If you are experiencing an issue that is not listed in the sections below, or you have any questions concerning current issues or planned maintenance work, please contact the IT Service Desk by telephone on 01752 588588 or online using the IT Self Service portal.
Please note that this page is updated only during office hours (8am-5pm Monday to Friday).
All services are currently available.
(Planned periods of maintenance activity to facilitate improvements and upgrades to key IT services during which there may be a service disruption)
| Digital Learning Environment/Moodle | 07:00–09:00 every Tuesday |
| JANET (The University’s network) | 07:00–09:00 every Tuesday |
| PEARL (The research repository) | 08:00–09:00 every Wednesday |
| iTrent (HR system) | 17:00–21:00 every Tuesday |
| IT Self Service portal | 08:00–08:30 every Friday |
All services are currently available.
(Advice about known problems which are either a design feature of the IT systems or software, or recommended workarounds for commonly occurring issues)
Service Advice re: Only use Excel Online when co-authoring Excel workbooks
With Excel Online you can work on Excel workbooks with others in real time. This is known as co-authoring.
Word and PowerPoint, in addition to the Online version, will also support co-authoring in your University desktop software application.
However, to co-author in Excel you must use the Excel online App via your web browser.
NB Attempting to co-author in Excel 2016 desktop application may corrupt your Excel workbook.
When you need to co-author an Excel workbook just follow the simple steps below. For more detail - just type ‘co-authoring’ in the ‘tell me what you want to do’ tab on the top menu bar.
(1) Go to the UoP Portal ( https://portal.Plymouth.ac.uk )
(2) Click on the Apps icon (top left of screen)
(3) Launch the Excel App
(4) Create a new, or Open an existing, Excel sheet
(5) Use the ‘share’ tab (top right of Excel on-line)
You must use Excel Workbooks in .xlsx, .xlsm, or .xlsb files format. If your file isn’t in this format, open the file and then click File > Save As > Browse > Save as type. Change the format to Excel Workbook (*.xlsx).
During the next software service release (UWSS 2019) scheduled for this summer, it is intended to update the Excel desktop to a version and that will have the co-authoring function.
