News

by Annie Yu

ChatGPT seminar
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has undoubtedly become one of the most widely discussed topics today. In order to offer CityU staff and students a unique opportunity to enhance their understanding of Generative AI and ChatGPT, the Central IT (OCIO, ESU, and CSC) has organised two seminars. These ...

by Ian Or

all-in-one computers
Enhancing the teaching and learning environment in computing studies is our utmost commitment to both our faculty and students. Over the past two years, the Computing Services Centre (CSC) has undertaken extensive renovations to upgrade all teaching studios and a computer theatre, catering to the ...

by Joe Chow

LI-4304
The Computing Services Centre (CSC) would like to introduce two new meeting rooms, LI-4304 and LI-5401. We tentatively named them as Global Meeting Rooms. These rooms are designed to facilitate globalised hybrid meetings with state-of-the-art technologies that enhance collaboration, communication ...

by Kin Cheng, Deep Batra and Dickson Leung

LI-5405
A number of meeting rooms on the 4/F and 5/F of Li Dak Sum Yip Yio Chin Academic Building (LI) have been refurbished with new furniture and an audio-visual (AV) system that supports the “new normal” operations. The refurbishment of these meeting rooms illustrates the commitment from the Computing ...

by Ming Leung and Dr Crusher Wong (OCIO)

chatgpt
Everybody is talking about ChatGPT, even if he or she is not one of the 100 million users who can talk (via typing) to the chatbot directly. Instead of gathering information online, we asked ChatGPT to provide a self-introduction. Please see below. ChatGPT wants to help students with homework ...

by Joe Chow

LI-3610
With the continuous effort to meet the increasing demand for computer laboratories, a general-purpose lecture theatre, LI-3610, was converted this summer into a Computer Theatre which can accommodate a maximum of 82 students, a computer laboratory of its kind. Together with the existing 6 CSC ...

by Tim Chu and Dr Crusher Wong (OCIO)

zoom
Feedback shows that many colleagues found the news article on Zoom focus mode ( Ref: IT News on 30 March 2022) helpful for exam invigilation. In this article, we shall introduce new and enhanced features for CityU users provided by the Canvas-Zoom integration upgraded on 24 May 2022. Details of the ...

by Daniel Leung

teaching venue
Have you recently noticed an improved user experience with no hardware failure and better PC performance when using the computers in teaching venues? To employ the emerging technologies to enhance the teaching and learning experience in class and meet the pedagogical content knowledge needs, the old ...

by Ming Leung and Dr Crusher Wong (OCIO)

zoom focus mode
With the rapid shift of education delivery from face-to-face to online during the COVID-19 pandemic, e-learning tools have become essential for daily teaching and learning activities. When it comes to examinations, teachers dream of a subject-adaptive solution that is safe, reliable and fair ...

by Joe Chow

Teaching Studio
This summer, six teaching studios comprising Rooms LI-G600, LI-4109, LI-4208, LI-4307, LI4400 and LI-4412 in the Li Dak Sum Yip Yio Chin Academic Building (LI) have undergone a makeover to provide staff and students with a new modern teaching and learning environment. The renovation is the result of ...