The Health Computing Office has many responsibilities with regards to computing. Responsibilities include maintaining the graduate computer labs, as well as deploying lab software. Health Computing also provides Nexus accounts for students. Nexus accounts include a roaming profile, an email account, and personal filespace. Consulting on technology requirements for research is also provided.
See a complete list of services for graduate students.
Things you need to know
*New* Video conferencing for graduate student defences
Getting to know Health Computing
Who are We? Where are we? How to contact us
Your accounts - identity and access management
WatIAM, Two-factor authentication, Protecting your account
Connectivity
Nexus, Wireless, VPN, Printing, Remote access
Communication and collaboration
Email, Calendar, Skype for Business, Audio & Video Conferencing, WCMS websites, Office 365, WatSafe, UWaterloo Portal
Data management
Network drives, OneDrive, SharePoint, SendIt, HealthCloud, Data recovery
Software for teaching and research
Computing labs and teaching/seminar rooms
How to pages
- How to set up your Microsoft 365 email account (on Windows, Mac and Mobile Devices)
How to set up your on-premises (Connect) email account (on Windows, Mac and Mobile Devices) - Quickly mute your notifications while in a video conference
- How to use Connect/Exchange calendar
- How to connect with VPN (Windows)
How to connect with VPN (Mac) - How to map a network drive (Windows)
How to map a network drive (Mac) - How to restore files from your network drive (backup/recovery)
- SAS
- NVivo
- How to use SPSS and NVivo Remotely (using the Virtual Computing Lab)
Other links
2023 Graduate Student Presentation (pdf)
2022 Graduate Student Presentation (pdf)
2021 Graduate Student Presentation (pdf)