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First Year Student Guide

First Year Student Guide

Computer Recommendations

The UPEI FSDE Welcome packet recommends 16GB of RAM on a Windows machine. Here are some recommendations from our Student Success Associates:Best performance: 512 GB hard drive, 16 GB RAM, Windows 10 Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Yoga I7 with 16 GB ram & 512 GB SSD hard drive Through Lenovo, on sale through Read more…

By engsuccess, 2 yearsApril 21, 2023 ago
Second year Student Guide

Install Microsoft Projects

Students and Faculty now have access to Microsoft Project via the “Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching”.  To install, please go to the following site: https://azureforeducation.microsoft.com/devtools Sign-in with your UPEI Microsoft Account.  On the left-hand menu, click on “Software”.  Search for “Project Professional 2019”, click on it.  You’ll be provided with Read more…

By engsuccess, 2 yearsJanuary 13, 2023 ago
First Year Student Guide

How to effectively google things (refine searches)

1. Semantic sentences Start with a simple search like where’s the closest airport If you’re looking for a place or product in a specific location, add the location, bakery charlottetown or nearby restaurant 2. Keyword Filter 2.1.   Using Predefined keywords Weather: See the weather in your location or city name, like weather Read more…

By engsuccess, 3 yearsOctober 21, 2022 ago
CSWA Training

Install SolidWorks on Windows 10

This guide is part 2 of 2 on How To Setup Solidworks using an Apple Macbook device, intended for setting up Windows 10 on macOS using free built-in Boot Camp application. Accompanying video can be found here: https://youtu.be/f3yuWKJKgPA Detail guide to install SolidWorks can be found here or on Moodle Read more…

By engsuccess, 3 yearsSeptember 17, 2022 ago
CSWA Training

Install Windows 10 on macOS for SolidWorks

This guide is part 1 of 2 on How To Setup Solidworks using an Apple Macbook device, intended for setting up Windows 10 on macOS using free built-in Boot Camp application. Accompanying Video can be found here: https://youtu.be/VoPKwVB3-cs To find out whether the mac is supported (Mac using Intel chip Read more…

By engsuccess, 3 yearsSeptember 17, 2022 ago

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