Help Articles

Browse our help articles for helpful resources and how-to documentation from the Office of Information Technology.

  • the zoom online meeting software's icon

    Did you know that every UGA employee has access to a licensed Zoom account? Looking for the steps to log in? Then you are in the right place. In this post, we will walk you through the steps of Logging into Zoom with your UGA MyID! Information for new users If you are a new…

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  • View our list of 2024 web content management trainings. Self-paced courses and online sessions will be available to CAES and UGA Extension web content managers.

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  • Canva for CAES

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    Hello everyone!  We are excited to announce that we are officially offering individual and shared Canva for Teams licenses to on-campus CAES faculty and staff. Please see below for more information about this and how to get access! Why is Canva important? We have been moving our CAES branded templates into Canva and sunsetting templates…

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  • WeVideo and Closed Captions

    Closed captioning is an important tool in meeting accessibility requirements and increasing our programming reach. For many, it has been an intimidating process full of timing blocks and formatting that we don’t often use. Enter WeVideo. This program has simplified adding and editing closed captioning, and this demonstration video walks you through the process with…

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  • Various office supplies and equipment sitting on a blue background

    Creating presentations for distance delivery can prove to be a daunting task. While structurally similar to face-to-face presentations, distance delivery additionally requires attention to technological components that many may not comfortable with. This video provides an overview of presentation creation with specific considerations for formatting visual components, audio/visual tips, and tools that may prove useful…

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    Recently the Office of Marketing and Communications has received numerous questions about how to best send multiple links online and in social media. Specifically, people have been asking for guidelines around using tools like LinkTree. I’ve summarized the answers to the most common questions below! What is LinkTree? LinkTree is a free tool designed to…

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  • Canvas by Instructure

    Finished compiling your content into modules, quizzes, and assignments? Verified that all content is accessible following the guidelines in the course Faculty Resources and published your course? Now let’s get your course ready for enrolling students. In Canvas, you will a self-enrollment link or code. Enable Course Self-Enrollment What do I do next? Copy the…

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  • canva logo

    We recently updated and re-organized the UGA Extension Canva for Teams folders. This will not affect the search bar if you primarily use that to find branded templates, and it should not impact your personal folders. Previously, our folder structures were very disorganized and included old and misplaced templates. We have now simplified our folders…

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  • Our goal is to provide training, support, and information on how to efficiently communicate and train across digital platforms. Learn more about Canva, WeVideo, Zoom and Microsoft Teams.

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  • Alternative text

    Well-chosen images can enhance your web pages and reinforce your message, but search engines cannot interpret images. The image alt text provides text for search engines to crawl and improves the accessibility of your website.

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