Supporting you to use technology is a key priority to allow you to successfully complete your studies and communicate with your peers and staff.

If you have any IT problems please contact the IT Help Desk

Please check your e-mails for the application to be a Student Digital Leader this year. It will look good on your CV and in your UCAS/Apprenticeship applications next year.....
Access from home and personal devices
The easiest way to access your email, and Office tools from any device inside and outside of college, go to Office.com in any web browser

You can also access the links you need by going to Teams, student portal and then the College Intranet page
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​​You can access most resources on your mobile device by downloading the Teams App and log in with your college email (studentID@student.cmcnet.ac.uk) and password.

Microsoft Teams is your hub for teamwork, which brings together everything a team needs: chat and threaded conversations, meetings & video conferencing, calling, content collaboration with the power of Microsoft 365 applications
Email and Office 365
You must check your college email on a daily basis for key information. If you have a SMART Phone please install the Outlook Application. You also have 5 FREE copies of Office 365 to download at home for a laptop or PC. You can also install the apps on tablets or phones and login with your college login information. 

​How to install Office and Outlook can be found on this page: Email and Office 365
Security and passwords
​All students are reminded of the need to create a secure log-in password for their use on college IT systems. All student use is monitored via our Impero software and alerts are created because of the use of offensive language, inappropriate internet searches, etc. Such abuse of college machines and software is a disciplinary issue. Please remember to log off or lock any machines when you are not around them so you are not a "victim" of someone else using your login inappropriately. More information can be found on college passwords here: Password information 
OneDrive and the Learning Hub
OneDrive gives all staff & students 1TB of free online cloud storage (Office 365). Files can be saved and accessed from any PC, some smart phones and tablets connected to the internet. You can share large files and photos with fellow students and teachers. We insist that the majority of students use OneDrive instead of a USB or Pen Drive as these are easily lost and regularly fail. If you MUST use a removable device you will have to encrypt it. More information on encrypting can be found here: encrypting guide. Some students will also have access to a network drive in college if they deal with large files but this will not give access to your work outside college.

Connecting Office 365 account to The Learning Hub

This is a short, one time only, process but will benefit you if you have to submit documents via Assignment submissions because you can simpley select them from your OneDrive account directly inside the Learning Hub.
Accessibility
There is no limit to what people can achieve when technology reflects the diversity of all who use it. 

What software is available to support my studies?
We predominantly use Microsoft products. A range of tools and advice can be found here: Microsoft Accessibility Home page
We have a number of Chromebooks available for students to use. More advice can be found here: Chrome Accessibility tools
MIND MAPPING SOFTWARE
Visually plan and organise your assignment or project. 
READING AND WRITING SOFTWARE
Listen to text aloud to support comprehension, change the background colour, to help with visual stress and use speech dictation, to enable speaking instead of typing.

Text to Speech can be used to improve reading accuracy, proofreading, notetaking and understanding. Improve concentration by switching from reading to smaller manageable chunks of spoken text.


SCREEN READING AND DISPLAY ENHANCEMENT SOFTWARE
Make printed and electronic text accessible
MY COMPUTER, MY WAY
There a number of accessibility features available on devices. AbilityNet provides help to make your device easier to use: https://mcmw.abilitynet.org.uk/

Web site accessibility
Any website can be adapted and customised to meet your needs. For example, it is possible to increase the size of text, change the colours of the design, or even change the fonts to make content easier to use and comprehend.
How to change your browser settings
HOw to access College WIFI
We have to monitor your use of our networks for safeguarding reasons. This means you have to log on at a PC and log in to our Wi-Fi. If you don’t want us to monitor your use you can use your own data.
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To access our Wi-Fi search for the “BYOD” SSID in your Wi-Fi settings.

iPhone and iPad users - You will be prompted to enter a username (your college ID number) and usual college password. Then choose to trust the certificate (even if it says “not trusted”).

Android users – You will be presented with a similar screen to this when you click on the BYOD SSID. You need to enter your Student ID number in the Identity location and your password. Ignore anonymous identity.

For the CA certificate click on the “Please select” dropdown and choose “Do not validate”. Finally click on connect.
 
Laptop users – log in to BYOD with your username (Student ID) and Password. Some laptops may request different information – ask for help if you need it – from IT support or the LRC