Staff and faculty may need to work remotely at times for any number of reasons. St. Edward's provides tools to help make working remotely effective.
If you need to have a quick conversation with someone when working remotely, you can use Google Chat. Google Chat is available from within Gmail and allows you to start individual or group chats with all faculty or staff members, and students.
From the left-hand side of your inbox, click the plus sign (+)next to your name and search for whomever you'd like to chat with.
Remote Employee Tip: Make yourself available. Updating your status on these chat tools lets your co-workers know when you're available. This transparency builds employee autonomy while keeping the whole team engaged.
Meetings and Videoconferencing Tools
Zoom is another option for videoconferencing, and it has more options for those who need to conduct a meeting or class session including the option to record the session. All staff, faculty, and students have a Zoom Pro account. Visit
myhilltop.stedwards.edu and search for Zoom and just log in with your St. Edward's credentials.
Remote Employee Tip: Turn off your audio (mute yourself) unless you are speaking, but turn on your camera during video calls to make the experience more personal and personable. It's helpful to maintain visible communication even when remote.
We have more helpful tips in our guide to
videoconferencing best practices.
When you want to video chat or have a video conference call with someone, Google Meet is a robust, free resource. With Meet, you can also share files, chat and share your screen while on a call.
Remote Employee Tip: Include a
Google Meet link, when scheduling your meetings in Google Calendar. Even though you may have a meeting location, not all employees invited to the meeting can attend in person.
Cloud Storage and Collaboration Tools
Google Drive is the preferred cloud storage tool at St. Edward's. Using your St. Edwards Google account, you can collaborate with colleagues or students via Google Docs, Spreadsheets, Presentations, Forms, and the rest of the Google Workspace tools.
Box is also available at St. Edward's with unlimited storage. You can create collaborative Box Notes, Word docs, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, and more.
Remote Employee Tip: Sharing files in a cloud storage tool allows remote employees to access and contribute to documents from wherever and whenever they're working.
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