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Moodle 5.0 is coming! Update in November 2025
The new version Moodle 5.0 was officially released in April 2025. With this major release, the learning platform is more powerful, modern, and user-friendly than ever before. The update to Moodle 5.0 will take place at our university on November 24, 2025. We would like to inform you now about the planned steps and opportunities…
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Video series AI – Basics
A five-part video series explains key aspects of artificial intelligence in an easy-to-understand way. Topics range from technical basics and social issues to practical applications in organization, creativity, and research. The focus is not only on opportunities, but also on challenges: How can AI be used responsibly? What ethical, legal, and cultural issues do we…
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HWR Cloud
Easy data exchange between students, lecturers, employees and for collaboration in internal/external projects. Everyone with an HWR account has access to the cloud and receives 25GB of storage space. The Advantages These instructions are divided into 2 sections Install Nextcloud Employees at the HWR have the Nextcloud desktop client already installed or can ask the…
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2FA/MFA mandatory for Microsoft365 services
Dear students, multi-factor authentication (MFA) is a security method that provides an additional layer of protection for digital accounts and applications. Instead of relying on a single authentication element, such as a password, MFA combines multiple factors to ensure that only authorised users can access a system.You probably already use MFA for private purposes such…
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Unipark is back online
Unipark is now available again. Login and access to surveys are possible again. We apologize for any inconvenience caused to all users during the downtime. For any requests for deadline extensions, we hereby confirm that Unipark was unavailable from May 21 to June 5, 2025.
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MS365 login with 2FA/MFA
To increase security when logging into MS365 for HWR Berlin students and employees 2-factor authentication or multi-factor authenticationthe will be mandatory. This is only necessary for logging in to Microsoft services.Moodle, SAM, Webmail (OpenXchange) etc. will continue to work with the usual username & password login. Log in to Microsoft365 / Office.com username@hwr-berlin.de> not your…
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Integrate digital certificate
A digital certificate is an electronic proof of authenticity that, for example, verifies a person’s identity. In real life, a certificate can be compared to an ID card. With a digital certificate, the certification authority (CA) is the issuing authority and confirms the authenticity of the certificate. The digital certificate can be used for the…
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Microsoft365 2FA/MFA self setup
To increase security when logging into MS365 for everyone at the HWR Berlin, securing your account with a second factor or multi-factor authentication will be mandatory in the future.You should already be familiar with this procedure from online banking etc. 1. Install a 2FA/MFA app We recommend the Microsoft Authenticator, but there are also other…
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Semester ticket starting from the summer semester 2025
Starting from the summer semester of 2025, students will use the Deutschlandticket via the S-Bahn Berlin app. The latest information is available on the central website for the semester ticket.
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IBM SPSS online
Students at the HWR Berlin can use IBM SPSS online in their web browser. A VPN connection to the HWR network must be active for this.-> VPN instructions Go to the website https://vpool.hwr-berlin.de/ Click on VMware Horizon HTML Access. Enter your HWR Account username and passwort Leave *DefaultDomain* as is and click on “Anmelden” Select…