The IT Center is piloting the new Laptop Lender service at Viikki Info Centre. The Laptop Lender serves University staff and degree students during Info Centre opening hours at the building’s main lobby. You can get a Lenovo laptop to use for four hours at a time from the Laptop Lender machine.
- The Laptop Lender is supplied with Lenovo laptops, which are shared computers. The software on the laptops corresponds with the current IT station desktop computers.
- You can e.g. easily complete electronic examinations on a Laptop Lender laptop.
- The Laptop Lender laptops can also be used for teaching purposes. Please contact the IT Helpdesk if the borrowed laptop does not have the software required for the course.
The Laptop Lender service is for University of Helsinki staff and students only. You can borrow a laptop for four (4) hours at a time.
Quick help
Table of contents
First time at Laptop Lender?
1. Register for the service on the touch screen of the Laptop Lender!
- Enter your University username and password.
- Enter your phone number.
- Show your university employee ID card, printing card or HSL card to the reader.
- Enter the pin code you received on your phone.
2. Borrow a laptop
- Show your University employee ID card, printing card or HSL card to the reader.
- Enter the pin code you received on your phone.
- Take the laptop from the locker and close the locker.
3. Return the laptop
- Show your university employee ID card, printing card or HSL card to the reader.
- Select Check in item.
- Place the laptop in the locker, connect it to the charger and close the locker.
Laptop Lender service rules
- You can use the Laptop Lender service if you are an attending student or staff member at the University of Helsinki.
- You can borrow a device from the Laptop Lender for four hours (4) at a time.
- Laptops work at the Viikki campus area within the HelsinkiUni wireless network range. Do not exit this area with the device!
You will also need:
- A valid University username and password
- A smartphone
- A chip card based on the RFID-chip (e.g. your University employee ID card, HSL travel card or printing card).
Please note!
- You must register to the service in order to borrow devices.
- The maximum device borrowing time is four (4) hours. If you do not return the device within the time limit, you will receive notification emails to your e-mail address.
- You cannot extend the borrowing time directly. You need to return the laptop first and then borrow another device.
The previous laptop’s battery must be recharged, so you will probably receive another device if you wish to continue using a borrowed laptop. - If you do not return the laptop in time despite the emails sent to you, the University will take necessary actions in the matter.
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