IT device lending machines on campuses
From the loan machines located on campuses, you can borrow IT equipment, such as a laptop. The borrowing period is 1-2 weeks.
Borrow laptops or meeting equipment
Uniarts Helsinki’s campuses offer the LaLa IT device lending machines service from which you can borrow, for example, laptops or remote meeting equipment, such as cameras and external microphone and speaker devices. The devices can also be used to create a hybrid teaching space or for remote teaching outside our facilities.
The lending machines and loan devices contained in them are available for all members of the Uniarts Helsinki community!
The loan period of the devices is 1–2 weeks.
Locations
The lending machines, which are similar to Posti Parcel Lockers, can be found on both campuses:
- Theatre Academy: Tori, in front of the library
- Sibelius Academy: Third floor, in front of the info-desk
How to use the lending machines
To use a lending machine, you only need your Uniarts Helsinki email address (in the format abc1234@uniarts.fi) and an identification card for logging in. A HSL card and a Unigrafia card, for example, are suitable identification cards. Many other chip cards also work for identification.
Follow these steps:
- Press the Login button.
- Show LaLa’s card reader the identification card you want to use for logging in.
- Enter your email address in the format abc12345@uniarts.fi.
- You will receive an activation code in your email. Enter the code in LaLa. In the future, you do not need to complete this step, as you can use LaLa with your identification card.
- Press the Loaning button to view the loan devices offered by LaLa.
- When you are finished, remember to press the Logout button to log out of LaLa.
Using the devices in the lending machines
Windows computer
You use a Windows computer in the same manner as you would use a shared computer of the university. The range of applications matches the IT room computers.
The computers come with an AC adapter and a protective bag. Return the computer charged and the keyboard cleaned.
Tips:
- Use the AC adapter for video connections longer than an hour. If you are using an internet browser for remote connection, select Chrome. Close applications that are not necessary for the connection.
- Log in to the computer with a Guest/Vieras ID or your Uniarts Helsinki user ID (abc12345). Using your university user ID requires an internet connection!
- Logging in with your Uniarts Helsinki user ID is the only way to access services that only work in the university’s network (for example, network drives, single sign-on to internet services)
- Each time you log out, your user profile is cleared – store your important files on, for example, a network drive or in the university’s OneDrive service.
Jabra speakerphone
Improve the sound quality of remote meetings with the easy-to-use Jabra Speak 710 speakerphone!
The device comes with a USB adapter and a protective bag. Return the device charged and cleaned.
Tips:
- Connect Jabra to your computer with a USB cable or a wireless USB adapter. When using wirelessly, connect the USB adapter that comes with the device to your computer. Two Jabra speakerphones of the same model can be paired through Bluetooth. Press and hold the double circle button on the speakerphone.
- Two speakerphones are helpful when you are working with a large group. You do not need to connect another USB adapter to the computer.
- When you use Jabra wirelessly, it uses the internal battery. To charge it, plug the speakerphone into a USB connector on your computer or a phone charger. Full battery life is approx. 15 hours.
- Jabra has a good sound quality. The microphone picks up sound evenly from all directions (360°) even in large spaces. The best place for the device is at the centre of the listeners. It can be placed on a desk, either into a leaning position or horizontally.
Zoom Q2N Audio & Video Recorder
Improve the video and audio quality of remote meetings with the easy-to-use Zoom Q2N Audio & Video Recorder!
The device comes with a USB cable and a carrying bag. Return the device cleaned.
Tips:
- Zoom Q2N works as an external camera and microphone instead of the computer’s hardware. Connect the device to your computer with a USB cable. During remote meetings, the camera is set to the Webcam mode. Confirm the Webcam mode selection on the camera screen. Attach the device to the tripod or place it freely on, for example, a table.
- The video camera has a wide angle (160°). Recording a larger group is possible from a relatively short distance. The device can also be used as a conventional video camera, in which case the device records into an SD card.
- The high-quality stereo microphone picks up sound well even in large spaces. It is capable of handling sound levels up to 120 dB SPL.
Portable mobile broadband Uniarts Hotspot
Go online anywhere with the simple Uniarts Hotspot mobile broadband!
The device comes with a power cable and an AC adapter. Return the device turned off and cleaned.
Tips:
- Uniarts Hotspot works as a Windows laptop’s network connection anywhere.
- You only have to connect the AC adapter to the device and press and hold the power button to turn it on. The Windows laptop connects automatically.
- After use, be sure to press and hold the power button to turn off the device.
Terms of use for the lending machines
Access right
Members of the Uniarts Helsinki community who have a university email address (@uniarts.fi) can register as a customer of Uniarts Helsinki’s lending machines.
A valid Uniarts Helsinki email address is required for registration. Registration is done using a lending machine. During the registration, you can activate an identification card to make using the machines easier. You can use, for example, a HSL card or a Unigrafia printing card as an identification card.
Customer register and data protection
The customer’s information is stored in the customer register of the lending machine (data protection statement). Data in the customer register is not disclosed to third parties. According to the law, everyone has the right to check what data of theirs has been stored in the register.
The customer information is valid during the period the user has access rights to the Uniarts Helsinki user ID, after which it will expire, and the use of lending machine services will not be possible.
Borrow, renew and reserve
Material from Uniarts Helsinki’s lending machine is provided as a loan. Loan periods and access rights vary by unit and machine. Identification to the machine must always be done when borrowing and when checking the right to borrow and the status of loans. Access rights to the machine may not be handed over to another person.
Borrowing equipment from the Uniarts Helsinki lending machine is free of charge as long as the borrowed material is returned by the due date.
Equipment borrowed from Uniarts Helsinki’s lending machines can only be returned to the machine from which the equipment was borrowed.
Loan periods
The loan periods of the material vary by unit. The device-specific loan periods are displayed in the lending machines under the device availability information.
The following are primarily loaned:
- Remote meeting survival packages: 14 days
- Loan laptops: 7 days
- Remote meeting equipment: 7 days
Renewing loans
Loans cannot be renewed without using the lending machine.
Reservation of material
The materials cannot be reserved.
Reminders and prohibition from borrowing
- customers will receive an advance reminder no later than the day before the due date
- late return reminder will be sent on the day following the due date
A customer is prohibited from borrowing in the following cases
- if their loans are not returned within 5 days of the due date
- loan returns are repeatedly late
The prohibition from borrowing is lifted when the loans that have caused it are returned.