Email & Internet Usage/Structured Electives

EMAIL AND INTERNET USAGE

UCD Email Accounts: You should use your UCD email account when communicating with Lecturers and Science Office staff. The Science Office communicates with you by email through your UCD email address.

All students have an obligation to regularly check their UCD email accounts and are bound by notices and information posted to these accounts. Email Etiquette

Email communications should follow the same standards expected in written business communications. • Lecturers should be addressed appropriately. • Student name, student number, stage, class and group must be provided. • Students must ensure that their reply email address is functional. • The tone of any communication must be respectful. Inappropriate Content: You must not present for I.T. Support or in class with inappropriate content on device wallpaper, screensavers, and homepage. Support Staff reserve the right to refuse to support a system with such content on display. Network Usage: You should adhere to the general guidelines on computer and email usage detailed in the “Acceptable Usage Policy for UCD Computer and Network Systems” This document can be viewed under the Information Technology Acceptable Usage Policy

Brightspace

The Brightspace Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) provides e-learning services to students and staff at UCD. Brightspace allows lecturers to share module materials, post announcements for students, and run quizzes and surveys. Brightspace also includes a Virtual Classroom facility, discussion forums and various other module tools. Please refer to the Brightspace guide for a quick video tutorial of the Brightspace environment. You'll find more information about Brightspace at www.ucd.ie/futurevle and remember to check out the "Discover IT @ UCD" module when you first log into Brightspace, your Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). This is designed to help you get started using IT@UCD.

You may find that some of the terminology used in the literature and online is new to you and to help you with this you can access our online ‘Jargon Buster’ on the following Jargon Buster Link.

Jargon Buster

Structured Electives

A Structured Elective means taking your elective credits in a structured manner over the course of your programme to form a small but coherent block amounting to a minimum of 15 credits.

Note: In order to receive a Structured Elective in a given area you must take the required modules as Elective modules and not as Core or Option modules.

More information can be viewed on the following link: Structured Electives