes

July 1st, 2024 | by
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Welcome to the first edition of our new blog series “Women in the IT industry”!

In this series, we will be looking at the many challenges, successes and experiences of women in the IT industry. We will highlight the key issues affecting women in IT, from overcoming prejudice and promoting equality and diversity to the biggest successes and stand-out achievements. These topics are particularly relevant for women in this dynamic and forward-thinking field.

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RWTHmoodle Usage Survey 2024

June 17th, 2024 | by
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Take part and make a difference!
It’s that time again: The annual RWTHmoodle usage survey starts today on June 17, 2024 and runs until July 7, 2024. You have used RWTHmoodle and were authorized in at least one learning room in the summer semester 2023? Then you now have the opportunity to share your experiences with the system and give us valuable feedback. Together we can further improve RWTHmoodle and adapt the support services accordingly.

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