My.SUPA. Frequently Asked Questions

When you are logged into My.SUPA, your courses will be listed in a box on the right hand side of the first page of My.SUPA. If you can see a list of course categories instead of your courses, log in.



Your courses are those for which you are currently registered. If this list is incorrect or incomplete, contact 'courses' at SUPA Central (www.supa.ac.uk/Contact_SUPA).

Look at the relevant week or view the resources list.

Materials are only available to students once the lecturer has released them from their master files list.

To open PostScript files you will need a suitable client like GhostScript.

Internet Explorer may attempt to stop you viewing PostScript files. An Information Bar may pop up. It usually reads something like "To help protect your security, Internet Explorer blocked this site from downloading files to your computer. Click here for options..."

Click for the options and select 'Download File...'

Choose whether to 'Open' the file now to to 'Save' it for later viewing.

If you are viewing one of your courses, the option to change your password should appear in your Admin list.

Alternatively, click on any instance of your name (for example, at the top right hand side of the front page) and click on the Change Password button underneath your profile.

University	Room No.
Dundee	Basement, Ewing Building
Edinburgh	JCMB 1301
Glasgow	255a, Kelvin Building
Heriot-Watt	1.27, Earl Mountbatten Building
St Andrews	307 Physics Building
Strathclyde	813, John Anderson Building
UWS	F.318, Henry Building

For help using the rooms, see getting started with video conferencing. 

Information about access to the rooms and door codes is available (login required).   

If you are interested in using the room for a meeting or seminar, please see SUPA classroom booking

Struggling to view your lecturer's slides? Try the TonicPoint viewer. http://tonicsystems.com/products/viewer/

Most SUPA conferences are held in EM 1.27. In the Earl Mountbatten Building.  However in some cases we may arrange a conference in the Media Studio instead.

The Heriot Watt Media Studio is in the Audio and Visual Services Building in the Media Studio on the Edinburgh Campus at Riccarton.

Directions

Go to main reception, and then head towards the library.

Before you go up the stairs into the Library, go outside using the door directly ahead of you.

The media studio building is on the opposite side of the square on the right hand side.

If you have any difficulty finding your way call the Media helpdesk on x3019 (0131 451 3019)


Maps

See https://www.hw.ac.uk/about/contact/maps-directions.htm

Address:

Media Studio
Audio Visual Services
Heriot-Watt University,
Riccarton,
Edinburgh
EH14 4AS

Request a My.SUPA login

You may self register on my.supa.ac.uk website if you are using your university email address.  Please contact the SUPA office if you are not based in a partner university.

To unsubscribe from a forum, click on the link at the bottom of any email received from that forum. Alternatively, log into My.SUPA, find the forum and click on the 'Unsubscribe' me link on the right hand side of the page.

Note that you cannot unsubscribe from News Forums. These are the forums we use to tell you about important events like cancelled lectures.

In most parts of My.SUPA, including discussion forums, you can type in LaTeX and the expression will be rendered as an image in html pages and emails.

Example: Type the following without the spaces between the dollar signs:

$$\frac{a}{b}$$

to get

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More help is available on using LaTeX notation

A My.SUPA account can be automatically issued if you are a member of staff or PhD student in Physics or a related area and have a university email address from a SUPA partner

Use the quick self-service form to request a SUPA account if you are a PhD student or a member of staff in a department of physics and/or astronomy at Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Heriot-Watt, St Andrews, Strathclyde or UWS universities.

Quick self-service My.SUPA account setup for staff and PhD students
https://my.supa.ac.uk/login/signup.php

For other account requests please use the form below. 
 
Please contact the SUPA office if you do not have a university email address in one of the SUPA universities.