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Contents
What is UUM
Virtual Lab (myLab)?
How to install Java Enabled Technology….
What is UUM Virtual Lab (myLab)?
UUM Virtual Lab (myLab)
enables system administrators to manage end users, application servers, and
centrally hosted Windows applications in a way that is simple, intelligent,and
cost effective.
How
to Access myLab…
·
Open your Internet
browser available in your Windows desktop
·
Enter the URL that opens UUM
Virtual Lab (myLab) : http://myLab.uum.edu.my/
FIGURE 1: UUM Virtual Lab (My Lab)
How to install Java
Enabled Technology….
Before
login to myLab, ensure that the
following requirements are met:
1.
Java
technology is enabled on your web browser
·
Click
to
install Java Technology
FIGURE 2: Java Technology screen
·
Click
Run/Save this file to install.
FIGURE 3: File Download – Java Technology
·
Save
As screen is shown (Fig. 4).
·
Click
Save button.
FIGURE 4: Save As Screen
·
The
icon below is shown on your desktop. (Fig. 5)
·
Double
click on the icon.
FIGURE 5 : Icon for Java Technology on Desktop
·
The
screen as Fig. 6 is shown.
·
Click
Run button.
·
The
Java Technology is preparing to install (Fig. 7)
FIGURE
6 : Open File Screen
FIGURE 7 : Preparing to install
·
Click
Accept button as shown in Fig. 8
FIGURE 8 : Java Setup – Welcome
·
Click
Next button as shown in Fig. 9
FIGURE 9 : Java Setup –
OpenOffice.org
·
The
Progress screen is shown as Fig. 10
·
This
may take a few minutes.
·
Preparing
to install (Fig. 11)
FIGURE 10 : Java Setup – Progress
FIGURE 11 : Preparing to install
·
The
screen below is shown (Fig 12)
·
You
have successfully installed Java.
·
Click
Finish button.
FIGURE 12 : Successfully installed
Java
·
Password
change can be done via page : http://adpass.uum.edu.my or http://mylab.uum.edu.my .
·
Via http://mylab.uum.edu.my, click Password Change button. 
·
The UUM
Password Change Service screen is displayed.
·
Remember: For the first
time user, by default your user name is the same as your UUM email USER ID only.
if your email USER ID
is abc, then your username and password for myLab and myBox are abc.
·
Input the
blank field (Fig. 13).
·
User name :
abc (same as your UUM email user ID)
·
Current
password : abc (same as your UUM email user
ID)
·
New Password
: (input your new password)
·
Retype new
password : (input again your new password)
·
Click Change
Password button.
FIGURE 13: UUM Password Change Service
How to Login…
·
Go to http://mylab.uum.edu.my
·
Click on the
Login 
icon button.
·
The login
dialog box is shown (Fig. 14).
- Type in
your myLab user name and password. (Remember:
For first time login, by default your user name and password are the same
with UUM email user ID).
- Example:
if your UUM email user ID is abc,
then your user name and password for myLab
are:
- User name : abc
- Password
: abc
FIGURE 14: MyLab
Login Dialog Box
Note - If JavaScript is
not enabled in your browser, a warning message is displayed beneath the login
dialog box.
·
While
myLab is starting up, the splash screen
is shown.
FIGURE 15: myLab Splash Screen
· If
Java technology is not enabled on your web browser, a warning message is shown
(Fig. 16).
· You
must enable Java technology on your browser before proceeding.
· Click Ok button to proceed.
FIGURE
16: Warning message
·
Download latest JRE
as shown in Fig. 17.
FIGURE
17: Download latest JRE
·
The
Install Latest Java Runtime screen is shown.(Fig. 18)
·
Click
Install button.
FIGURE 18: Install latest Java Runtime
·
The Untrusted Initial Connection dialog box is shown.
·
This is a
security message that is shown for the first time you connect to myLab server.
·
Click the View Certificate button.
FIGURE 19 : Initial Connection Dialog Box
·
The
Certificate Details dialog box is shown as Fig. 17.
·
This
screen enables you to view security certificate details, to ensure that the
server you are connecting to can be trusted.
·
Check that the
Validity and Subject fields are correct.
·
Click
Close button.
FIGURE 17 : Certificate Details Dialog Box
·
The Initial Connection dialog box is
redisplayed.
·
If the certificate
details are correct, click Yes to agree to the connection.
·
Once you have clicked Yes, you do not see the
security message again unless there is a problem with the connection
·
The myLab Client
icon is displayed in the task bar.
FIGURE
18 : myLab
Client Task Bar Icon
Webtop
·
The myLab webtop
is displayed. See FIGURE
19.
·
Your webtop is a special web
page that lists the applications you can run through myLab and enables you to
run them.
·
When you use a browser to
display a webtop, you are using myLab in
webtop mode.
·
The following graphic shows the different areas of
the webtop.
FIGURE 19 : myLab Webtop
·
Menu
Bar
This area of the webtop
includes buttons for logging out and for displaying help and diagnostics
information.
·
Displaying
Diagnostics Information
If you are using a web browser to log
in to myLab, you can display a page
containing information useful for Support.
Click the Info button on your webtop 
and then click the Detailed Diagnostics link
in the Information area.
·
Applications
Area
The Applications area of
the webtop is used to display the list of applications that you can run through
myLab.
Only an myLab Administrator can add an application to, or
remove an application from, the list of applications that you can run. If you
want more applications, contact an Administrator. However, you can choose how
and when your applications display on your webtop. You do this by creating
webtop groups.
·
Printing
Area
The Printing area of the
webtop includes links that enable you to list and control your print jobs.
·
Information
Area
The Information area is used to display
error messages and system information. The information displayed includes the
following:
·
User name
·
Secure connection status
·
myLab Client icon
FIGURE 20 : Information Area
User
Name
Your myLab user
name is displayed on the webtop toolbar (next to the padlock symbol).
FIGURE 21 : User Name
Displayed on the Webtop Toolbar
If the toolbar
says you are logged in as “Guest user” then you either logged in without typing
a user name and password (anonymous login) or you are using a webtop that is
shared with other users. These details
also display on the webtop when you first log in.
How to Running Applications…
·
Use the Applications area of
the webtop to start, stop and manage your applications.
·
To start an application, click its link on your
webtop example MS Powerpoint 2007 as shown (Fig. 22).
FIGURE
22 : Webtop Link for Running an Application
·
In a few moments the
application is shown, ready for you to use.
FIGURE
23 : Running an Application
How to
Save File…
·
Click Save As button
·
The Save As screen is shown.
·
Choose My Computer.
o
The window displayed three (3)
types of Local Drive : D, E and C
with your pc name infront the drive. (Refer Figure 24).
·
Choose any of the drive (D, E
or C) to save the file.
FIGURE
24 : Save As Screen
How to Close Applications…
·
When closing a MyLab application, it is
preferable to exit the program from the File menu.
·
If this method is not successful, there
is another way to close the MyLab application.
- Locate the application you are
using in the MyLab program list.
o
Underneath the application name, you
should see either of this 3 icons:
(a Pause icon - II, a
Start icon - >, or a Close icon - X, respectively)
o
Select
the Close icon (the X icon).
FIGURE
25 : Close Application
·
The
end application session dialog box is shown. Click OK to close application.
·
The
program should now close.
FIGURE
26 : End Application Dialog Box
How to Print…
·
myLab
enables you to print from your applications to a printer attached to your
computer. Usually, you
can choose the printer you want to print to.
·
You use the Printing area of the webtop to manage your print jobs.
·
The Printing
area shows the number of jobs currently in the print queue and includes
controls for managing your print jobs, as shown in Figure 27.
FIGURE 27 :
Printing Area of the myLab Webtop
·
When
documents are printing, the webtop tells you how many print jobs are in the
queue.
·
Click the
Pause link to temporarily stop printing. The printer icon changes to show you
when printing is paused, as shown in Figure 28.
FIGURE 28 : Printing
Paused Icon
·
If you pause
printing, any print jobs that are pending are held in a queue until you either
cancel them or resume printing.
·
Click the
Resume link to start printing again after you have paused printing.
·
Click the
Cancel All link to delete all your print jobs.
·
To manage
print jobs individually, click the List All Jobs button. The webtop displays a
list of all the print jobs in the queue, along with information about the job.
For example, the number of copies and the printer to use.
·
If you have
paused printing, click 
to
print just that one print job.
·
To cancel a
print job, click 
Steps for Printing:
Step 1 :
·
Click print
button
FIGURE
29: Printing screen
Step 2:
·
With myLab
you can also use Portable Document Format (PDF) printing. This avoids
many problems with print drivers by using the Adobe PDF format.
·
myLab has
two PDF printers: Universal PDF
Printer and Universal PDF Viewer. (Figure 21)
·
On Microsoft
Windows computers, the Universal PDF
Printer displays the print job as a PDF file in Adobe Reader, which then
prints the PDF file to your default printer.
·
The Universal PDF Viewer printer displays
the print job as a PDF file in Adobe Reader. You can then decide whether to
print or save the PDF file.
·
Click OK
button.
FIGURE 30 :
Microsoft Windows Print Dialog Box, With an SGD Client Printer Selected
FIGURE 31 : Adobe Acrobat
File
FIGURE 32
: Printing
How to Log Out…
·
Always log
out of SGD before closing your browser.
·
Click the
Logout button on your webtop and click OK when prompted for confirmation. See
Fig. 33.
FIGURE 33 : Log Out Button on the
Webtop
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