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Teams - Quick Start Guide for Faculty
Microsoft Teams is a collaboration platform that combines chat, video and file storage. In this Quick Start Guide we will show you the basic functions of Teams. TEAMS HAVE BEEN AUTOMATICALLY CREATED FOR ALL COURSES. Check out Using Course Groups [https://support-its.ocadu.ca/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/2522/402/using-course-groups#gsc.tab=0]...
Teams - Quick Start Guide for Students
Microsoft Teams is a collaboration platform that combines chat, video and file storage. In this Quick Start Guide we will show you the basic functions of Teams. When you are ready to learn more, the More Resources section provides links to online resources that will explain Teams in more depth. _Please note: Some faculty may create a team for each of t...
Faculty and Staff: How do I access Employee Self-Service?
ACCESSING THE OCAD U PORTAL, MYOCADU Access the OCAD U Portal at: https://my.ocadu.ca [https://my.ocadu.ca/] Enter your OCAD U Username and Password Note: Your Username and Password are the same credentials as those used to login into your work station.   Signing Out from the OCAD U portal On the top right hand side of the page, select down arr...
Faculty Laptop Imaging Guidelines and Process
Faculty are able to have their personally owned laptop imaged by the Laptop Help Desk [http://www.ocadu.ca/services/it/service-catalog/Laptop-Program-Help-Desk.htm]. SECURITY This service is useful for updating your operating system, and encrypting the contents to secure institutional, confidential data and gaining access to Windows or special softw...
Faculty Long-Term Laptop Request: Process & Form
OCAD University has a limited number of Laptops for long-term loan (semester) to Sessional Faculty. * This program provides access to a semester long loan of an Apple or PC Laptop. * If you require a short-term laptop loan for use during your classes, these continue to be available from all three of the AV Help Desks [http://www.ocadu.ca/services/...
Faculty PowerPoint Course Templates
Please download our newly designed PowerPoint course template. The goal of our template is to provide a more cohesive student experience. On the first slide, you can fill in your COURSE INFORMATION. You have 2 different opening slides to choose from, in a variety of colours. PINK opening slide option 1: PINK option 2: BLUE opening slide option...
How To Add Personalized Questions To Your Course Evaluation
For faculty the following steps will guide you through using the Student Feedback on Courses system to add personalized questions to your course surveys. To see the images in this tutorial in greater detail double click on them to zoom in. 1. FIND YOUR EMAIL LINK The 1st step is to click on the link contained within the emailed invitation to subm...
Making Tutorial Videos
WHAT APPROACH SHOULD I TAKE WHEN MAKING VIDEOS?  PERFECT IS THE ENEMY OF GOOD [HTTPS://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/PERFECT_IS_THE_ENEMY_OF_GOOD].  If you are just starting out, the best approach is to keep things as simple as possible using technologies and approaches that are self-serve, where you can control and execute your own content.  What will det...
OCAD U Webspace Overview
WEBSPACE - WEB SERVER For users of this service, please note that when you attempt to login with your SFTP client on/after MARCH 19,2021, you will be prompted to accept new SSH HOST KEYS by your SFTP client. YOU MUST ACCEPT/ALLOW THE UPDATE OF THE SSH HOST KEYS WHEN PROMPTED OR YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CONNECT. All students and faculty members have ...
Online Meetings Teams and Zoom
Microsoft Teams is the preferred platform for online meetings however, limited Zoom licensing is available for specific use cases which can be assessed by IT Services upon receipt of a Special Event Support request. Login on the left hand side of the screen, click on Submit a ticket and select Special Event Support Form. If you are planning an event, ...
Presentation Technology - Auditoriums
OCAD University has two auditoriums located at 100 McCaul Street, rooms 230 and 190. Each auditorium is equipped with Assistive Listening. Assistive listening devices (ALD) can be borrowed from the AV Help Desk [https://www.ocadu.ca/services/it/it-support.htm] at 100 McCaul. Below is a short video demonstrating the use of the technology in room 230, b...
Teams Security Features
Keep Teams meetings secure and reduce the odds of unwanted guests. Teams offers a number of security settings and features to help reduce the possibility of unknown or unwelcome attendees joining your meeting or event. These settings also help you manage the meeting in the way that works best for you. * Changing Meeting Options * Access Meeting Op...
TechSmith Knowmia: How can students download a video?
The ability to download Knowmia media is turned off by default. If a student needs to download media for offline viewing, the media owner must enable the download setting. This setting is a per-media setting. If a student requires multiple videos, each one would need the download setting enabled. The download setting is located in the Privacy tab of a...
Weekly OCAD U IT Services Maintenance Windows
OCAD U IT SERVICES MAINTENANCE WINDOW FRIDAYS 7:30 AM TO 9:00 AM This brief weekly time slots helps IT Services ensure that OCAD U servers are patched, secure, stable and up to date with predictable and minimal down time. For more information on what IT Services supports, please visit the OCAD U IT Service Catalog [http://www.ocadu.ca/services/it/s...