News & Alerts
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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 tips to get you started. …
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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 scared to hold online meetings…
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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, simply click the arrow to the…
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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 to access UGA leave balances,…
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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 connect to the internet all…
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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 the “JOIN BEFORE HOST” option…
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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 by phone: 1 646 876…
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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 that will appear on the…
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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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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.