Starting July 19, all Zoom meetings will be required to have either a passcode or have the waiting room enabled to ensure a safer, more secure meeting. We’ll discuss each option below. You only need to pick one option or the other. You do not need to do both. If…
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This webinar was meant to give UGA Cooperative Extension county employees with some working knowledge of MailChimp extra help getting setting up their audience and email campaigns. Watch the MailChimp 101 webinar recording for more information on account set up and other more basic MailChimp questions. In this article: *…
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Please be aware of these important Zoom updates. 1. Mandatory Zoom Upgrade On April 27, 2020, Zoom released version 5.0 of the Zoom client software. Many of the updates center around improved security and better functionality. After May 30th, you must have version 5.0 or later of the Zoom client…
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In response to the growing demand, I’m happy to announce that I’ll be working with Anthony Barkdoll and the other communications folks to support your video production needs. Most of us have cell phones and webcams that are capable of making informative, engaging, and interesting videos. This is good news…
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If you work in Cooperative Extension, we imagine you may be feeling stress about how to transition your programming to online formats right now. Our OIT team has put together a list of tips and resources to help. Zoom If you are completely new to Zoom we have a few…
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Many of our upcoming in-person events have been canceled or postponed. In the coming weeks you may be rescheduling these events as online trainings and workshops. But perhaps you have wondered whether it’s appropriate to post a link to a Zoom meeting on a public calendar. And perhaps you’ve been…
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This article gives detailed instructions for how to add any UGA Extension event to the Extension calendar. Since the calendar entry page is mostly self-explanatory, feel free to jump right in if you want. If you want more detailed information, read on! Where, exactly, is the Extension calendar? If you…
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If you have access to core UGA Administrative systems like OneSource and other financial management applications, you might get an email that looks like this: Dear_______: You are receiving this email because our records indicate you are an active user in one or more of the University’s Administrative Systems. This…
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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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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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