Applications – Iscte-Informática

What do the colors mean when I swipe my Iscte card in an RFID card reader?

PT

Target Audience: Iscte-IUL Community

Answer/Solution:

Student attendance readers – These readers are located in classrooms, auditoriums and laboratories and are used to record students’ attendance at lessons.
- - Green – Attendance is recorded.
  - Red – Attendance is not recorded. The student must check that the card is associated and active.
Room access readers – These readers are located outside classrooms, auditoriums and laboratories and are used to open doors.
- - Green/Yellow – Authorized access. The door should open.
  - Red – Unauthorized access. The user must check that the card is associated and active.

I’m an external teacher. How do I get the Iscte card to use when opening classroom doors?

EN

Target Audience: Iscte-IUL External Teachers

Answer/Solution: Go to the IT Helpdesk to request a service card (not personalized).

I don’t have an Iscte student card. What should I do?

PT

Scope: Iscte-IUl Students

Students must apply for an Iscte student card at a CGD branch.

I don’t have/lost an Iscte card. How can I get a new card?

PT

Target Audience: Iscte-IUL Community

Answer/Solution: You should go to a CGD branch and apply for a new Iscte card.

I’ve been given a service card. How long is the card valid for?

PT

Target Audience: Iscte-IUL Emplyoees.

Answer/Solution: The card is temporary. You should go to a CGD branch to regularize the situation.

Which doors can I open with the Iscte card?

PT

Target Audience: Iscte-IUL Community

Answer/Solution:

Profile	Classrooms Auditoriums IT Labs	Meeting Rooms	Meal Rooms
Student	Yes*	Yes*	No
Teachers or Researchess	Yes	Yes*	Yes
Technicians	Yes*	Yes*	Yes

* Only when you book a room.

Do I have to swipe my card in the RFID student attendance reader in class?

PT

Target Audience: Iscte-IUL Students.

Answer/Solution:

- Yes, so that your class attendance can be counted.
- For class attendance to be counted correctly, the card must be swiped at the reader within the following period: 10 minutes before the start of the lesson until 10 minutes before the end of the lesson.

In other words:

- In a class from 8:00 to 9:30, the card must be swiped at the reader from 7:50 to 9:19;
- In a class from 9:30 to 11:00, the card must be swiped at the reader from 9:20 to 10:49.
- If the RFID reader’s LED turns green or yellow, the presence has been correctly recorded.
- If the LED turns red, the presence has not been correctly recorded.

Further Information: the RFID reader is located inside the classroom.

I’ve been given an Iscte card and it’s already registered in the system. How long does it take to become active?

PT

Target Audience: Iscte-IUL Community

Answer/Solution: As a rule, the Iscte card becomes active, i.e. can be used, after 5 minutes. If this doesn’t happen, there will be a new activation during the night.

What is a Shift?

Atualizado/Updated: 2025-05-23

PT

Scope: Iscte-IUL Community

A shift is a set of classes of a certain type (laboratory, theoretical, theoretical-practical, etc.) that take place during the teaching period of a curricular unit.

What is a Competence Unit?

Atualizado/Updated: 2025-05-23

PT

Scope: Iscte-IUL community

Name used when a teaching unit is created in the Fénix system, anchored in a scientific area and not yet part of a course syllabus.

When it is associated with a course syllabus, it is called a course unit.

What is a Curricular Unit?

Atualizado/Updated: 2025-05-23

PT

Scope: Iscte-IUL Community

According to Decree-Law no. 74/2006, it is a teaching unit with its own training objectives that is subject to administrative registration and assessment, translated into a final grade.

What is an Execution Unit?

Atualizado/Updated: 2025-05-23

PT

Scope: Iscte-IUL community

This refers to the execution of a course unit in a given academic period, when associated with a course syllabus.

For instance, the curricular unit “Introduction to Computer Science“, in the “1st semester“, of “1st curricular year” of the “Licenciatura em Engenharia de Telecomunicações e Informática“, off the acdemic year 2012/2013.

How can I access Ciência-Iscte?

Atualizado/Updated: 2025-05-23

PT

Target Audience: Iscte-IUL teachers and researchers

Answer/Solution:

Access the Ciência-Iscte platform at https://ciencia.iscte-iul.pt/.
To authenticate yourself, use your Iscte account credentials (e.g. xxnes@iscte-iul.pt and your password).

Further Information: Ciência-Iscte is Iscte-IUL’s scientific information management platform.

How do I access the Iscte-IUL Events management platform?

Atualizado/Updated: 2025-05-19

PT

Target Audience: All the world

Answer/Solution:

Access the Events platform at https://eventos.iscte-iul.pt/.

Further Information:

- The Events platform is dedicated to view, organize and manage the events that take place on Iscte’s premises.

How can I access the I-Meritus platform?

Atualizado/Updated: 2025-05-23

PT

Target Audience: Iscte-IUL Teachers and Researchers

Answer/Solution:

Access the I-Meritus platform at https://i-meritus.iscte-iul.pt/.
To authenticate yourself, use your Iscte account credentials (e.g. xxnes@iscte-iul.pt and your password).

Further Information: I-Meritus is a platform designed for the performance evaluation of teachers and researchers.

How can I access My Iscte?

Atualizado/Updated: 2025-05-23

PT

Target Audience:: Iscte-IUL Employees.

Answer/Solution:

Log on to the intranet at https://myiscte.iscte-iul.pt/.
Authenticate using the Iscte account credentials (e.g., xxnes@iscte-iul.pt and its password).

Further Information: Outside Iscte’s premises it is necessary to connect the VPN.

How do I access the Online Learning platform?

Atualizado/Updated: 2025-05-23

PT

Target Audience:

- All users with a valid Iscte-IUL account; and
- External users with a Google or Microsoft account.

Answer/Solution: The platform is accessible at https://online-learning.iscte-iul.pt/.

Further Information:

- This platform is available to all users with a valid Iscte-IUL account and external users with a Google or Microsoft account. To log in, use your Iscte account credentials (e.g. xxnes@iscte-iul.pt and password).
- At the moment, none of the courses available on the platform are available to the general public (they are only available to Iscte-IUL users).

What is Iscte-IUL’s website address?

Atualizado/Updated: 2025-05-23

PT

Target Audience: The whole world

Answer/Solution: The Iscte-IUL Portal can be accessed at https://www.iscte-iul.pt/

Further Information:

- It is the institution’s main digital platform, with the mission of informing, communicating and supporting students, teachers, researchers and the general public.
- Through this website, you can access institutional information, explore the training offer, find out about research projects and grants, follow the latest news and consult useful content to support students and applicants to Iscte’s courses.

How can I access Iscte-IUL’s Mobile App?

Atualizado/Updated: 2025-05-19

PT

Target Audience: Iscte-IUL’s Community

Answer/Solution: The app can be downloaded from the “Google Store” or “App Store” depending on the brand of your cell phone.

Further Information: Iscte-IUL Mobile App provides information on courses, news and events.

How do I access the Recruitment platform?

Atualizado/Updated: 2025-05-23

PT

Target Audience: All the world

Answer/Solution: Iscte’s Recruitment Platform is available at https://recrutamento.iscte-iul.pt/

Further Information:

- It is the official system for publicizing jobs opportunities and managing applications for job opportunities at the institution.
- It allows you to view available vacancies, submit applications easily and monitor all stages of the recruitment and selection process.