Nova for Students

Adding Nova to your smart device’s home screen

You can add Nova’s smart device to your home screen. This helps you log in to the service quickly and easily.

For Apple devices using Safari:

  1. Open the Safari browser.
  2. Go to Nova: https://nova.otava.fi/
  3. Tap the Share button at the bottom of the screen (it looks like a square with an arrow pointing up).
  4. Choose Add to Home Screen from the menu.
  5. Type a name for the shortcut. This name will appear on your home screen. The default name is the website name.
  6. Tap Add in the top right corner.

Now the shortcut is on your home screen. You can open Nova by tapping it.

For Android devices using Chrome:

  1. Open the Chrome browser.
  2. Go to Nova: https://nova.otava.fi/
  3. Tap the menu button (three dots) on the right side of the address bar.
  4. Choose Add to Home screen (or Install app, depending on your browser version).
  5. Type a name for the shortcut. This name will appear on your home screen. The default name is the website name.
  6. Tap Add (or Install). The shortcut will appear on your home screen.

Extra steps if the shortcut does not appear:

  • Look for Nova in your list of installed apps and add it to your home screen from there.
  • Or, press and hold an empty space on your home screen, choose Widgets, and find a Google or Chrome widget to add the Nova shortcut.