Tools for Remote Teaching or Working – ECE Computer Support Group

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Accessing Georgia Tech Resources From Off-Campus

Security Tips for Working from Home on Personal Equipment (requires login)

What services require and do not require VPN?

General GT DocuSign information – How to Import Your Document to DocuSign

- ECE VLab / VM (no need to connect to VPN): access from https://mycloud.gatech.edu (“light version”) or through the Citrix Receiver/Workspace software
  - ECE students and students enrolled in ECE courses can access the ECE VLab
  - ECE staff who have been assigned the ECE-Staff VM, can utilize that VM off-campus without connecting to the VPN
  - OIT provides several FAQs about the VLab service
- BlueJeans does NOT require VPN. You will get better performance while not on the VPN
- Georgia Tech VPN: https://anyc.vpn.gatech.edu
  - How do I get started with the Campus VPN?
  - Many of Georgia Tech’s and ECE’s resources are only available remotely from the Georgia Tech VPN service
  - If you connect to a VLab resource listed above, there is no need to login to the Georgia Tech VPN service
  - OIT provides several FAQs about the VPN service
- ECE Remote Desktop

Teaching Resources

Academic Continuity Resources for Faculty/Staff (requires login)
- Student Guidance on Academic Continuity (requires login)
Faculty Guidance for Remote Teaching (requires login)
Keep Teaching: Tools to Ensure Academic Continuity
Canvas provides many tools for teaching courses: https://canvas.gatech.edu/
- Canvas has mobile apps for Teachers and Students
- Kaltura Capture will allow you to create lectures to upload to the My Media module of your course
  - Kaltura Personal Capture Getting Started Guide (pdf)
  - Kaltura Personal Capture Walkthrough Video (runtime: 3 minutes, 33 seconds)
  - Getting Started with Kaltura Capture Application (runtime: 3 minutes, 31 seconds)
  - Demo of using Kaltura Capture (runtime: 3 minutes, 24 seconds)
- LinkedIn Learning videos (login to GT’s LinkedIn Learning service, then select a link below to view the video):
  - Create assignments (runtime: 4 minutes, 46 seconds)
  - Create a quiz (runtime: 4 minutes, 28 seconds)
- Creating exams using Respondus 4.0 (Microsoft Windows only)
- OneNote Classroom has been added to Canvas. Please see links below on how to add the link to your course navigation as well as how to setup OneNote classroom in Canvas.
  - To add OneNote in your course navigation links, follow the instructions at: https://guides.instructure.com/m/4152/l/57079-how-do-i-reorder-and-hide-course-navigation-links.
  - The following video goes over how to setup the Class Notebook in Canvas: https://youtu.be/zx1zzxgy9fI?t=307.
To conduct lectures remotely, you can utilize one of these virtual meeting platforms, record the session and upload to your Canvas site using the My Media module:
- Video Collaboration Tool Comparison Matrix
- BlueJeans: https://bluejeans.gatech.edu/
- BlueJeans Events: https://gatech.bluejeans.com/ and click Events
  - For more than 150 participants
  - Overview of BlueJeans Events
- ~~WebEx: http://webex.gatech.edu/~~ WebEx is no longer available as of December 2021
Guide from the College of Sciences on Using Campus Technology Tools to teach your course remotely

Work/Research-Related Resources

To conduct meetings remotely, you can utilize one of these virtual meeting platforms:
- Video Collaboration Tool Comparison Matrix
- BlueJeans: https://bluejeans.gatech.edu/
- ~~WebEx: http://webex.gatech.edu/~~ WebEx is no longer available as of December 2021
- Microsoft Teams
  - Send a message to help@ece.gatech.edu to have a Microsoft Teams site created
  - OIT’s FAQs on Microsoft Teams
- ECE Remote Desktop

Last revised on January 6, 2022.