Communication & Collaboration
What application can I use to come to a consensus on a Meeting Time?
If you are looking to automate your meeting scheduling, consider FindTime. FindTime is an add-on feature in Outlook that helps make scheduling meetings easier by allowing attendees to vote on a preferred meeting date/time. You can even have attendees from other institutions join in on the voting. The app-on is available for free and it's integrated with our UH emails accounts. Visit the How to use FindTime tutorial for more information.
Note: To access the Add-in in your outlook for Mac, you need to add it to your account from the Outlook for Web (outlook.office.com). Once it is installed on the web, it will appear available for you to use it on the Mac.
What can I do in the event of a campus-wide disruption?
In the event of campus-wide disruption preventing regular interaction with your students, the University of Houston has created an Instructional Continuity Checklist for Faculty.
To know more about instructional continuity tools available to the NSM community:
Visit the NSM Educational Technology Workshop site to request an online training session.
Learn about online tools and services available for online teaching, learning, and collaboration.
How can I facilitate remote video conference access to my lectures, presentations, thesis defense, and recitations?
Instructors, peers, and students who are unable to come to campus, can use Google Meet, MS Teams or Zoom to engage in a virtual environment from any location, at any time. These web conferencing technologies allow participants at a distance to participate live or view a recording of a virtual meeting session.
Visit the Online Teaching Site website to know more about these tools or contact us if you have any questions.
How can I record my lectures and share my recordings with my students?
Lecture recording describes any technology that records live instruction, (including screen capture, audio from mic and webcam video) and makes it available digitally for later viewing/listening.
If you would like to use Microsoft Teams. Google Meet, or Zoom to create your class lecture recordings, you can do this during a class team meeting or with just yourself.
For offline recordings, you can use screen recording applications such as the ones that come with your device (Mac, Windows, iPad) or others that offer video editing capabilities such as SnagIt. The Lecture Recording with TechSmith SNAGIT website provides a complete guide to the recording process that includes a tour of the interface, hosting integration and more.
If an emergency arises, what is my role as an instructor?
Use the Faculty Emergency Preparedness website to assist you in knowing your role as an instructor during an emergency, as well as what to do with your class during these emergencies: Active Shooter, Shelter-in-Place, and Evacuation. The website includes the faculty emergency preparedness guide, syllabus insert, and other helpful resource links.
I’m going to be away but want to post or host an offsite lecture. How can I do that?
There are different video recording options that you can use to record a offsite lecture:
Live webcast: You can hold live class sessions with Microsoft Teams. Google Meet, or Zoom. Note: These applications also provide tools to record the session.
Lecture recording using videography equipment on-campus: Submit a video recording requests or contact the NSMIT office at nsmit@central.uh.edu.
Prerecord Lecture with screen recording applications: TechSmith Snagit, Office Mix plug-in, resources recommended by the FDIS office.
