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Tech Tip of the Week: It’s a New Semester!

Welcome to the new semester!

This week’s Tech Tip covers some of the most relevant and helpful resources and tips to prepare you for the start of the semester.

2FA
- 2FA, or 2-Factor Authentication uses your smartphone to keep your university accounts secure.
- Learn more about 2FA here.
Outlook
- You can access your university email in Outlook once you have claimed your NetID.
- Learn more about Outlook here.
Moodle
- Moodle is where you will access your course pages. Each course will look a little different, but this is often where you will find your syllabus, assignments, and grades.
- Learn more about Moodle here.
Zoom
- We use Zoom for our synchronous online classes.
- Learn more about Zoom here.
- Join us for our Zoom Workshops here.
Wiki
- The iSchool Wiki is a great resource for information about the iSchool. The wiki includes information on student resources, technology resources, instructional resources, research, human resources, communications resources, and more!
- You can log into the iSchool Wiki here.
VPN
- A VPN can be used to gain access to some on-campus resources from off-campus.
- Learn more about the free Cisco AnyConnect VPN here.
Box
- Box is an online cloud-based storage system that is useful for collaborating and sharing files and for accessing files digitally.
- Learn more about Box here.

Tech Tip of the Week: Zoom Whiteboard

Zoom has a whiteboard feature which is great for allowing participants to share their thoughts with the class or playing games like Pictionary!

You can learn how to use the Whiteboard feature here.

As always, if you have any questions please reach out to us at the iSchool Help Desk!
Email: ischool-support@illinois.edu
Phone: 217-244-4903 or 800-377-1892
TechChat: http://ischoolresources.web.illinois.edu/

Tech Tip of the Week: Trimming Videos in Media Space

All your Illinois Zoom meetings recorded to the cloud will automatically be available in MediaSpace. This week’s Tech Tip is about how to trim these videos.

How to trim off the beginning and end of a video:

Navigate to your ‘My Media’ page. You will see your media arranged in a list. On the right side of the page, each entry will have an ‘Edit’ button. Select this to edit the media.
- You will also find an edit button on any of the pages where you can view media that you own. It will be below the video on the right, in the ‘Actions’ drop-down menu.
Select “Launch Editor,” which should appear to the right of the video.
At the bottom of the editor, you will see the timeline of your video. You can drag the orange bars at either end to trim the beginning and end of your video.
After setting the start and end times, you can play the vied in the editor to see what the media will look like after trimming.
You can either “save a copy” of the newly trimmed video, or “save” which will replace the original media.

How to take out a part in the middle of a video:

Navigate to your ‘My Media’ page. You will see your media arranged in a list. On the right side of the page, each entry will have an ‘Edit’ button. Select this to edit the media.
- You will also find an edit button on any page where you can view media that you own. It will be below the video on the right, in the ‘Actions’ drop-down menu.
Select “Launch Editor,” which should appear to the right of the video.
At the bottom of the editor, you will see the timeline of your video.
On this timeline, click where you want the cut to begin and then select the scissor, or “split,” tool above where you clicked. This will split your video into two.
Then click where you want the cut to end and do the same. This will divide your video into three sections.
Select the middle section, the one you want to cut out of the video, and either hit the delete button on your keyboard or select the trash icon to the top left of the timeline to delete this section.
You can then watch the video in the editor to see what it would look like after having removed this section.
You can either “save a copy” of the newly trimmed video, or “save” which will replace the original media.

Tech Tip of the Week: MyAnalytics

With this article making the rounds, this week’s Tech Tip is about Microsoft 365’s Workplace Analytics.

At the University we use MyAnalytics, which is automatically turned on. You can learn more about that here.

You can also follow the instructions here to opt-out of MyAnalytics.

Tech Tip of the Week: Join Multiple Zoom Meetings at Once

If you have ever wished to join even more Zoom meetings, then we have some great news for you! It is possible to join multiple Zoom meetings simultaneously on desktop, you just need to update your Zoom settings.

Sign into https://illinois.zoom.us/
On the left sidebar, select meetings
On this page find the setting called Join different meetings simultaneously on desktop, it will be under the Schedule Meeting subheading
Turn this setting on
You should now be able to join multiple meetings!

Here is Zoom’s documentation on this setting.

Tech Tip of the Week: UIUC AnyWare Remote Access to Software

UIUC Anyware gives students access to a variety of software that can be accessed remotely.

UIUC Anyware may be helpful to students who:

need to run software that they do not have access to on their own devices
need to run software that their personal device cannot run due to processing power
are unable to download large files due to internet bandwidth issues or data caps

Learn more and get started with UIUC Anyware here.

Tech Tip of the Week: 2FA Non-Illinois Recovery Email

This week’s Tech Tip is about 2-Factor Authentication!

Making sure you have a recovery email tied to your 2FA account that is not your Illinois email account is very important, since your Illinois email requires 2FA to log in.

If you don’t do this before your phone meets tragedy, you may have issues setting up a new device because you need to use 2FA to access your 2FA account.

You can make sure you have a non-Illinois recovery email set up at this link!

Tech Tip of the Week: Tips for Navigating Tabs and Windows

These keyboard shortcuts will make navigating and managing your browser tabs a breeze!

To close your current tab–
On Windows: Ctrl + W
On Mac: Command + W

To open a new tab–
On Windows: Ctrl + T
On Mac: Command + T

To move to another tab–
On Windows: Ctrl + Tab to go to the right and Ctrl + Shift + Tab to go to the left
On Mac: Ctrl + Tab to go to the right and Ctrl + Shift + Tab to go to the left

To close your current window–
On Windows: Alt + F4
On Mac: hold Command + Q

To open a new window–
On Windows: Ctrl + N
On Mac: Command + N

To move to another window–
On Windows: Alt + Tab
On Mac: Command + Tab

To Minimize/Maximize your browser–
On Windows: Window Key + Arrowkeys
On Mac: Command + M to Minimize to Dock

To open a recently closed tab or window–
On Windows: Ctrl + Shift + T
On Mac: Command + Shift + T

Tech Tip of the Week: Adobe Creative Cloud is Now Free for Students

Adobe Creative Cloud is now free for all students until August 2021!

You can learn more about what you can do with Adobe Creative Cloud here.

Activate your Adobe Creative Cloud offer at the Webstore here.
Please note that it can take 1 business day to activate.

And as always, feel free to reach out to the iSchool Help Desk if you have any questions!

Tech Tip of the Week: Take Breaks from your Screens!

Taking a break away from your screens can help with eye strain, sleep, productivity, and breaking the habit of doomscrolling.

Here are some apps you can use to remind you when it is time to take a break.

A good rule of thumb is to get out of your chair for at least 5 minutes each hour.

Another good rule of thumb to help with eye strain there is the 20-20-20 rule! Every 20 minutes, look away from your screen at something about 20 feet away for about 20 seconds. Consider this a stretch for your eyes!

Lastly, this might be a good time to check out our previous Tech Tip of stretches for your hands! check it out here.