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Campus VPN Tunneling Options

As of 11/18/2020, IET has added an option for 'Full-Tunnel' VPN connections. Previously, the VPN only operated as 'Split-Tunnel.'

Zoom for Outlook Add-In

Learn how to enable the Zoom Add-in for Outlook to enable easy Zoom schedule via your calendar items.

Securing Zoom Meetings

Secure your Zoom meetings from disruptive "crashers" -- and learn how to use Zoom's new Security Toolbar to deal with these uninvited guests.

Schedule Meetings in Zoom Rooms (Outlook)

You can schedule a meeting with a Zoom Room in Outlook. Booking the room adds a link to the Zoom Room controller to start the meeting. This also shows the room as busy for other users and they are not able to book the room for that time.

Zoom Rooms for Touch In-Meeting Controls

Overview

After you start a meeting from Zoom Rooms for Touch, you can manage the meeting using the integrated controller. The integrated controller has the same features as a regular controller.

This article covers:

Starting and Joining Meetings Using Zoom Rooms For Touch

Overview

The Home screen of Zoom Rooms for Touch includes a list of any meetings scheduled for the room. If the meeting list includes Zoom meetings, those meetings are associated with a START button, where you can start a scheduled meeting. You can also start an instant meeting or join a meeting started outside of the Zoom Room.

How to setup sync in Mozilla Firefox

Browser bookmarks are a useful way of saving sites that you visit frequently. Mozilla Firefox lets you sync your bookmarks and other data so you don't have to add or transfer them to your other computers. So how can you turn on this feature? Follow these quick steps for enabling sync on Mozilla Firefox.

How to set up sync in Google Chrome

Get your bookmarks & more on all your devices

Browser bookmarks are a useful way of saving sites that you visit frequently. Google Chrome lets you sync your bookmarks and other data so you don't have to add or transfer them to your other computers. So how can you turn on this feature? Follow these quick steps for enabling sync on Google Chrome.

Sign in to Chrome

When you sign in to Chrome on all your devices, they'll all show the same info:

Take Screenshots with Greenshot on Windows

Greenshot is a light-weight screenshot software tool for Windows with the following key features:

  • Quickly create screenshots of a selected region, window or full screen; you can even capture complete (scrolling) web pages from Internet Explorer.
  • Easily annotate, highlight or obfuscate parts of the screenshot.
  • Export the screenshot in various ways: save to file, send to printer, copy to clipboard, attach to e-mail, send Office programs or upload to photo sites like Flickr or Picasa, and others.

Conduct Surveys with Qualtrics

UC Davis now has a campus-wide solution for surveys: Qualtrics Research Suite. Qualtrics is similar to other web-based survey tools, such as Survey Monkey or Survey Gizmo.

Qualtrics features include: