School of English and Drama - Welcome Week and Getting Started - 2020/21

1 . Your QM email account

All official QMUL communications including messages from the School of English and Drama are sent to your QMUL email account (ending @qmul.ac.uk), so it is important you check it daily.

Hopefully you've already received your QMUL email address and ITS credentials (check your personal email & junk folder carefully if you haven't received this information). Before your welcome activities begin, please ensure you have logged into your QMUL email account as important messages have already been sent to you. 

QMUL email (along with many other core computing resources) is provided as a Microsoft Office 365 service. To sign in to your university email address you will need your Queen Mary username (e.g. le20123) and password. When you login to email (and other QMUL Microsoft Office 365 services) you must always append the QMUL domain  ("@qmul.ac.uk") to your username e.g. le20123@qmul.ac.uk.

To check your QM email , go to: https://mail.qmul.ac.uk. Alternatively you can log into Microsoft services at https://office.com and click "Outlook".

The QMUL IT Service Desk is your first point of contact for all things IT related. If you have not received your QM email address and IT credentials please do contact them (we recommend using the IT live Chat function). You can find it here: https://www.its.qmul.ac.uk 

Log into QMUL email

Log into QMUL Microsoft Office 365

2. MS Teams

We will be using the Microsoft (MS) Teams application to deliver most of your welcome activity sessions. You can open MS Teams in a web-based version via Office 365 or download the full app to your computer or mobile device.  

MS Teams allows us to have virtual meetings, live chats and share files together. MS Teams is part of Office 365 which is available for QMUL students to download for free. Please install Office 365 on your device using your QM credentials as soon as possible. For an instruction video on how download and install Microsoft 365 for free as a QM student watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58FIAelSoO4

Once you download Office 365 you will be able to launch MS Teams on your own device. 

Launching and Logging into MS Teams:

Sign In & Password:

Sign in to MS Teams with your usual QMUL credentials for Office 365 (e.g. le20123@qmul.ac.uk) and your usual password. Once you have launched MS Teams, you can join sessions / meetings using specially created meeting links and/ or calendar invites. Please join events promptly at the start time  -  you will miss out if you're late!

For more help see the IT Services Help Pages.

3. Learning Online (QMplus especially)

Much of your study this semester will be conducted online using QMPlus and other interactive virtual platforms.

QMPlus is QMUL's virtual learning environment. It provides key module information, learning activities and access to both recorded lectures and live teaching sessions. You will attend an e-Learning training session and a QMplus Q&A as part of your welcome activities. In advance, please watch the 'Introduction to using QMplus' video as well as taking the short course 'Learning Online' for pointers on how to learn online and study effectively wherever you are.

 'Introduction to using QMplus' -

'Learning Online course' - https://rise.articulate.com/share/fjMpLdSY-TyBwFXz3NAQr4tpDsLM6ZjQ#/ 

Further general help and guidance is available via the QMplus for Students mini-site.

4. Enrolment

Enrolment is an online process for 2020/21 so you won't have to attend campus in order to become fully enrolled. However, you must complete enrolment as soon as possible in order to confirm your status as a student at QMUL and maintain access to learning resources and other facilities.

Enrolment is centrally managed by Queen Mary as a whole (and is not managed by the School of English and Drama). You can find further information about online enrolment here: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/newstudents/enrolment/online-enrolment/

As the information explains, you will have been invited to a specific ID Card collection slot during Welcome Week. It is optional and completely dependent upon your circumstances as to whether you wish to attend campus to pick up your ID card. Use the link above for further details or look for the email in your @qmul.ac.uk account. 

5. Read this: 'Important Student Information for 2020 -  Key principles in the School of English & Drama'

It's very informative and also has an extensive FAQ (frequently asked questions) section.

Read the Key Principles in SED guidance and FAQs

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Welcome back! It's been quite an extraordinary year - we hope you've managed some down time and you're ready to go for the new academic year in 2020-21.