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Briefing message to help set daily agenda
Aug 18th, 2020
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The Cortana Daily Briefing email will arrive soon in the inboxes of UWindsor faculty and staff. This new Microsoft feature is designed to help you stay in control of your calendar and be intentional about your day.

Within two hours of your workday (as set up in Outlook), you’ll receive a message highlighting outstanding commitments, documents for review for your day’s meetings, and suggested focus time to get independent work done.

Watch IT Services team member Craig Brown as he provides an overview of the Cortana Daily Briefing email in this 113-second Tech Talk video. If you want more information about Cortana Daily Briefing, click on the link in the Comments section below the video.

Tech Talk is a presentation of IT Services. More Tech Talks are available at www.uwindsor.ca/its/tech-talk.

File hosting service OneDrive subject of training video
Aug 13th, 2020
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OneDrive is a file hosting service and sharing service offered as part of Office 365. It is available to all UWindsor faculty, staff, and students and boasts a storage limit of one terabyte.

Watch IT Services team member Carl Amlin as he provides an overview of OneDrive basics, including syncing files to your computer, in this 149-second Tech Talk video. If you want more information about OneDrive, click on the link in the Comments section below the video.

Tech Talk is a presentation of IT Services. More Tech Talks are available at www.uwindsor.ca/its/tech-talk.

Teaching and learning features coming to Teams
Aug 10th, 2020
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In support of continued remote teaching and learning requirements from universities and colleges, Microsoft will release additional features for Teams in the coming weeks:

  • Large Gallery View Just like in a physical classroom, students and educators will see up to 49 attendees in a 7×7 class meeting view.
  • Breakout Rooms Instead of trying to work with the whole class, instructors will be able to create virtual breakout rooms so students can work within their smaller groups on a discussion or assignment, then easily be called back to the larger group.
  • Meeting Attendance Download attendance sheets during and after meetings.
  • Together Mode Create a virtual classroom to better engage with attendees during meetings or lessons.

“Teams is continuing to adapt and change to what educators need,” says Marcin Pulcer, assistant director, client services, Information Technology Services. “At the same time, it is the safest option available to our campus community members and the only collaboration tool for which support is provided by the University.”

If you have questions about these features, contact the IT Service Desk at 519-253-3000, ext. 4440.
Video a guide to using portal.office.com
Aug 6th, 2020
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Portal.office.com is an often overlooked but useful launchpad for all Microsoft 365 Apps — from the usual suspects such as Word and Excel to the emerging tools such as Stream and Forms. It is also an access point for documents saved in OneDrive or SharePoint.

Watch Information Technology Services team member Mike Ritzer as he provides an overview of the portal.office.com homepage in this 114-second Tech Talk video.

For more information about portal.office.com, click on the link in the Comments section below the video.

Tech Talk is a presentation of IT Services. More Tech Talks are available at www.uwindsor.ca/its/tech-talk.

—Ericka Greenham

Video provides answers to questions about student UWin Accounts
Jul 21st, 2020
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One of the questions faculty and staff are likely to receive from the incoming class of new UWindsor students pertains to UWin Accounts.

To help explain the importance of UWin Accounts — as well as the steps incoming students need to take to get theirs fully operational — watch (and share with students) this 115-second Tech Talk video.

More information about UWin Accounts for incoming students can be found on ask.UWindsor.ca. A few key articles include:

Tech Talk is a presentation of IT Services. More Tech Talks are available at www.uwindsor.ca/its/tech-talk.

—Ericka Greenham