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Work From Home Resources
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Information Technology Links and Resources
Department of Information Technology’s Working From Home Information Page includes guides on setting up Remote Desktop and OSU’s Virtual Private Network (VPN), as well as links to guides for Canvas, myOKSTATE, and forwarding your office phone to another number.
DASNR IT’s Support Portal is DASNR IT’s landing page with links to Contact Information, Technical Resources, and Cooperative Conversations – In-service trainings on various tech topics.
Spotlight on DASNR IT Blog contains articles on various topics including how to stay safe online and other guides and trainings.
General Documents and Guides
Working From Home Presentation
Cleaning and Sanitizing Your Desktop Workspace
Required Productivity Applications
Microsoft Office 365
Microsoft Office 365 is necessary to install on your work-from-home computer, which includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher, Skype for Business, and Microsoft Teams, which is a great tool for communicating with other Faculty or Staff from the university.
Online Meetings and Web Conferencing
Online Programming - "Hosting a Webinar with In-Person Energy" from Cheryl Newberry's What's Up Wednesday session on 9/9/2020: https://youtu.be/meeut6bff28
Zoom
Zoom provides remote conferencing services that combines video conferencing, online meetings, chat, and mobile collaboration
- Microsoft Teams vs Zoom
- How to join a Zoom meeting as a guest (app and in a browser)
- How to sign into Zoom using SSO (OSU email address and password)
- Uploading Zoom Recordings to : YouTube, Canvas, and Microsoft Stream (Information at Stream here.)
- Zoom Account Password Change Instructions
- Zoom: using a second camera for a document/activity feed
- Zoom Meeting Registration
- Zoom: troubleshooting speakers, microphones, and Cameras.
- Zoom: How to update the Windows client
- Zoom: How to change your username
Canvas
Canvas is the new Learning Management System being adopted by Oklahoma State University in Fall 2019. It is a flexible, easy-to-use platform with a clean interface, rich multimedia capabilities, and dedicated mobile apps for both students and instructors.
Screen Capture Software
Communication, Collaboration, and Messaging
Skype for Business
Skype for Business is enterprise instant messaging software developed by Microsoft as part of the Office 365 suite.
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams is a unified communication and collaboration platform that combines persistent workplace chat, video meetings, file storage, and application integration.
Teams Chat
- Six Things to Know About Chat in Microsoft Teams
- Start a Chat in Teams
- Start a Call From a Chat in Teams
Teams Meet Now
Accessing and Securing Your Data
OneDrive
Employees get one terabyte (1 TB) of file storage space in OneDrive as a part of their Office 365 subscription. This is online cloud storage and can be accessed from a multitude of devices: Windows, Mac, via the web, and from a smart phone or a tablet.
Network Drive (G: Drive)
In the event it becomes necessary to work from home for a period of time, it’s pretty easy to setup access to your G: drive (or DASNR Shared drive) files from a home computer.
Cyber Security Awareness
Cyber security awareness is knowledge combined with attitudes and behaviors that serve to protect our information assets. Being cyber security aware means you understand what the threats are and you take the right steps to prevent them.
