UPDATE as of 3/30/2020 As of March 26th the screen sharing settings within your Zoom account have automatically defaulted to “Only Host.” This setting gives hosts sole permission to share content within their meetings by default. This effectively ends the ZoomBombing threat. If you’d like to give participants screen sharing permission,…
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This document is intended for locations supported by CAES IT staff. Locations that are supported by county IT may have to gain approval for the installation of this software from their own IT group. You must have UGA ArchPass set up in order to use VPN software. ArchPass is required…
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In case the need arises, here is OIT’s list of suggestions for business continuity in the event of a campus/county office closure. Please do these steps ahead of time so that you are ready if and when this happens. Prepare spare laptops: Plug into AC power and boot up and…
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Two important notes: Sharing through Kaltura will require you to have requested and been given a Kaltura channel with EITS. If this has not been done, please submit your request including your Channel name request. This post is written under the basis that the Zoom session has been recorded either…
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There are times when you need more options than a simple phone-only meeting allows. For instance, you may need to mute participants to limit background noise, or you may need to record the call for a participant who couldn’t attend. Enabling host controls 1. Disable “Join Before Host” Ensure that…
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You can create a simple Zoom meeting that works like a conference call. If configured properly, participants can join without waiting on the host. First, Log in to Zoom and schedule a new meeting. Enable the JOIN BEFORE HOST option. Send your participants the following information: Number to dial in…
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1. Schedule a Zoom meeting with a waiting room Log in to Zoom and click the “Schedule a New Meeting” button. Include “Virtual Office Hours” or something similar in the Topic field. This is what students will see upon entering the virtual meeting. You may want to add a description…
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As of February 14, 2020, the College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences will no longer participate in the University System’s Adobe licensing agreement. This article describes several options available to you.
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The Website Content Managers Series of webinars continues in 2020. The CAES Web Team will offer each one-hour training as a morning and afternoon session. Please register for sessions using the Extension Training System. After registration is closed, email caesweb@uga.edu and tell us which sessions you’d like to attend and…
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A list of online training courses from LinkedIn Learning recommended by the CAES Office of Information Technology to get you up and running with commonly used software.
