About the Computing Services website
This web site was developed through 2007 and takes a three level approach to the providing information .The web site is subdivided as follows:
- The main site (which you're looking at now) is kept deliberately small and high-level, and aims to be informative while remaining concise. The content here is published through the content management system, and any further content will be reviewed by an editorial team to ensure it reads and fits well with the rest of the site.
- There is a BUCS Technical Content wiki, which aims to cover more technical information in a manner that is suitable for all. We hope that using a wiki will help us keep rapidly-changing content more up-to-date.
- The existing BUCS System wiki will remain, and will continue to be 'by technical people, for technical people', covering more detailed technical areas.
Finding what you want
From our homepage there are four main ways you can search for and find information in our website.
- Use the main Menu - this is the dark blue bar along the top of the website.
- Choose from the most popular - the centre of our web page is filled with the most popular information that people search for.
- Use the search box - type in what you are looking for.
- Use our A-Z - search through our alphabetical listing of services.
Understanding the main menu
The computing Services website has over 1000 pages and knowing what to look for and where, can be difficult. Here is a guide to our Main Menu headings and what you will expect to find in the Left hand Navigation when you click on them.
Home - This sections will display all the information about Computing Services from our organisation chart to our policy's and guidelines.
Tools - This section lists the tools we make available to help you work or study. Here you will find information about, new account access, software, web tools and antivirus information.
Help - This section gives you information about help that we provide, this varies from documentation for our services to online forms to fill out if you need help.
Services - This section links to information on all the services we offer from IT training to what you can purchase in the Campus Computer Shop.
Email - This section gives all the information you need to set up and use email as well as safeguard yourself against spam.
Networking - This section gives you information on how to access our services while at the university from wireless internet access to working from home.
Your computer - This section gives you information on your computer about access to file storage mapping drives and printers and access to your account manager where you can see your used and remaining file storage space and your recent support requests.
Your account - This section gives information about who can have an account and how to get access to personal web space.
Something's missing from the BUCS web site?
If information you need is currently not available, please contact the BUCS Information Manager and we will endeavor to provide any documentation related to our services that we can.