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Category: Academic Continuity

Are Zoom meetings safe now?

  • April 16th, 2020

Zoom is popular not only with faculty and staff, who use it for classes and meetings, but also with trolls, who disrupt sessions with racist, obscene, or otherwise inappropriate comments

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Categories: Academic Continuity, Tech Tip

Why are my Zoom sessions limited to 40 minutes?

  • April 1st, 2020

If Zoom won’t let you host a session longer than 40 minutes, you probably have a basic account, a free, time-limited account. Enterprise accounts under UA’s license, on the other

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Categories: Academic Continuity, Tech Tip

What if I need to scan documents? Can eTech get me a scanner?

  • March 26th, 2020

Some A&S departments have requested scanners. While eTech is happy to help departments who need them, you probably already have a scanner in your pocket or bag: your cell phone.

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Categories: Academic Continuity

I’ve heard stories about trolls harassing Zoom classes — how can I prevent this?

  • March 26th, 2020

Now that we are posting record amounts of classroom materials online, there is also an increased risk of a few individuals causing trouble. Since college courses nationwide migrated to Zoom

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Categories: Academic Continuity, Tech Tip

How do I access my work files from off campus?

  • October 3rd, 2018

You can access files that are saved in your network drives and cloud storage from anywhere in the world. Connecting to your share drive or personal drive from off campus

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Categories: Academic Continuity, Tech Tip

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