This is the Fourth in a series of regular communications to UG Students concerning the implementation and roll out of Online Teaching and Learning at UG.
Under the Vodafone Tertiary Data Bundle Plan, to date a total of thirty-two thousand, and six (32,006) Vodafone SIM cards were collected and registered in the portal by UG Faculty and Students. Of this number, thirty two thousand and fifty-three (30,053) cards have were successfully activated at close of day on 13th April, 2020, representing a 93.8% completion rate.
Most of the initial activation challenges have been resolved. We continue to work with the Service Provider to resolve all remaining issues speedily. SMS messages have been sent to persons whose SIMs were either detected to be defective or with mistakes in serial numbers.
1. Zero-rating of UG online teaching and learning Sites
Vodafone and MTN have zero-rated University of Ghana online teaching and learning sites. In other words, these companies are providing free access to all UG hosted educational content and all other applications on ug.edu.gh domain.
Please note that free access only works if you use either Vodafone or MTN as these are the only telecommunication companies offering zero-rating service at the moment.
2. Sakai Training
A two week Sakai training for members of faculty came to an end on Friday, 10th April 2020. The next round of training will be announced in due course. Recorded videos of these sessions and other training resources will be made available at sakairesources.ug.edu.gh by 17th April 2020.
3. Zoom accounts for lecturers
The process is underway to create a Zoom Account for all faculty members to enable them schedule their own meetings with their students and colleagues.
The University of Ghana Computing Systems is aware of recent reported cases of Zoom security breached. We are closely monitoring the actions that Zoom is taking to remediate the exploited vulnerabilities. We will continue to follow developments and implement all recommended actions by the company to ensure we minimize any potential risks.
In the coming days we shall issue frequent tips on how to ensure safe use of the tool. Formal online awareness training sessions on how to securely and effectively use the tool will announced.
Other collaboration tools available for use in the UG environment include Microsoft Teams, Google Hangout, Sakai Big Blue Button conferencing tool
