Tech That Works for U is a tech talk series dedicated to teaching you how to use the productivity tools available to you at the University of Miami. If you have any questions, contact: techtalk@miami.edu.
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As we continue to learn, teach, and work remotely, audio and video conferencing applications like Zoom have become essential for connecting on a daily basis. During this tech talk, in-house Zoom experts will take you on a deep-dive into the application. Learn how to get the most out of the Zoom platform, including suggested settings, best practices, and much more!About this Tech Talk
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While the University has implemented a series of advanced email protections to keep you safe from spam and phishing in your inbox, it is still important to learn how to protect yourself from these types of attacks. During this tech talk, we discuss: phishing vs. spam; organizational-level vs. Microsoft-level blocked emails; accessing and taking action within your email quarantine; and safely sharing files via Box and OneDriveAbout this Tech Talk
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Platforms, such as Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Teams, have made it possible for us to successfully work remotely. During this tech talk, we discuss recommended best practices and how to get the most out of these platforms while working remotely, including but not limited to:About this Tech Talk
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Stay productive and focused while on-the-go by using mobile apps for UM's collaboration tools! Using your smart phone or tablet, you can easily access and share files, collaborate with peers, and stay organized from anywhere in the world. During this tech talk, we discuss: About this Tech Talk
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In honor of National Disability Employment Awareness Month in October, we'll explore tools that have been designed to meet the needs of people around the globe with different abilities. To that end, we brought back a past tech talk surrounding Office 365 Accessibility Tools – such as screen reader, captions, and accessibility checker – which allow your content to be consumed by people with vision, hearing, cognition, and mobility impairments. These features within Office 365 ensure everyone can successfully create, communicate, and collaborate on any device!About this Tech Talk
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Survey results provide us with important details to make informed and powerful data-driven decisions! University of Miami students, faculty, and staff have access to two web-based survey tools, Microsoft Forms and Qualtrics, at no additional cost to you. During this tech talk, we discuss features these tools provide, how to get the most out of these platforms, as well as when you should use each application to best suit your surveying needs.About this Tech Talk
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As many of us continue to transform lives through remote work and collaboration, we are constantly using audio and video conferencing applications like Microsoft Teams and Zoom. During this tech talk, UMIT in-house Teams and Zoom experts discuss how to get the most out of these platforms, as well as how to use each of these applications in an effective manner.About this Tech Talk
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As stated by the Federal Trade Commission, "Phishing is when someone uses fake emails or texts—even phone calls—to get you to share valuable personal information, like account numbers, Social Security numbers, or your login IDs and passwords. Scammers use this information to steal your money, your identity, or both." During this tech talk, UMIT in-house security and email experts discuss how to:About this Tech Talk
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Stay productive and focused while on the go with Office 365's mobile tools! Using your smart phone or tablet, you can easily access and share files, collaborate with peers, and stay organized from anywhere in the world. During this tech talk, we discuss the following on-the-go tools:About this Tech Talk
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Most of us use Microsoft Office 365's main productivity tools, such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, but there are so many more great tools within Office 365 available to all faculty, staff, and students that we want to share with you:About this Tech Talk
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Together, we explored tools that have been designed to meet the needs of people around the globe with different abilities. With various tools – such as screen reader, captions, and accessibility checker – your content can be consumed by people with vision, hearing, cognition, and mobility impairments. These features within Office 365 ensure everyone can successfully create, communicate, and collaborate on any device!About this Tech Talk
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Learn how to utilize UM's Scheduling and Resource Management tools! During this tech talk, we discuss the different tools available – including Microsoft Bookings, Microsoft FindTime, and Resource Calendars in Office 365 – for booking conference rooms, managing shift schedules, and much more.About this Tech Talk
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This live, online session introduces you to Microsoft's digital note-taking application, OneNote. Find out how to organize, record, and collaborate your day-to-day work notes across all of your devices.About this Tech Talk
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During this tech talk, we discuss topics around sending and receiving mail, setting up rules and blocking spam, accessing shared accounts, and improving overall efficiency in your UM email mailbox.About this Tech Talk
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Dashboard-in-a-Day is a one-day Microsoft Power BI workshop where you can learn how to monitor data on live dashboards, create rich interactive reports, and access data on-the-go via your mobile device. The goal of this workshop is to help you understand how to analyze your data in a rich and compelling way. Whether you are evaluating its ability to meet organizational requirements around data visualization and analysis, or you are looking to learn how Power BI can help you be more efficient and make a greater impact on the work you do every day – this is the workshop for you!About this Tech Talk
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Benefits of Collaboration:About this Tech Talk
During this tech talk, we focus on demonstrating and discussing various collaboration tools available to all UM faculty, staff, and students. These tools – including Box, Google Drive, and Microsoft OneDrive – enable you to connect with others, no matter where you are located in the world. Collaboration with colleagues is easy with these ready-to-use, online solutions!
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Microsoft Teams makes communicating one-on-one and with groups easy! Enjoy seamless real-time collaboration, schedule small group or team meetings, post an email in a thread to keep everyone in the loop, search for public teams to collaborate on shared projects, and see past content and chat history anytime.About this Tech Talk
Microsoft Teams, a chat-centered workspace in Office 365, brings people, conversations, files, and tools into one place, so everyone has instant access to everything they need. Teams is available to all faculty, staff, and students through Microsoft Office 365.
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Improve your department's workflows by meeting with our Solutions Workflow Analysis Team (SWAT) for an engagement exercise! During a SWAT engagement, your departmental processes and work tasks are analyzed for an opportunity to increase efficiency. Once the analysis is complete, the SWAT will provide a combination of productivity tools and alternative processes as solution(s). Ready to start? Contact us at: swat.it@miami.edu. Want to increase your department's efficiency using productivity tools?
Meet with SWAT for suggested solutions!