Moodle is a course management system that enables lecturers to create Moodle courses for individual modules or events. There you will usually find the relevant learning materials, references to literature and information about the exam. Group or project work can also be implemented via Moodle and you can exchange ideas with your fellow students on technical or organizational questions. Each user has their own profile that can be customized.

Note: Not every event is mapped in Moodle. No registrations or de-registrations for the courses in presence or examinations are made there either.

The myUDE app offers many important study-related functions that you can easily access via your smartphone. There for example, it is possible to view your timetables, your examination performance, the menus of your canteen, your semester ticket or information about mobility.

If you are not (yet) familiar with the campus, you can use the app to navigate to a specific building. In addition, functions related to the university library are offered - e.g. searching for specialized literature or viewing loan periods. The range of functions of the app is constantly being expanded. 

The UDE currently offers two online conference systems: Zoom and BigBlueButton (short: BBB). Both tools make it possible to join a "room/meeting" and interact with fellow students and lecturers using a microphone and/or webcam. Text chat is also available for both.

In order to be able to separate private matters from study-related matters, the UDE offers its own tools for communication so that you do not have to use your private messenger services.

• Rocket Chat: The Rocket Chat corresponds to a messenger that you can call up via your internet browser or as an app.
• Webmail: You can exchange information with your UDE internal e-mail address via the Mailbox Webmail. You can check this website with initial help for webmail, if the registration does not work or the inbox is too full.
• Moodle: Moodle also offers the function of sending messages to each other. All you have to do is log into Moodle and search for the appropriate contact there.

In short: yes.

You even have several places to study and work on campus:

• PC pools: The "Zentrum für Informations- und Mediendienste (ZIM)" provides PC workstations on the Essen campus as well as PC workstations on the Duisburg campus. All PC pools and workstations in the university library (UB) and the specialist libraries are equipped with the Windows 10 OS. You can also access various software via the virtual desktop (VMware Horizon Client).
• Co-working spaces: If you don't need a PC, you can simply use the workstations or study rooms in the libraries. You can work in peace at the various individual workstations, for example to study for an exam or to write a thesis. In the study rooms you can meet up with fellow students - you don't have to be so quiet here.

Here is a selection of workshops that might interest you:

University Library Offers

The university library has a wide range of courses and seminars on a wide variety of topics. Here you can learn, for example, how to use the library or how to research literature. It could be that your studies require a library card. You can do that here too. If you have never visited your specialist library, you will also find virtual tours here. On this website you will find all information about the offers of the University Library.

Training Courses on Software

• Microsoft IT Academy: The "Microsoft Imagine Academy Program" offers various free courses on standard Microsoft softwares as well as certification courses on Microsoft products - you can find more information here. In addition, you will find over 120 digital scripts as IT teaching and learning documents on the HERDTCampus learning platform. It also includes free examples and exercises.
• Cisco Academy courses: With constantly updated learning materials, the Cisco Academy offers the opportunity to deal with various courses related to network technology, IT security and programming. Certification as a Cisco Certified Networking Associate (CCNA) is also possible by passing an internationally recognized exam.

Students of all disciplines must have an increasing discipline-specific and cross-discipline-specific data competence. Data competence means organizing, analyzing and selecting data to answer questions in science, the world of work or in a social context.

As part of the DataCampus UDE project, you have the opportunity to take part in the series of events for students "numbers, data, fries". In one-hour digital meetings, experts from practical and research area give you an insight into the topic of data competence. Afterwards you can ask your questions and exchange ideas with the experts.

Since the winter semester 2021/22, the basic course "Discover the Data" is also offered. If you participate three times in the series of events “numbers, data, fries” you will receive bonus points for crediting the basic course, a voucher for a portion of fries (redeemable in the cafeterias and canteens on the Essen or Duisburg campus) and a confirmation of participation for the respective event.

You can find more information about the series of events on the website of the DataCampus project.

The project is funded by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia as part of the Data Literacy Education.nrw funding line. It cooperates with initiatives at the Ruhr University Bochum, the Technical University Dortmund and the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences and is a member of the federal network Data Literacy Education.

The hybrid event "Let's talk:Campus" focuses on student topics and is oriented towards student participation. The conference is organized by the University Forum for Digitization.

On October 20, 2022, the first Let's talk:Campus will take place in Berlin and online under the motto "How do we shape the future of campus life?". Submissions can be made until August 28, 2022. The Call for Participation and the option to register can be found on the Let's Talk:Campus website.

In 2018, the DigitalChangeMaker student initiative was launched as part of the "Hochschulforum Digitization (HFD)". The aim is to actively involve students in the implementation of digital transformation at universities. In the DigitalChangemaker future working group, students have the opportunity to work on projects of their choice together with fellow students from different regions, universities and departments. In the future, the work of the working group is to be strengthened by founding local groups at the universities, thereby promoting the development of a student community. On the website of the student future working group "DigitalChangeMaker" you will find more information about the tasks and projects of the DigitalChangeMaker and how you can get involved.

The university forum for digitization is an initiative of the "Stifterverband", of the the "CHE Centrums für Hochschulentwicklung" and the "Hochschulrektorenkonferenz (HRK)".

The "Stiftung Innovationen in der Hochschullehre" regularly funds and particularly welcomes submissions with student involvement. Interesting here is the "Freiraum" funding line, which is to be funded annually and for which there is no technical or thematic focus. Students can submit submissions in cooperation with lecturers.

The "Deutsche Initiative für Netzwerkinformationen e. V. (DINI)" has called for the submission of student concepts for the design of hybrid learning. We were looking for innovative and creative approaches to hybrid teaching and learning formats that not only take into account the technical-informal component, but also the social one. All information about the requirements and the selected projects can be found on the DINI-AG website.