Understanding the abundance of resources available to you as a St. Edward’s faculty member can be confusing. To simplify things, here’s a brief guide to the technology you need to know about. Before jumping into this checklist, we recommend reviewing the Application Access for Employees support article, which offers insights into the applications accessible to faculty members.
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Let’s start with the tools every faculty member needs.
- Minimum Technology Requirements: To ensure the quality and consistency of technology-enabled instruction, students and faculty at St. Edward’s University must have the proper equipment. Please ensure that your computer, webcam, microphone, and Internet access meet these standards.
- New Faculty: To check available technology options, faculty can reach out to their respective schools. If a hardware request is needed, please visit the Hardware Request support article for information on submitting a request. If you already have a school-assigned computer, submit a support request to ensure your system's proper configuration.
- myHilltop: myHilltop is the gateway to all St. Edward’s services and systems. Access timesheets, employee information and a plethora of applications from this platform. myHilltop includes features like searching, filtering, and bookmarking your frequently used tasks for quick access. Explore the Faculty Services task center for commonly used faculty tasks. For more information, check out our myHilltop feature guide.
- Canvas: Canvas, the university’s supported Learning Management System (LMS), is used for posting syllabi, course content, assignments, discussions, grades and student-faculty communication. You can access Canvas from myHilltop or directly at stedwards.instructure.com.
- Email: Messages will be sent to your university Gmail account, accessible via myHilltop or gmail.stedwards.edu.
- Google Workspace: You have access to various apps including Google Calendar and Google Drive through your St. Edward’s University Google Workspace account.
- More Storage with Box: With Box, you have unlimited cloud file storage.
- Wondering whether you should use Box or Google Drive? Check out our comparison chart.
- Software: University-issued computers include Microsoft Office. For specialized software requests, like Adobe Creative Cloud or SPSS for your university computer, or discounts on software like Adobe Creative Cloud and Microsoft Office for your personal computer, please contact us.
- Cybersecurity: Set up more than one authentication factor. Setting up all available factors is not required, but OIT recommends that you have at least one backup factor in case your preferred method is unavailable.
- Stay connected with colleagues: Workplace is the central hub for employee communication.
- Note: You can subscribe to OIT’s Tech Tips group for helpful advice on using campus technology.
- Work efficiently from wherever you are: Enhance remote work efficiency with our advice and best practices. If you’re considering conducting a hybrid meeting (combining in-person and virtual participation), see our best practices for running a hybrid meeting to ensure all members are connected and engaged in the meeting.
- Classroom Technology: Discover the technology in St. Edward’s learning spaces. Our classroom technology guide provides specific details and an overview of how technology works in the classroom.
- Recommendations for Academic Software: See our recommendations for academic software and standard campus technology (including applications for video conferencing, lecture capture, digital publication, multimedia creation and research).
- Online Instruction: Teaching online will look and feel different from traditional, in-class instruction. To help you get started with teaching at a distance, we have compiled resources that cover both synchronous and asynchronous activities.
Instructional Design Support
Instructional Technology provides consultation and training centered on course design, digital publication, multimedia creation, videoconferencing, presentation capture, polling, digital scholarship, social pedagogies, critical reading and social annotation. We can also help you set up your courses in Canvas. Contact us to set up a consultation appointment.
OIT Support
For round-the-clock support, visit support.stedwards.edu. It’s your go-to destination when you’re looking for answers. You can also explore our knowledge base, engage in chat support or contact us for further assistance.
- Get access to training and learning resources. St. Edward’s faculty and staff have access to LinkedIn Learning and its thousands of training videos on a variety of skills and tools. You can even connect your university LinkedIn Learning account with your personal LinkedIn page to showcase your newfound knowledge. Find the link in myHilltop.
- Create audio and video projects. To facilitate multimedia assignments for your students, contact the Digital Media Center. Located on the second floor of Munday Library, they offer resources such as a green screen, audio booth, podcast studio and specialized software for editing digital media.
- More Cybersecurity: OIT will never request your password. Any message asking for your password or other sensitive personal information is a phishing attack.