Online services

Our College is well-equipped with up-to-date Information Learning Technology equipment. You can enjoy a reliable and fast network to browse the internet, use email and most importantly use interactive online materials to aid your learning. We have interactive white-boards in all classrooms, data projectors, mobile audio visual equipment and tablet PCs to enhance the learning as well as making it more accessible and enjoyable.

The College’s Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) holds a lot of information including online learning materials to reinforce the learning experience gained in the classroom. Every student enrolled in the College has access to this technology as well as a College email which is available anytime, anywhere.

The Learning Centre provides over 100 computer for open access with immediate assistance if needed. The Learning Centre also provides short courses for new applications and IT skills update. The assessment centre has 40 state-of-the-art PCs accessible to students with supervised help.

Using the computers in the Learning Centre - The Study Skills Centre

This area in the Learning Centre is where you are able to get specialist support to help with study and key skills. Please see the posters in the centre about what is on offer.

Can I just arrive and use one?

Yes, if a computer is free and has not been booked for someone else, you can simply walk up and use it. You will need your username and password. To be sure of getting a PC during peak times it is best to book in advance.

Your PC time in the learning centre is managed by MyPC software You may log in for an initial one hour period and if the computer is free, extend this time for a further one hour. If you have an urgent course deadline, staff will grant additional time but only after 2pm when demand for computers is less.

Booking in advance

You can use MyPC to book a PC slot in advance; either at the dedicated advance booking PC in the centre, or from any computer in the college (go to http://lms/mypc3). You can do this up to a week in advance. Please remember to be on time. If you are more than 10 minutes late, your booking is automatically cancelled.

Is there a charge for printing?

You may have up to 50 black and white sheets a week-free. If you wish to use the colour printer, you will be charged 20p per sheet. Please ask at the IT help desk for colour printing.

Computer use

We expect you to be doing coursework in the Learning Centre, so please keep email time brief. Your PC screen is monitored and you will be logged out if you are not using the computer for study. The Internet Station, just outside the Learning Centre, offers a place to use web sites for leisure purposes.

Online resources

The Learning Centre provides access to a range of online information, newspapers, journals, subject dictionaries and encyclopaedias. You can also access these from home using an Athens username and password, which you can get from learning centre staff.

Media studies

There are four bookable Apple Macs available for media work.

Quiet

If you wish to work with no talking near you, there are seven PCs in the silent study area. You are expected to work on your own and silent study is strictly enforced.
Help?

If you need any computer advice, specialist IT staff are available for most of the day. Please ask for help.