Supervisors or other designated officials have discretion in deciding whether an employee is a candidate for telework, please refer to your supervisor for guidance on approved work procedures. 

Remote Tools for Access to Secure University Services 

The university has an arsenal of tools available to faculty and staff that can assist with working remotely.

• Learn how to remote connect to a campus computer
• Access M: and P: drives with uStor
• Create a connection to uDesk to access secure services such as Banner9, Web Focus, and Eprint.  
• Tutorial:  remote.appstate.edu will guide you in choosing the right remote tool for the right job. 

Jabber Client for University Phone Lines

Maintaining reliable and familiar communications channels are critical to business continuity. 

(Note:  If you are not able to answer your campus line, all inbound phone calls will go directly to voicemail.  Every voicemail you receive will automatically be sent to your AppState email with full call details.)   

• If your department has a business need to answer incoming university calls remotely, you can use Cisco Jabber. 

• Tutorial:  https://confluence.appstate.edu/x/rAF6Aw

Webinars/Meetings

ZOOM Video and Web Conferencing

• Hold meetings for up to 300 participants
• Allows users to join by phone
• Login:  https://appstate.zoom.us/
• Tutorial:  ZOOM Self-serve Online Conferencing: Classes, Meetings, Professional Development, and Beyond...

Hangouts Chat

• Casual group meetings 
• Domain Directory invites with video meeting 
• Login:  chat.google.com
• Create meeting rooms and share and collaborate work
• Tutorial:  https://support.google.com/hangoutschat

Video and Lecture Capture

Screencast-o-matic

• Screencast-o-matic is a simple and intuitive video recording and editing web-based tool.  
• Tutorial:  https://cae.appstate.edu/learning-technologies/teaching-and-learning-tools/video-support

Panopto

• Panopto's all-in-one video platform brings video recording, webcasting, video content management, search, editing and more to any laptop, desktop, podium or iOS device.
• Tutorial:  https://confluence.appstate.edu/display/public/ATKB/Panopto

Additional Resources

• Teaching Continuity - Center for Academic Excellence:   https://cae.appstate.edu/learning-technologies/keep-teaching

 For additional information or questions, please feel free to contact the Help Desk at 828-262-6266.