Google's Chrome Remote Desktop (or "CRD") is a way of sharing control of your remote DICE desktop session with somebody else. (Don't confuse it with our similarly named ⇒ remote desktop service.) We're using it to help facilitate group lab work, to help give participants some interaction and support when we can't provide these sessions face to face on campus.
Desktop Finder helps you quickly find a lab with free desktops.
Find a lab with free desktops using this URL (only on eduroam):
The School of Informatics has a Learning Technology support service, which can advise staff on the pedagogical and technical aspects of teaching and assessment.
For details, see the Informatics Learning Technology Service (ILTS) site or get in touch at LT-support@inf.ed.ac.uk.
It is very important that software is installed, tested and distributed as early as possible before the start of teaching, so as to avoid any compatibility problems with DICE. We preserve versions of key software, once finalized, throughout the session (and until after any laboratory examinations) to ensure that students keep a consistent environment. Each year new teaching staff will be prompted to request or update any teaching software they use: look out for these messages from the PIP system.
The DICE software page explains how (and when) to request extra software for DICE. This page describes how these software requests are prioritised and dealt with.
Software requests - made using the Computing Support Form - are initially scanned by front line support staff.