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My.SUN – new and faster

Thursday, January 30th, 2014

If you are new on campus, you are probably not focussing on how to get to “the portal” – but if you are returning for another year, you might have noticed something completely different in place of the old portal pages!

Let us introduce the My.SUN Menu: the new landing page that directs you to all your applications.  The My.SUN Menu offers one of the primary benefits of a portal: you only need to go to one place to find your link. We wanted to make your experience faster and at the same time easier.

The My.SUN Menu is the culmination of a yearlong collaborative effort between the IT Division and various partners including Learning & Teaching Enrichment, Communications & Liaison, the Postgraduate and International Office, amongst others.

The implementation of the Menu is taking the first step towards a new application infrastructure. Gone are the days of trying to funnel everything through one page on the web – we are now used to multiple tabs in our browsers and various services in different places.  The aim of My.SUN Menu is to facilitate this transition and at the same time provide a fast and easy-to-use interface. We will be systematically integrating the My.SUN Menu with more of your frequently used applications – the Menu will appear at the top of these applications for easy access. 

The first thing you will notice is that you do not need to log in before you can see the links – now that’s better!  If the link you are going to is secured, you will be prompted of course, but this change in process results in a much faster experience. 

Look out for the “Filter” input box  – this is truly the quickest way to find that link that you always used:  Start typing in the name of the application you are looking for, and immediately the list will start to show.  Also notice the arrows at the bottom left and right corners that will allow you to move between link pages for the selected category.  If you want to switch between Afrikaans and English, use the small “wrench” icon in the top right corner when the Menu is open.

For more information and assistance, please visit the help page – the easiest way to get there is to click on the “question mark” icon at the top right of the Menu.  Please give us feedback via our service desk (help@sun.ac.za) or tweet about it while you mention us (@ITStellenUni).

[ARTICLE BY MARC-ALLEN JOHNSON]

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Would you like lessons from Google?

Friday, November 15th, 2013

Given the fast growing MOOC phenomenon (read our article on MOOCs), Google launched an online video university recently.

Google Helpouts is an online service providing a platform for users to collaborate, share expertise and assist other users by means of live, real-time video streaming.

To use this service, you have to be a member of Google+. You will be able to access Helpouts either through your computer or tablet or by downloading the Android app for your cellphone.

Within seconds you can have a personal instructor at your disposal or when it suits you. No limits on time or location exist – you can have access to expert advice any time of day or night.

Helpout schedules a session when it suits you best and outomatically adds it to your Google calendar. An option to be reminded via sms or e-mail also exists to ensure you don’t forget your session.

Thousands of providers have already joined Helpouts and teach in a wide range of specialist fields. Experts or, as Google refers to them, “providers” can be small, medium or large companies, but also individuals.

Even you can host your popular origami class on Helpouts. Just remember, experts have to be approved by Google and need to list their qualifications, prices and schedules.

Unlike MOOCs, Google’s new service comes at a cost.

Clients pay per minute or session for a live video conversation with an expert who gives Google 20% of his fee as payment. Free sessions are also available for some companies as part of their marketing strategy

Payment is made via Google Wallet, which holds your credit card details, and you can pay per session or per minute. If you’re not satisfied with the service, Helpout  will provide you with a full refund – if you request one within 72 hours.

Do you suddenly feel the urge to learn to play guitar? Matt Gibson is waiting for you at Google Helpouts …

[SOURCE: www.iol.co.za en www.wikpedia.org]

 

 

 

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Confused about visitors’ activation?

Friday, October 4th, 2013

Two weeks ago we introduced a new decentralised process for activating access for vistors to the SU campus (read the article here) However, it seems that some confusion remains regarding the steps to follow and how the new process works. 

To explain this in a very simple way, we created a diagram explaining  the basics. All this information, as well as FAQs, is also available on our wiki.

 

kliek op die grafika vir die groter weergawe

 

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WiGig – new generation WiFi?

Friday, September 20th, 2013

Just when we got used to all the pros and cons of WiFi, a new contender we don’t know much about yet, appears on the horizon. Let’s look at the strengths and weaknesses of  WiGig.

WiGig is another wireless standard just like WiFi, but in spite of this there are some significant differences.

WiGig’s  range is considerably closer than WiFi, won’t easily reach past 10 metres and doesn’t particularly like to go through walls. So why would you want to use it?  

Image credit: WiGig Alliance

WiGig is fast, faster than the Wifi we’re used to. It operates on a much higher frequency (60GHz ) than traditional bandwidths and mobile signals and can deliver speeds of up to 7Gbps. lewer. However, as soon as your devices are further away, speed performance decreases rapidly.

Experts therefore recommend that WiGig be used for home entertainment systems, tablets and home pcs and in addition to your existing WiFi connection.  

If energy saving is important to you, you can consider WiGig with a clear conscience as it’s been designed as a low energy alternative. It also claims to use five times less energy than WiFi and radio signals are set up to avoid congestion and send signals directly to it’s goal. 

WiGig was established by the Wireless Gigabit Alliance, which included members like Broadcom, Cisco, Intel, Microsoft, Dell, Nokia, Toshiba, Qualcomm, NEC, Panasonic and other large corporations. At the moment the WiGig standard is currently going through various certification programmes, but according to estimations these will be completed by the end of 2013.

[BRONNE: www.techradar.com & www.computerweekly.com]

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Meet TED

Friday, September 20th, 2013

TED has been inspiring millions around the world and most of the time he only has 18 minutes to do it! Quite the motivational speaker, isn’t he?

Good thing TED isn’t just one person otherwise he would’ve been exhausted after almost 30 years of talking.

TED talks began as a simple attempt to share what happens at various TED conferences around the world. It started off way back in 1984 when people from three different worlds – Technology, Entertainment and Design – came together at a conference to share ideas. They realized that some of these ideas might actually be cool and worth sharing with other people. And so TED talks was born.

In spite of it’s popularity TED remains a nonprofit organization and has grown exponentially over the years.  Along with two annual conferences, the TED Conference and TEDGlobal, TED includes the award-winning TED Talks video site, the Open Translation Project and TED Conversations, the inspiring TED Fellows and TEDx programs, and the annual TED Prize.

But the most popular of all these seem to be TED talks. As talks were given at conferences around the world, they were released online and quickly attracted a global audience who liked what they heard. Since June 2006, they have been offered for free viewing online, under Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs Creative Commons license, through TED.com.

In January 2009 the then amount of videos had been viewed 50 million times. In June 2011 the amount of views totaled 500 million, and on 13 November 2012, TED reached its billionth video view.

Initially speakers came from the three fields of Technology, Entertainment and Design, but over the years they have included scientists, philosophers, musicians, religious leaders, philanthropists and many others. Previous presenters include Bill Clinton, Jane Goodall, Malcolm Gladwell, Al Gore, Gordon Brown, Richard Dawkins, Bill Gates, Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, and many Nobel Prize winners. Since speakers are given only 18 minutes, their ideas have to be conveyed in the most innovative and interesting way to capture their audience and often also though storytelling.

As of May 2013, over 1,500 talks are available free online. Every week 5-7 new talks are being published. Topics range from a talk on why bees are disappearing to how to make stress your friend and everything in between. Whether you’re looking for something informative, inspiring, ingenious or just plain jaw-dropping, you’ll find it here.

So what are you waiting for? Get some inspiration at http://www.ted.com/talks

 [SOURCE: www.wikipedia.org & http://www.ted.com/]

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