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Remote Access to IT Services
Remote Access to IT Services for Students and Staff
Apr
14
2020
Posted: 07:00 IST
This webpage outlines the University's current Remote Learning and Working capabilities for Students and Staff.
Remote Access for Students
Students, you can access the following University IT Services off-campus by using your Campus Account credentials:
- Blackboard
- Library
- Microsoft Office365 - Email, OneDrive files, and Teams
- Academic Web Services (Past Exam Papers and Personal Exam timetable)
Please note that some discipline-specific software may not be available from off-campus, so you should liaise with your module and programme coordinators to understand what options or alternatives may be available.
Remote Access for Staff
Staff can access the following University IT Services off-campus by using their Campus Account * credentials:
- Blackboard
- Library
- Access your Email, and OneDrive/SharePoint Online files from the Microsoft Office 365 Portal
- Microsoft Teams for Instant Messaging, Video and Audio calls, click here to view our series of quick self-help Teams videos or download this handy cheat-sheet
- Financial Management - Agresso Web *
- Core Portal - Employee Self Service
- Student Records System - Quercus Web Portal *
- Curriculum Manager - Akari
- HEAnet FileSender is a secure way to share large files with anyone within or outside of the university
- Service Desk Ticketing
Note: * Agresso and Quercus credentials are separate to your Campus Account credentials
Web-based SSL VPN
University of Galway provides a Virtual Private Network (VPN) service to allow staff to make a secure encrypted connection to the NUI Galway network from a remote location i.e. home or abroad. The following services are available from the MyFiles Service via a supported Web Browser.
Client-based SSL VPN
The following systems will require a VPN client:
- Agresso Back Office
- Core Back Office
- Quercus Back Office
- Exam Modelling Tool
- Oracle Discoverer Reporting Services
- All other applications installed on a personal device
To request remote access to your device, please follow the instructions for the SSL VPN with an RDP connection at the following webpage.
If you avail of an IT service that is not listed above and you are unsure whether you can access it remotely, please contact the ISS Service Desk via our ticketing system or call 091 495777.
