Collaboration

The University of Alaska provides a number of collaboration services to the university community. Students, staff, and faculty can take advantage of one, some, or all of these tools.

Online solutions

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Microsoft Teams

Teams brings together people, conversations, and content - along with tools that teams need - so they can easily collaborate to achieve more.

Provides

  • Audio conversations
  • Video conversations
  • Individual text chat
  • Group text chat
  • Screen sharing

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Zoom

Zoom allows for rich interactive collaboration.

Provides

  • Audio conversations
  • Video conversations
  • Individual text chat
  • Group text chat
  • Screen sharing

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Microsoft Skype for Business

Instant messaging, online meetings, voice and video conferencing, and screen sharing.

Provides

  • Audio conversations
  • Video conversations
  • Individual text chat
  • Group text chat
  • Screen sharing

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Google Hangouts Chat

Use Hangouts Chat to have text chats with individuals, and groups.

Provides

  • Individual text chat
  • Group text chat

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Google Hangouts Meet

Use Hangouts Meet to hold video conferences with people inside or outside your organization. You can join from a computer or mobile device.

Provides

  • Audio conversations
  • Video conversations

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Determining Which Solution to Use

With all the collobaration solutions available to the univeristy community, selecting the right tool for the job can sometimes be intemidating. You can review our comparison grid to help you in your selection process.

 

Onsite solutions

Build, upgrade, or rent a collaboration room system to fit your needs and budget.

Build a Meeting Room

Reach out to our consulting services that can assist with building, or upgrading a room system to fit your needs and budget.

Support a Meeting Room

Enjoy the peace of mind of support for your collaboration room or presentation room by using to our collaboration room support service.

Support an Event

Get technical assistance, and equipment to hold a video, or audio conference in your department, or campus generally scheduled room.