KB Category: Faculty & Staff

Microsoft Teams is the core element of BCIT’s unified communication strategy for faculty and staff, having replaced previous technologies (Zoom, Jabber) as the BCIT’s primary videoconferencing and internal chat communication […]

Microsoft Teams (“Teams”) is a collaboration tool featuring enterprise chat, voice, video calls, meeting facilitation and recordings, and Teams channels for collaboration on tasks and projects to support internal and […]

The purpose of this article is to address frequently asked questions and provide helpful resources regarding BCIT-issued computers and laptops for Faculty and Staff.

To install BCIT software on BCIT  Windows computers you will need to use the Company Portal, which will allow you to download applications and update your BCIT-issued computer. For BCIT-issued […]

What is Microsoft Bookings? Microsoft Bookings is a part of the Microsoft 365 suite and makes scheduling and managing appointments a breeze. Bookings include a web-based booking calendar and integrates […]

All BCIT lab computers will sign out automatically after a period of inactivity (no mouse or keyboard input). This is done to improve your information security and prevent potential privacy […]

Links & templates Below you’ll find a few things to help you learn more about user-centred design and some templates and collateral you can download to help you along the […]

Expert reviews & testing As the name suggests, the evaluation phase is all about ensuring what you’re designing is resonating with, and working for your users. This can mean anything […]

UI & prototyping Design activities take the outputs of research and turns them into solution ideas. Once you understand your customers and your problem(s), you move on to developing and […]

Empathy & definition UX research can be boiled down to empathizing with users to help define problems. Primarily, asking people questions or observing them for into insights to help understand […]

User eXperience defined The first requirement is to meet the needs of the customer. Next comes simplicity and elegance that make products a joy to own and use. True user […]