good print credit idea/ touch-card

Here they do one side = one credit, double-sided = 1.6 credits. It feels more fair than Monash's system of double-sided = 2 credits. Also, there give 100 credits for the shared computer centre and 500 in the department. Not so stingy!

It's meant to be $18 for 100 credits and $66 for 400 credits.

So many things here are touch-card based.

• unlocking the door for the department computer labs
• the main door for halls of residence 
• getting into the main library (they have turnstiles) 
• turning on the computers (for the department I've got a quota of 30000 hours minutes)
• at the print server to confirm printing

You must have the student card or staff card registered at Computer Services Group before you can use the PCs in the PC Lab. The procedures of turning on a PC are :

• Enter the PC lab with your card
• Present your card on the card reader next to the Remote Monitoring System (RMS)
• Select a free PC and follow the instructions on screen to turn the machine on.

You are authorized to turn on one PC at the same time only. If you need to turn on more than one PC for any reason, you must apply for permission beforehand. After use, remember to turn off the PC with RMS. There will be a budget of 9000 minutes per year for all undergraduate students.