We will be working on location as much as possible but on some days from home. Please make use of the tips on his hint page: working from home.
The school can provide you with resources such as screens (including docking), keyboard and mouse, headset, laptop stand and USB hub, if desired and as a temporary emergency supply. Should you need another office chair, you can also contact the school's service department. In that case, please send a request via this Hint page.
You can request a laptop or tablet, with prior approval of your manager, from the operations manager of your institute, department, or research centre.)
A good and healthy workplace is very important, both on location and at home. Especially if you often sit at a desk and also frequently use a computer. How do you best organize your workplace? And how do you ensure sufficient regularity and exercise during your working day? Use the tips and advice on hint.
Would you like advice on your home office or how to optimise your energy level? Please make an appointment with an occupational physiotherapist from LIJV. During a 30-minute Teams session, the LIJV occupational physiotherapist, who is also a trained vitality coach, will provide practical advice. Register and manage your own appointment via this link.
Are you in need of further measures because you are experiencing physical discomfort due to working from home? Then it is important to talk to your manager. He or she can refer you via the Occupational Health and Safety Office (arbo) to undergo a more extensive individual (online) workplace analysis by our ergonomics experts.
There are indications that other platforms besides Teams are also being used for video conferencing, such as Zoom.us. RUAS understands that employees are looking for opportunities, but there are risks involved if everyone deploys systems on their own initiative. Teams was purchased by RUAS as part of Office365, is managed and secured by the IT department and is specially configured for the university. This does not apply to other providers. Without further agreements, organization and management, RUAS runs privacy and security risks. In addition to video conferencing, this also applies to other applications that are not hosted by RUAS.
If Teams really falls short in functionality, or if there is a need for systems that are not currently offered by RUAS, please contact the information manager of your institute, knowledge center or service department. Information managers can advise on the use of software and, if necessary, initiate a process to offer additional software in a secure university environment. If you have any questions about the use of personal data due to changed processes, please contact privacy@hr.nl.
The NCSC website also provides some points of attention in connection with working from home and current cyber threats (not available in English).
In this time of distance education and working from home, the university of applied sciences requires special attention for digital security. We are currently receiving signals that coronavirus-related phishing emails are being sent. This is not yet the case at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, but it cannot be ruled out that it will happen in the near future. The university college therefore asks you to remain vigilant during this period. If you receive a message that you don't trust, check out Hint what you can do.
The Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences has previously communicated that the Zoom programme should not be used. Over the past weeks, many questions have been asked about the use of Zoom in our online education. The risks for privacy and security when using this product have been discussed many times in the national and international media. However, Zoom has obvious advantages and supports specific forms and activities of education better than, for example, Microsoft Teams. The specific forms are: (1) live lectures to large groups in which it is important to see more than four students simultaneously and (2) so-called break-out sessions in which the lecturer switches from group to group.
This is why over the past few weeks we have been working with Zoom on a configuration that fits within the frameworks for privacy and security of our educational institution. When using Zoom, the configuration of Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences Rotterdam is mandatory. It is also strongly recommended to review the documentation available on HINT before use.
As a result, we can now use Zoom on a small scale, which means that we can update our earlier ban of Zoom to the following basic assumption: "Microsoft Teams unless". Please use Zoom only for educational situations when absolutely necessary. Do not use Zoom for normal consultations, team meetings and external contact for which Microsoft Teams can be used, and not at all for privacy-sensitive conversations!
The developments surrounding Zoom and their consequences for privacy and security will be closely followed by our privacy officers and security officers in the coming period.
We hold meetings, work and communicate remotely by means of Teams. We are becoming increasingly handy, but if you have any questions or need help, ask your question via TOPdesk.
MS Teams have been purchased by RUAS as part of Office365, is managed and secured by the IT department and has been specially configured for our institution. This does not apply to other providers. Without additional agreements, set-up and management we run privacy and security risks. In addition to video conferencing, this naturally also applies to other applications that are not hosted by the Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences.
Questions about the proper use of software, including didactic issues, can be directed to Topdesk, where many specialists are currently available to answer you. If you have any questions about the use of personal data because processes have changed, please contact privacy@hr.nl. Furthermore, the website of the NCSC provides information about working from home and current cyber threats.
In these times of distance education and working from home, we ask that you pay special attention to digital security. We have received reports that phishing e-mails related to Covid-19 are being sent around. This is not yet the case here, but it cannot be ruled out that it will happen in the near future. The Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences therefore asks you to remain vigilant during this period. If you receive a message that you do not trust, check Hint to find out what to do.
In addition, there are many questions about video calls and privacy, especially now that we are working on location less often. What are the guidelines for whether or not to record group conversations or lessons? And who can share his or her screen during a team meeting? Please read the manual that has been drawn up for granting rights in Teams here.
Your health is the most important thing. Especially now. Therefore, take good care of yourself. Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences has an extensive range of health facilities and support staff. For example, we have tips and advice about a healthy workplace, you can have a health check done, we have coaches who can support you and you can always contact the health support staff of the university of applied sciences, who can help you stay or become healthy and vital. An overview of these supporters can be found on Hint. Make an appointment if you need a listening ear or tips that can make working from home more enjoyable.
Also take a look at HR Vitaal, our online vitality platform. Here you will find all kinds of information and offer about healthy exercise, good nutrition, energy and development
During these turbulent times, insecurity, questions and or feelings arise, regarding the Coronavirus. Despite closed locations, staff members can, when necessary, meet with the staff welfare officer: Liselot de Jonge. If you find it difficult dealing with the current situation, experience feelings of insecurity or find that all these changes are difficult to cope with, please contact her.
Telephone number: 06-39087626 or e-mail: l.de.jonge@gimd.nl of l.d.a.de.jonge@hr.nl Available each working day: 09:00-17:00 hrs.
In addition, you can contact her about other issues such as personal and or work-related problems, the balance or disruption between work en personal life, imminent stress, burn-out and absence/sickness, dealing with organisational changes and developments.
Even at this time, the HR Academy offers numerous opportunities for learning and development. On this Hint page you will find an overview of all the possibilities.
Of course, you may also want to explore your career prospects further. In that case, you can contact the school's career advisors. With this individual career guidance, employees of every age group are supported in making (career) choices, discovering talents and aspirations, developing plans and solving career dilemmas.
Are you a lecturer and looking for individual guidance in shaping blended education? If so, you can contact TOPdesk's pedagogical/didactical helpdesk (remote teaching) or the assessment helpdesk (testing remotely). Here you can ask your colleagues questions about distance education. After entering your question, it will be sent to the right colleague and you will be contacted. In this way we all lend each other a hand.
Another tool is the online magazine on distance learning. This magazine is continuously supplemented and updated, for example about recording lessons or other educational activities.
Another source of information is the online magazine about distance learning. This magazine is continually being updated.