ÅA Survival Guide 2015-2016

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Ge t t i ng s t a r t ed a t t he c ampu s
contact you regarding study matters. General
information from the university is also sent to
this e-mail. Therefore, all students and staff are
advised to use their abo.fi-email.
Your department and various student associations
may have mailing lists that you can ask to be
added to in order to receive information about
events or other news that may interest you.
Computer labs
The university has computer labs aimed at
the university’s own students and staff to use
for working and studying. You should not
disturb other people working in the computer
classroom. For example, talking with your friends
and on your mobile phone, as well as playing
computer games are not suitable behaviour in
the computer rooms.
For more details on where the student
computers are situated, check the website of the
ICT services ( ), or
contact your department.
Wireless Networks
Åbo
For people with laptops or smartphones there
is a wireless network called Sparknet . Once
you have received your user account for the
university computer network, you can use your
e-mail address and password to access Sparknet.
Sparknet covers the entire campus area and
some parts of the city centre.
Vasa
In Vasa, students are encouraged to use Eduroam
or the wireless network Abo Akademi Guest.
Eduroam is a worldwide roaming access service
developed for the international research and
education community. Åbo Akademi University
is a member of Eduroam. Eduroam offers a
safe and easy wireless connection to the
Internet free of charge. University members can
use the Eduroam network in other Eduroam
organisations around the world.
2.10 Photocopying, Scanning &
Printing
At Åbo Akademi University, printing and
copying costs 3.3 cents per page (black
andwhite)/25 cents per page (colour) for
students. However, students have a quota of
12€ per six months (approx. 360 black and
white pages). After this, students are charged
per page. Students exceeding their quota will
receive an invoice at the end of the period.
Staff at the university is not charged for
printing and copying.
At the Åbo campus, copying machines for
students are available in the libraries and
several other places.
At the Vasa campus, a copying machine for
students can be found in Academill, G-house,
4th floor (outside the computer rooms).
You have to register a key to use the copier.
Every copier equipped with a key reader
should have instructions posted how to do this.
Almost any contactless smart card will work as
a copy key, e.g. the HID or Indala keys to the
buildings will work fine.
A list of copying machines equipped with key
readers can be found at the following adress:
.
You can check your printing and copying info
(e.g. used quota) here: (info
accessable to all users).
The copiers also works as scanners (via e-mail).
This is also described in the instructions posted
at the copier.