ITS provides students with IT resources that support teaching and learning, wherever that may occur. Below is information about how to learn, communicate, and collaborate wherever and whenever.
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Webex is an alternative to Collaborate that your instructor may choose to use. While it does not integrate directly with Blackboard, it shares many of the same features. It also does not require any additional software or plugins to be installed. For more information, head to our getting started page.
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams is a collaboration and productivity tool that is included with Office 365. With teams, you can chat with individual or groups, hold video meetings, store and share files, and connect with other third-party solutions. More information is available on the getting started page.
Google Hangouts Meet
Hangouts Meet is a video-conferencing tool that is available to all UConn faculty, staff, and students through G Suite. This tool enables you to host and join video meetings on your chosen device and is integrated with the tools in G Suite, allowing you to send meeting invitations from Gmail and Google calendar and save recorded meetings to Google Drive. See more information about how to host, join, and manage this app.
Access UConn Software
Download: You can download select software for both university, and personally-owned computers at software.uconn.edu. Under available software, select faculty or staff. You will see all of the university-licensed software available to you. When you click on an individual product, you can find out more information about it as well as begin the download process.
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Lab Access: If you need access to software that you would typically use on a Windows computer in a UConn lab, you can schedule time to access a lab computer remotely.
Store your documents
As a student you can store your documents on the two cloud-hosted options available to you, Microsoft OneDrive or Google Drive. You also can use the UConn personal (P) drive but will need to establish a VPN connection and map to the drive.
Google Drive: You can store your files securely and open or edit them from any device using Google Drive. You have unlimited storage with your university account.
OneDrive: You have access to this cloud-hosted storage through your Office 365 account.
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