Prizes: 1
st= £20 2
nd= £15 3
rd= £10
(to be presented by the Principal)
Closing date 16
thMarch 2012
Winners will be notified by
Friday 23
rdMarch 2012
Every year, we run a short story competition.
Each year the standard gets higher. Why not
have a go and raise the bar even further?
Entries:Maximum of 3000 words in 12 point font Entries to have student number, story title and page number as a footer
No names please One entry per person
Entries to be handed in to Study Centre staff
Rules:
Only actively enrolled WCT students may enter
The judges’ decision is final
No correspondence will be entered into WCT may publish winning entries
New E-resources
The college has nowpur-chased the right to use two new electronic resources. Scientific American has articles from 1993.
Vocational Studies Com-plete is a collection of online journal articles and Ebooks across a wide range
of
subject areas.Details of how to access this resource is on
page 5. TECHNOLOGY
March 2012 Volume 1, Issue 9
Helping Distance Learning
Believe with all
of your heart
that you will do
what you were
made to do.
Orison Swett
Marden
Inside this issue:
Your help person 2
How to log on from home 2 Connecting to the college net-work
3
The Library cata-logue 4 Access Vocational Studies
5
Contact details 6
The Study Centres Short Story Competition
Our full range of electronic resources can
be found on the
study centre pages
.
WHAT WE DO TO HELP DISTANCE LEARNERS
There is a link person specifically to help distance and work based learners access college resources remotely. He is there to help you:
Set up a college IT account Access the college portal Access Moodle
Register with the library system
Help with access to different electronic resources to which the college subscribes. His name is Paul Mitton
You can contact him by emailing [email protected]
If your problem is with the nature or content of your course, your course tutor would be a more appropriate person to contact.
Other useful contacts:
Student Services on 01905 723415 College reception on 01905 725555 or Email [email protected]
Library services email [email protected]
How to log on from home
It may seem obvious, but it’s probably worth mentioning anyway.
In order to log on to the Worcester Tech portal, and access any of the e-resources, you need to have a current, active IT account with Worcester Tech. If we don’t know who you are, we won’t let you access our systems. So you need to have an ac-count, and you need to know:
Your username Your password
The next step is to fire up your PC, open up your browser, and go to
www.wortech.ac.uk
Click on ‘Student and staff login’ at the bottom, under
Click on the ‘Student’ radio button,
Enter your username (first initial, surname and last three digits of your student ID number)
Enter your password Your username is lower case Click on ‘Log On’
Assuming you have successfully logged on, you will see your home page on the college portal. From here, you can access many of our services and resources.
Connecting to the College network
To use some resources, you will need to connect to the college network itself, not just the portal. To do this from home, you need to download and install VPN (Virtual Private Network) software. This can be done from the portal.
Once you are on your home page (see above), enter VPN in the search box. Click on the VPN Instructions Page
===>
Choose your operating instructions and follow the
instruc-tions to install the VPN software.
Once you have connected to your network (H) drive, any
request for electronic resources e.g. journals and databases
will be made as if you were actually in the college and logged
on to one of the college PCs.
The Library Catalogue
Heritage is the College’s Electronic Library Catalogue System. Students and staff can
access this useful resource online at College or from home, via the College website.
Heritage allows you to:
Search the College’s Library Catalogue for items such as books, e-books,
websites and other resources on particular subjects or topics.
Renew your books and avoid fines.
Manage your personal library account and check what books you have on
loan
Reserve books that are out on loan.
How can I access Heritage?
Type in the following:
http://library.wortech.ac.uk/heritage
To get started click ‘Enter Library’.
HOW DO I ACCESS VOCATIONAL STUDIES COMPLETE?
Type in http://bit.ly/EBSCOhostcom
If you are accessing this database from
outside college this page will be come up
next:
Select student then type in your college username and password
Remember—don't hesitate to contact us if you have any problems—we want you to be able to use this
Click on EBSCOhost Research Databases if you are on a smart phone or tablet choose the EBSCO mobile link
Click in the box next to Vocational Studies Complete and then click on Continue
Remember, our full range of electronic resources can be found on the
Study Centre pages.
We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a
habit.
Aristotle
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