ISSUE 5 ♦ Sep 2016
35 Years History of ICTO Infrastructure and Services Development
This year marks the 35th anniversary of University of Macau (UM). As an integral part of the University, ICTO is proud to chart the IT infrastructure and services development and its achievements in the past 35 years on this happy occasion.
Remote Support – Quick Solution to IT problems
In today’s world, technology plays an important role in our lives. In the past it was expected that a technician [...]
Zoom – The New Cloud-Based Web Conferencing Service
Starting from this new academic year, all UM Staff and Students can use "Zoom" web conferencing service. Comparison between Zoom [...]
New Look of ICTO Homepage
ICTO has launched a new ICTO Homepage to provide a user-friendly experience to users on any device. [...]
RC & PGH APs In-Room Movement & Public Wi-Fi Update
WiFi Access Points (AP) Relocation Enhances Signal Coverage During summer, ICTO started moving wireless Access Points (AP) at Residential Colleges [...]
Updates in Computer Rooms for New Academic Year
1. Software Upgrade in Computer Rooms During the summer break, ICTO had reinstalled the operating system and upgrade some of [...]
Cybersecurity Measurements Adopt on ICTO’s Issued Computers
To further enhance the security and to safeguard against cyber threats, ICTO is upgrading the ESET antivirus on all desktop [...]
Foxit PhantomPDF Available on ICTO’s Computers
A new PDF tool - Foxit PhantomPDF is now available and deployed on ICTO computers. Foxit PhantomPDF is a PDF [...]
IT Security Seminar
To raise the awareness among UM students and staff members’ about Ransomware, ICTO organised a seminar named “Ransomware? What We [...]
New Students Orientation Update
To welcome new students and introduce the IT facilities and services that they are going to use in the University, [...]
Notebook Ownership Program
As usual, ICTO jointly organised “Notebook Ownership Program” with UMPA, UMSU and SAO to invite vendors to exhibit and sell [...]
Use eduroam on Your Next Trip to eduroam Affiliated Institute
When travelling abroad, it is expensive to use data roaming service. If you like to get a free WiFi account [...]
WebPrint – New Option for Printing on Campus
You are rushing down to computer room or library’s printer to print out the lecture notes minutes before the class, [...]
Application for Customised Email Alias on Student’s Lifelong Email – UM@Connect
To encourage student to use the student’s lifelong email service - UM@Connect, we offer the option of customised email alias [...]
ICTO Facilities and Help Desk
ICTO provides general computing services to all staff and students of University of Macau. You may find one of the [...]
Multi-Purpose UM Campus Card
UM Campus Card is a contactless smart card which contains a highly secure chip based on open global standards for [...]
Follow-You Student Printing Service
ICTO provides convenient and secure printing service to students. Follow-You Printing holds students’ print jobs in secure print server until [...]
UMMoodle – The University’s Learning Management System
UMMoodle is a learning Management System aiming at facilitating the learning and teaching at University of Macau. Aside from facilitating [...]
Academic Staff Portfolio System
The Academic Staff Portfolio System (ASPS) was launched in June 2016, aiming to provide a one-stop platform for the academic [...]
Academic Publication Database
The Academic Publication Database is revised to integrate with the newly implemented Academic Staff Portfolio System (ASPS). This new system [...]
Student Residential Solution – Housing System
A new system for all the Residential Colleges and Student Affair Office to manage the room allotment of students has [...]
Beware of MS Office Document with a Malicious Macro Program!
Macros automate frequently-used tasks in MS Office. Many of the macros are created with VBA (Visual Basic for Applications, a [...]