Lab Bookings and Etiquette
Lab Bookings:
For lab bookings, please use the Venue Booking Web Page or bet36体育投注_bet36体育在线—激情赢盈中√. For further assistance, contact labadmin@ru.ac.za.
Many labs are used for exams during swot week and are not available for general use. Guthrie lab is reserved as a special exam venue for the duration of the exam period.
Labs are also used for short courses and conferences during vacations. During this time, labs are also closed for maintenance when necessary.
Acceptable Use
Basic Labs Etiquette:
The computers in the labs are provided primarily for academic work. All students are expected to use IT facilities responsibly and with consideration for others. To this end, the following rules apply and will be enforced by the IT lab assistants:
- There is to be no noise in the labs. This is an area for academic work.
- Cell phones are not to be used in the labs
- No eating or drinking is allowed
- No smoking is allowed
- Workstations are not to be locked for more than 10 minutes
- Students who need to complete academic work get first priority when the lab is full
- No games are to be played in public labs
- Do not tamper with any hardware or software configuration
- It is the user's responsibility to log out of a machine when leaving. Users will be held accountable for any abuse originating from their accounts.
- No pets are allowed
Printing in the Labs
Printing in all the public labs is available at a nominal fee. Students can load print credit and check their print credit balance as well as transaction history using bet36体育投注_bet36体育在线—激情赢盈中√.
Large-capacity printers are installed in all the public labs.
Software
All the commonly used applications are installed across all the labs. Where licensing restrictions allow it, specialised software such as Statistica is also made available as widely as possible. Software configurations are updated twice a year, and all requests for new or additional software to be installed need to reach the I&TS Division at least a semester in advance to allow for proper installation and testing.
Lab Assistants
Lab assistants are employed to perform general maintenance tasks and to keep the printers up and running. Lab assistants are available in the evening until 22:00 to assist with problems.
Department Labs
The I&TS Division maintains a number of department labs in addition to the public labs. These labs are generally for the use of students, mostly postgraduates, in that department.
For further queries or to book a lab please email labadmin@ru.ac.za.
Last Modified: Tue, 25 Mar 2025 13:17:34 SAST