Students
Last updated: 22/04/2022
Students and teachers at Iscte have at their disposal a wide range of support services for teaching and learning, both in person and at a distance.
Auditoriums, Laboratories and Classrooms
SIIC provide audiovisual, multimedia and computer support and the maintenance of their equipment in common spaces.
Iscte has 2 types of auditoriums:
Learn more about the auditoriums
Iscte has 3 types of classrooms:
- Classrooms with Videoconferencing System
- Classrooms with Webcam
- Architect’s Classrooms
Learn more about classrooms
Learn more about computer labs
The auditoriums and classrooms with videoconferencing systems are prepared, par excellence, for classes and other events in a hybrid environment, i.e., with face-to-face and remote participants.
Learn more about video conferencing rooms
Learn more about space support
Iscte Account
SIIC assigns user accounts to all Iscte students. The account is personal and non-transferable.
For instance, the student Xisto Ximenes has the following credentials:
Username: xxnes@iscte-iul.pt
Email address: Xisto_Ximenes@iscte-iul.pt
Password: Password.2020
The iscte account password must comply with the following requirements:
- Must be at least 10 characters long.
- You should not reuse an old password.
- It must not contain your username (excluding the @iscte-iul.pt suffix) or any of its used names, excluding particles that are less than three characters long.
- It should not contain characters considered illegal (;, , , ‘, ‘, %, *, blank).
- It must contain characters from at least three of the following categories:
- Capitals not accented (‘A’ to ‘Z’).
- Lowercase not accented (‘a’ to ‘z’).
- Decimal digits (‘0’ to ‘9’).
- Non-alphanumeric characters (!, #, &, etc.).
- Passwords must be confidential.
- Do not store passwords on visible papers or locations.
- Regularly change your password even on systems that don’t require you to do so.
- Do not automatically record on systems (e.g. browsers).
- Do not use the same passwords in an academic context and in a personal context.
- To create a secure password think of an easy-to-remember phrase and then define a method to turn that phrase into a password.
For instance:
Phrase: how to set a secure password in 2020!
Method: first letter of each word, third word in letters, use only the last two digits of numbers and keep special characters.
Password: htSETaspi20! (Do not use this example).
Iscte ID Card
All students are entitled to an Iscte ID Card.
Students who enroll and enroll at the beginning of the school year (September/October) receive a provisional card at the CGD bank installed at Iscte.These cards are activated by CGD.
Students who enroll and enroll in other periods must apply for the provisional card at a CGD agency. These cards are activated in the service room (Building II, floor 7, room C7.04).
Non-bank card – It is raised in the Serviço de Gestão do Ensino.
Bank card – It is withdrawn at any CGD branch.
The definitive cards can be activated by the cardholder or in the service room (Building II, floor 7, room C7.04).
See also: Student attendance
See also: Student attendance
Collaboration and Knowledge
Create, share, publish, browse, access, remember, communicate…
b-on provides unlimited and permanent access to thousands of journals and ebooks from some of the leading international scientific content providers.
Learn more about b-on
Videoconferencing service that is available to all RCTS institutions.
Based on the Zoom video conferencing system, it supports up to 300 participants per session and can be used from any computer or mobile device (Wndows, MacOSX, Linux, iOS, Android, Blackberry, Zoom rooms and H.323/SIP systems).
Learn more about Colibri/Zoom
Video management service for simple registration and distribution of academic content (classes).
Learn more about Educast
Application that allows users to temporarily send and store large files.
- Maximum number of email recipients: 100 (email addresses should be separated by point and comma).
- Time available to download the file: maximum 30 days (after this date the files are deleted and no security copy is made).
- Number of files to send: 1 (you can compress multiple files into a single type 7zip, zip, rar, and others).
- Maximum file upload size: 100 GB.
Learn + about Filesender
Online education and training platform for large audiences.
Learn + about the NAU platform
Video-class platform promoted by LLCT.
Courses available on this platform
Videocast allows you to stream video, audio and slides in real time through a simple web page. It may also include chat, twitter and controlled access from users.
- Live event streaming
- Support page for the creation and management of a video broadcast
- Customization of presentation layout
- Video integration, presentation and chat
- Automatic transcoding for mobile formats
- Sharing on social networks
- Real-time access and monitoring statistics
- Keyword-driven access
- RCTSaai federated authentication
Learn + about Videocast
Learn more about Collaboration and Knowledge
The email service (individual, shared accounts, and distribution lists), supported by the Office 365 platform, is available to all Iscte students.
SIIC never asks its users to send personal data, such as passwords.
Outlook Web Computers Smartphones Shared Accounts Distribution Lists
Learn + about email
e-Learning
In addition to enabling the management and distribution of content, e-learning platforms reinforce the interaction between teachers and students.
In addition to face-to-face activities, Iscte offers two e-learning platforms that, in addition to allowing the management and distribution of content, reinforce the interaction between teachers and students.
Learn + about e-learning at Iscte
Blackboard Learn is the Learning Management System (LMS) tool that ensures, alongside the Fénix content repository, e-learning in Iscte.
The Content Repository is an alternative to Blackboard Learn.
Academic Management
Features available on the Fénix platform.
Fénix “Applications” portal.
Fénix “Student” portal.
Fénix “Public” portal.
Learn more about the Academic Management Platform (Fénix)
Wireless Networks
Iscte’s wireless networking service covers much of the campus being accessible through SSID eduroam.
Eduroam (Education Roaming) is a mobility service developed for the international teaching and research community.
How to set up?
Use the CAT Eduroam automatic installer.
Learn more about the network eduroam
Learn more about wireless networks.
Software
Iscte provides all students with a set of Software, including SPSS, Office 365, and Windows, through the Microsoft Azure for Education platform.
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7-Zip (x64 edition) | File binder with a high compression rate. | |||
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Faqs | |||
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Adobe Acrobat Reader | PDF reader. | |
Help | |
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Anaconda | Free and open source distribution of Python and R programming languages for scientific computing. | |
Documentation | |
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ArchiCAD | Professional building information modeling software. | |
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Arduino | Easy-to-use hardware and software-based open source electronic platform. | |
TutorialsFAQS | |
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ATLAS ti (trial) | Tool for qualitative analysis of large bodies of textual data, graphics, audio and video. | |
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Audacity | Free and easy-to-use multi-track audio editor and recorder for Windows, macOS, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. | |
FAQSDocumentation | |
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BOUML | Free UML 2 tool pack including a modeler that allows you to specify and generate code in C++, Java, Idl, Php, Python and MySQL. | |
Faqs | |
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E-Prime (trial) | Software for behavioral research. | Documentation | ||
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Eclipse IDE | Integrated development environment (IDE). | BeginnerDocumentation | ||
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IntelliJ IDEA | Integrated development environment written in Java for the development of computer software. | |||
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IBM SPSS Amos | Allows you to use structural equation modeling (SEM) to test hypotheses in complex variable relationships and gain insights. | WIN |
How to get a license? How to activate? Known issues |
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IBM SPSS Statistics | Advanced statistical analysis software platform. | MAC WIN |
How to get a license? How to activate? Known issues |
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GanttProject | Open-source project management application for Windows, MacOS and Linux desktops. | Help | ||
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Git | Version control system. | Documentation | ||
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GSview | Interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF. | FAQSDocumentation | ||
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KNIME Analytics Platform | Open source software for the creation of data science. | |
Documentation | |
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Meshlab | Open source system for processing and editing triangular 3D meshes. | Help | ||
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Mendeley Desktop | Free referral manager. | |
Help | |
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Microsoft Office | You can install Office on up to 5 PCs or Macs, 5 tablets, and 5 smartphones. Note the choice of language and time zone. | Help | ||
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Desktop Microstrategy(trial) |
Data discovery tool. | |||
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Netbeans IDE | Integrated development environment for Java. | Help | ||
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Oracle VM VirtualBox | Open source simulator for x86 virtualization. | |
Faqs | |
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Orange Anaconda | Open source data visualization tools package, machine learning and data mining. | Accessible via Anaconda cmd prompt | ||
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QGis | Free and open source geographical desktop information system. | Documentation | ||
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PowerBI Desktop | |
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Project Libre | Open source project management software. | Help | ||
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Python | High-level, interpreted programming language. | |
TutorialFAQS | |
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Pycharm | Integrated development environment for Python. | Docs & Demos | ||
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R | Statistical and graphic computing. | |
Faqs | |
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RStudio | Integrated development environment for R. | Faqs | ||
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Scala SBT | Open source tool for Scala and Java projects, similar to Apache’s Maven and Ant. | Reference manual | ||
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Spyder (Anaconda) | Scientific environment written in Python, for Python. | |
DocumentationFAQS | |
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SWI-Prolog | Free implementation of the Prolog programming language. | DocumentationFAQS | ||
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VisualSFM | Environment GUI for 3D reconstruction using structure from motion (SFM). | |
DocumentationFAQS | |
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VMware Player | Virtualization environment for x64 computers with Microsoft Windows or Linux. | Faqs | ||
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VOSviewer | Tool for the construction and visualization of bibliometric networks. | |
Documentation | |
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XAMPP | PHP development environment (Apache + MariaDB + PHP + Perl). | |
FAQS-LinuxFAQS-WindowsFAQS-OSXFAQS-OSX |
Learn more + sobre Software
VPN
Acronym for “Virtual Private Network“, i.e., virtual private network.
The purpose of the service is to provide safer access to public and private networks for the academic community of Iscte.
Through this service a tunnel is created that protects data traffic from prying eyes, even when you do not navigate a secure network.
How to install VPN? How to Connect | Turn off the VPN?
Learn more about VPN