Minitab a statistical package is now available for Macquarie staff and students. For more information and to download Minitab, log-in to the portal, and click on the 'Software Downloads' tab.
NEW! WIRELESS NETWORK A new wireless network is now available to use by the name of “Macquarie University Wireless”. Instructions to access it can be found at www.its.mq.edu.au/student_services/wirelessnetwork.html A word of caution if you have book marked the WIRELESS LOGIN page it needs to be different for the new network
Online Training
- Macquarie University is please to be able to offer you an online
learning program, specialising in IT courses, using the internet-based
training and learning solution ElementK. For more information on
courses available and how to register, logon into the portal in the top
left hand corner, and then go to the ‘Training and Development’ tab at
the top.
New! General Use Student Lab in C5C 219/221
- A new student lab will be opening on Tuesday 7th April. During the first semester 2009, the lab will open Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm. The lab is showcasing new Virtual Desktop technology and layout design. Students are required to log in using their StudentID and portal password to gain access to services. It is strongly advised students use USB memory sticks to save files as files cannot be retrieved after logging off.
NVivo 8 software now available to Macquarie Students and Staff NVivo is a specialised package designed to help analyse qualitative data such as interview material and texts, Macquarie University has purchased a site license for Students and Staff , available for download from the myMQ portal under the 'Software Downloads' tab , accessible after log in.
Macquarie GMAIL accounts now have 6.4 GB of storage.
Google Docs now includes Presentations Available to Macquarie students in their Google Docs account is a Presentation program. Google Docs is a web-based word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation program that makes collaboration more efficient. To learn more about Presentations click here . To view Help Documentation on Presentations click here . Office Software offers available to students Microsoft Microsoft’s student licensing initiative called “It’s not cheating” is an offer to validated university students a lower price for Microsoft Office Ultimate Edition through download and purchase from www.itsnotcheating.com.au ( http://www.itsnotcheating.com.au/ ) The core offer is for students with a valid university email domain address can purchase 1 license for Office 2007 Ultimate Edition for $75 for a perpetual license or $25 for a 1 year subscription. Open Office OpenOffice.org is a multiplatform and multilingual office suite and an open-source project. Compatible with all other major office suites, the product is free to download, use, and distribute from http://www.openoffice.org NeoOffice (Mac OS X) NeoOffice.org is an office suite for the Mac OS X platform and an open-source project. The product is free to download, use, and distribute from http://www.neooffice.org Google Docs Google Docs are available to Macquarie Students via your Macquarie Google Apps account, log in via the myMQ Portal , you can learn more about this service at http://docs.google.com .
Text Book Lists for Co-Op Bookshop on myMQ The list are provided as links to the Co-Op web site. The Student Information Tab (4th tab), contains a myUnits channel, for each enrolled unit there will be a link to the Co-Op web site.
Your Student Account Check/pay your student account via your online Statement of Outstanding Charges in eStudent ( https://student1.mq.edu.au/ )
myMQ, the Student Portal, provides the gateway to information for current students. myMQ has been designed to bring all student resources to one location. The Portal contains links to:
* Student Email and Calendar * Online Learning @ MQ * Library catalogue and reserve systems * eStudent * Unit home pages * and many other student and university resources.
