Remote Productivity Tools
Troy University provides access to several tools that can be used to enhance productivity and collaboration from a distance. Capabilities include course delivery, document sharing and teleconferencing. The Helpdesk is available Monday - Friday, 7:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m., Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., and Sunday, 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. (Central Time). You can reach the Helpdesk by phone at 334-670-HELP (4357).
Canvas
A Learning Management System for providing online course delivery including support for groups and discussion boards.
An Academic Services Associate (ASA) will be provided for each course to help answer questions related to student service questions.
Visit this link to request Canvas support.
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Office 365
Access the full suite of Office 365's online services, including OneNote, SharePoint, Yammer, Word, Excel and more.
Visit this link to request Office 365 support.
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Troy University's official communications system for students, faculty and staff. Accessible from your device or via the web.
Visit this link to request email support.
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WebEx
Host video conferencing meetings with participants joining via phone and computer. Presenters can share screens and collaborate with attendees in real time.
Visit this link to request WebEx support.
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OneDrive
Backup and access your files from anywhere. Via OneDrive, you can securely share files with others and collaborate on the same document without the need to circulate different revisions via email.
Visit this link to request OneDrive support.
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Teams
Group messaging and collaboration tool that offers chat, file sharing, teleconferencing and screen sharing capabilities directly integrated into your Office 365 services.
Visit this link to request Teams support.
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Adobe Sign
Complete and digitally sign documents from a distance, without printing a single form.
Visit this link to request Adobe Sign support.
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Canvas Mobile Apps
Easily access your online courses from the Canvas mobile apps. Two apps are available: Canvas Student and Canvas Teacher.
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TROY Mobile App
Quickly access key resources from your mobile device, including Self-Service, Canvas, email, calendars and more.
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LogMeIn
This service is used to provide remote assistance to faculty and staff. This link only needs to be used if instructed to do so by a support representative.
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Adobe Creative Cloud for Students
Adobe is offering students temporary at-home access to Creative Cloud until July 6, 2020. Sign up required to activate; access provided within 24 hours of registration.
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Best Practices for Working Remotely
Best practices for maintaining productivity, effective use of communication tools and cybersecurity tips for remote workers.
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Remote University Devices
It's important that university-owned devices used remotely are properly maintained and secured.
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Training Offerings
Advanced Microsoft Teams (Online Only)
Garrett Davies - Presenters
Microsoft Stream helps us easily share and manage the videos and recordings we create. As a media storage site, Stream allows us to upload any video, easily share videos with students and colleagues, and provide ADA transcripts and closed captioning for the videos. Stream also stores and houses videos created in Microsoft Teams. Join us to learn more about Microsoft Stream, including:
Microsoft Streams (Online Only)
Amy Spurlock - Presenter
- Benefits of Stream: ADA transcript & captioning, benefits of Stream vs. Youtube, and how Stream can save space in your Canvas;
- “How To” Basics: How to access Stream; how to upload videos into Stream; how to share your videos
- Canvas & Stream: How to embed any video from Streams into your Canvas course shell
- Stream and MS Teams: Retrieving your Teams videos in Stream, and the fastest way to share your Teams video with anyone at TROY
- Rookie Mistakes: Where’s my video? Why can’t students see my video? And other beginner mistakes we’ve made on Stream….