Services to Support Studying
Library
Library offers premises, collections and services that support learning, studying and professional development. Material is available locally as well as via web services, partner libraries and interlibrary lending. Information specialists of Library offer user instruction and instruction in information seeking for groups; also personal guidance in information seeking is available.
ICT Services
As an Oamk student, you can use your own laptop in the Oamk’s wireless network at the campuses. Also, you may use the software and computers provided to your use at the campuses. Moreover, you can use many of the services from home, e.g. email, workspaces in the cloud services and survey tools. You can log in to these services with your Oamk account. To get the account to your use, you must accept the rules of IT systems use and the access right conditions. In case you have IT related issues, first look for an answer from the ICT Services website. If you cannot find a solution from there, please make a service request: Please see our contact information from the starting page of our site.
Learning Environments
There are several learning environments and electronic services which support you on your way to becoming a professional teacher. Here is a list of them:
Peppi is a password protected student and course credit system, which you can access with your Oamk username. You can check your progress, the current state of your studies, the credits you have accumulated, and you can print your transcript of records in Peppi. You can find several other services for students at the School of Professional Teacher Education, such as Ossi -tool, registration to the teaching practice, the teaching practice contract, and the application form for the diploma. Peppi also has the Personal Study Plan tool which you can use to register for some of the optional studies. Do remember to update your contact information in Peppi!
Microsoft Office 365 includes your student email, which you can register by adding @students.oamk.fi after the username you have been provided. It is to this email where all of the messages, information bulletins about your studies, notifications about expiring passwords and the messages sent from Moodle/Peppi will be sent. It is very important that you actively monitor this email address. If you wish, you can redirect your student emails to another email. Office 365 also has a One Drive cloud storage available which you can use to save and distribute files during your studies
MS Office 365 – Teams is another tool used for messaging and web meetings. The programme offers quick messaging, voice and video calls, web meetings and sharing your availability status and files with your group and tutors.
Moodle is a learning environment offered by Oamk. It is used to support teaching and guidance in many of the groups. Moodle is a closed environment which requires a Oamk password to enter. If your group uses Moodle, you will need a so-called course key to enter the platform. The key will be provided by your teacher.
Howspace is a learning environment where you work actively with your fellow students. You co-create various learning materials, receive peer and teacher feedback, and other support for your learning. When Howspace is used by your study group, the work in Howspace will start in the study orientation phase and will continue throughout the studies.
Zoom is an online meeting tool, and it is used for distance learning and student counselling, online meetings, and webinars. You can participate in the Zoom meeting directly in your browser, or you can install the Zoom app. Zoom works on Windows, Mac and Linux, as well as mobile devices (iOS and Android). Read the instructions to start using the Zoom online meeting tool.
G Suite for Education services are also offered to you during your studies. You can access them with your Oamk user-ID. To do this you need to use the ”HAKA”-login option. This service offers you Google Drive cloud storage and Blogger blogging tool. If you are using the Oamk user ID to save your material in Google, please remember to save that material somewhere else too, since your access with the Oamk user ID is valid only during your studies.
After your graduation your Oamk user ID will stop working. Remember to copy and save all the documentation and tasks you have uploaded to different platforms, such as Microsoft Office 365 cloud, Google and Moodle!
If you have a Finnish bank account, you can use it to get a new password.
ICT support will help you with IT problems related to your studies. In case you have IT related issues, first look for an answer from the ICT Services website.