Policy on Appropriate Use of Technology Resources
Policy
The University of Dubai expects all stakeholders to appropriately use the technology resources available for the purpose of ethically conducting office work. The detailed UD policy on the appropriate use of technology resources is defined in Appendix I.
1. Code of Conduct for IT Resources:
Internet and other computing services in the university are governed by the following code of ethics:
- Users are encouraged to use the IT facilities to further the goals and objectives of their work, study or research.
- Users must not use IT facilities for illegal downloading and using of crack products and unacceptable material, storing non-academic material or any other personal material (such as personal advertising), creating, exchanging, displaying or publicizing offensive and libelous statements. Social and moral practices in the UAE must be observed by all users.
- No equipment may be removed from the University without prior written permission from the administration.
- Users must take all precautions to avoid causing corruption of data in the system.
- Users must not deliberately modify or change the integrity of the online services and facilities of the University.
- Users must not remove or modify information stored in the system.
- It is the responsibility of users to ensure that they are computer literate and familiar with the IT equipment available.
- Users are responsible for charges incurred through the use of the IT facilities other than those offered by UD. These may include buying books from Amazon.com, or subscribing to e-journals and e-books, buying other goods electronically, sending faxes etc.
- The university disclaims any responsibility for loss of data, and/or its corruption due to malfunctioning of equipment, or power cuts while working etc.
- When downloading information from remote sites users must take all reasonable precautions not to infringe the copyright laws of the UAE.
- Any violation of this Code of Conduct will be dealt with in accordance with S 6.11 Student Disciplinary Policy and FP 5.9 Disciplinary Policy.
2. Minimum requirements for ICT Services
Mid End Users
- Processor: Intel® Core™ i7- Processor 2.1 GHz (25M Cache, up to 4.9 GHz, 12 cores)
- Chipset: Intel® B660 Chipset
- Memory: 16GB DDR4 U-DIMM
- Storage: 512GB M.2 NVMe™ PCIe® 3.0 SSD
- Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GT730 2GB DDR5 : 1x DVI, 1x D-SUB, 1x HDMI
- Wi-Fi/LAN: Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.2, 2*2
- Ports: 1x RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet, 1x HDMI 1.4
- 1x VGA Port, 2x Display port 1.2, 1x 7.1 channel audio (3 ports), 2x PS2, 4x USB 2.0 Type-A, 1x Headphone, 1x 3.5mm combo audio jack, 2x USB 2.0 Type-A, 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C, 2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A, 2x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A
- Keyboard & Mouse: Wired keyboard (USB)
- Wired optical mouse (USB)
- OS: DOS
- Warranty: 5-Years Onsite Pick and Drop Warranty
High End Users
- Processor: Intel® Core™ i7- Processor 2.1 GHz (25M Cache, up to 4.9 GHz, 12 cores)
- Chipset: Intel® B660 Chipset
- Memory: 20GB DDR4 U-DIMM
- Storage: 1 TB M.2 NVMe™ PCIe® 3.0 SSD
- Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GT730 2GB DDR5 : 1x DVI, 1x D-SUB, 1x HDMI
- Wi-Fi/LAN: Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.2, 2*2
- Ports: 1x RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet, 1x HDMI 1.4
- 1x VGA Port, 2x Display port 1.2, 1x 7.1 channel audio (3 ports), 2x PS2, 4x USB 2.0 Type-A, 1x Headphone, 1x 3.5mm combo audio jack, 2x USB 2.0 Type-A, 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C, 2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A, 2x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A
- Keyboard & Mouse: Wired keyboard (USB)
- Wired optical mouse (USB)
- OS: DOS
- Warranty: 5-Years Onsite Pick and Drop Warranty
3. Internet speed and bandwidth
The minimum required internet speed is 500 Mbps for UD IT Services to be operated, However, UD provides below bandwidth speeds to UD Stakeholders.
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Units
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Download
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Upload
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UD Academics & Operation
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1 Gbps
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500 Mbps
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UD Students
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500 Mbps
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50 Mbps
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UD Research*
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500 Mbps
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50 Mbps
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UD Research's internet speed depends on the required needs of projects and sponsors.
Upload speed vs. download speed
Download speed is the speed at which information travels from the internet to your internet-connected device. For example, if you open an UD website on your computer, your download speed would determine how long it takes to load the page.
It is important to note, your download speeds may be slower and not accurate if there are multiple users streaming video or downloading large files. The download speeds have a higher accuracy when no streaming services are running and no large files are being downloaded when the test is running.
Upload speed is the opposite of download. It is the speed at which information travels from your internet-connected device to the internet. If you post a video to LMS , your upload speed would determine how long it takes your video post to get to the iLearn server for all your students to see.
With most internet plans, download speeds are much faster than upload speeds. Streaming videos or music, reading email, are all activities that don’t really need upload bandwidth once they’re initiated.
Upload speeds become much more important for interactive applications such as Zoom or when adding content or video to a course being delivered remotely.
Testing your speed
Knowing your internet speed and how it compares to recommendations from internet-based services, such as Zoom, MS Teams can help you get the most out of your connection. Because speed is so vital to making your internet-dependent activities work well, you should test your internet speed regularly. There are many websites that can test your internet connection speed.
You can also download the free Speedtest mobile app by Ookla for Android and iOS to test your connection on your mobile device.