Continuity and Community is a biweekly digest that includes timely information about new and changing UC Merced services, tips for how to use existing services more effectively, and resources that may be of value to staff and faculty alike.
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ISSUE 13: August 19, 2020 |
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OIT is pleased to present a series of vendor-led trainings on the Teams platform. Sessions include an overview on the platform and an in-depth exploration of chat, meetings, and calendar features. Register for your spot today! |
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Course: Modernize Your Day with Microsoft Teams – Live Virtual Presentation
Duration: 90 Minutes
Description: Microsoft Teams is the hub for teamwork in Office 365 that combines video meetings, persistent conversations, file storage, and applications together in one place. This course is designed to build knowledge and establish best practices and etiquette across available apps. Additionally, this course will explore integration across Microsoft 365 in depth and the end-to-end meeting journey.
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Monday, August 31, 10:00 am – Registration Link
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Monday, August 31, 3:00 pm – Registration Link
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Wednesday, September 2, 9:00 am – Registration Link
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Wednesday, September 2, 3:00 pm – Registration Link
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Thursday, September 3, 11:00 am – Registration Link
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Friday, September 4, 10:30 am – Registration Link
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Course: Chat, Meetings and Calendars – Virtual Training Session (limited to 60 people)
Duration: 60 Minutes
Description: This course will specifically cover Chat, Meeting and Calendar functionality.
Calendar reminders will be sent after registration.
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Join us TODAY as we commit to 7 Days of Calm leading up to the first day of Fall instruction on Wednesday, August 26th. Try it out with us and get your fall semester started off on the right foot!
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GET STARTED WITH CALM
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Visit www.calm.com/signup on desktop, or download the Calm app from the Apple iTunes store on iOS devices or the Google Play Store on Android devices
- Create a new account using your UC Merced email address
- You will receive an email shortly to activate your Calm Premium account
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OIT MAINTENANCE ALERTS & UPDATES |
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On Wednesday, August 19th from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm, OIT will be performing basic maintenance to our Zoom accounts.
We anticipate that this back-end maintenance should have no impact on existing UC Merced Zoom accounts. However, if you experience any issues accessing Zoom during this time, please Report a Problem at it.ucmerced.edu or call 228-HELP (4357).
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On Thursday, August 20 starting at 5:30 pm, OIT will be performing some basic maintenance to the UC Merced VPN service.
The first time you log in to VPN after the 20th, you'll be prompted to perform the following steps:
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- Answer your computer's prompts and click "Yes" to download and install a new version of the VPN client
- Once the installation is complete, log in to the VPN client as usual
If you have any questions or issues with this process, please Report a Problem at oit.ucmerced.edu or call 228-4357 (HELP).
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OIT STUDENT SERVICES PAGE |
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As we return to the semester in these uncertain circumstances, it's more important than ever that students can quickly and easily access our student-focused technologies and services. If you interact with students that need technology help this fall, the Student Services pages is a great starting place for them.
On this page, students can quickly learn about key services and initiatives including links to our Educational Continuity for Learning site, Remote Labs, information about software, wifi, VPN, printing and more!
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DIVERSITY & INCLUSION UPDATES |
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REFLECTING ON ANTI-RACIST PEDAGOGY: A MULTI-PART VIRTUAL DISCUSSION SERIES |
The Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion and the Center for Engaged Teaching and Learning are proud to present a virtual discussion series designed to help participants form a community of practice focused on improving anti-racist pedagogy. Together, we will:
- Explore the intersection between anti-racist teaching and anti-racist pedagogy
- Examine how our assumptions and inherent practices influence classroom practice
- Discuss ways we can adjust those practices to be more inclusive and effective
- Design course content that will be presented at an EDI teaching showcase in May.
- The purpose of this series is not to give mandates and protocols but to share experiences and create a space to collaborate with peers and support personal and professional growth.
Register via the link below. After you have registered, an email will be sent to you regarding the dates and times of the event.
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UPCOMING DROP-INS WITH THE
CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER
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11 a.m. - noon | Thursday, Aug. 27
1 - 2 p.m. | Friday, Aug. 28
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Black Lives Matter and Anti-Racism
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. | Wednesday, Aug. 26
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REMOTELAB VIRTUALIZED INSTRUCTIONAL COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS NOW AVAILABLE |
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OIT and the School of Engineering are proud to present the RemoteLab Virtualized Instructional Computing Environment for Fall.
RemoteLab is a collection of virtualized computing environments which provides access to instructional software and high performance computing environments—without requiring those using the service to have a particular computer setup, operating system, or software installed.
The RemoteLab computing environments can be accessed from off-campus and are available for use within a web browser.
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ONLINE INSTRUCTION EMAIL SERIES |
The Division of Undergraduate Education is pleased to announce a new email series that will be sent to all faculty weekly in the fall.
These emails will feature short tips for online teaching with video and text instructions. They will also include updates on student success data from our remote learning environments. Be on the lookout for the first email, going out next week!
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ACADEMIC & EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES FALL SUPPORT |
This semester, you may find yourself missing those idyllic times when you could call 228-HELP and have someone immediately dispatched to your classroom to assist with technology woes. Fall 2020 is certainly shaping up to be a unique semester full of novel experiences and Academic and Emerging Technologies is still here for you—our delivery methods have just shifted to match this new environment.
During Fall 2020, instructors can:
- Call, chat, and submit tickets with us to get help with instructional technology. We are available during scheduled class hours to assist with technologies such as Zoom, Kaltura, and CatCourses.
- Get Zoom Live Assistant service, in which one of our techs drops into your Zoom class to provide “in-person” help.
- Schedule ongoing Zoom support for your classes ahead of time with our Zoom Helper service.
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FALL 2020 INSTRUCTION SCHEDULING |
The Library looks forward to working with you to design a library session in support of your course goals and students' information literacy development this Fall!
Librarians will tailor instruction sessions to meet your course assignment outcomes and develop students’ information literacy competencies. Visit Library Instruction in Courses for details and a link to our request form for fall 2020 sessions.
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The Library is offering By Request Workshops for faculty, staff, and graduate student researchers, to support:
- citation management
- data management & curation
- working with databases & search tools
- GIS spatial analysis & research
- publishing guidance & scholarly communications
- research computing
Visit By Request Workshops for our complete list of available workshops and to submit a workshop request.
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CURATED RESOURCES FOR FACULTY |
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CURATED RESOURCES FOR STAFF |
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