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These pages provide some basic information about tools that can be used to work remotely. A few can be used by people for their own individual work, but most are intend to allow groups of people to work together from different locations. Keep in mind that these do not replace existing collaborative tools (such as email or cloud file sharing). 

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titleA quick note about remote teaching

These pages here are primarily intended to identify resources for remote working employees. Some of the tools may also be relevant to teaching remote classes, but faculty and program staff interested in remote teaching resources should visit UT's Faculty Innovation Center's page at  https://facultyinnovate.utexas.edu/continue-teaching-during-campus-closures.

Zoom now integrates with Canvas, and it is the only online meeting tool that UT supports for classes. McCombs Media Services also has quick start guide for using Zoom at https://wikis.utexas.edu/display/MSBTech/Media+services

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You can configure your office phone to forward to your home phone or mobile phone or configure voice mail message to forward to your Outlook mailbox. ITS has also recently added a new service that lets you receive and make calls with a mobile app tied to your office phone number. This mobile app keeps your personal phone number hidden.Please  Please see for UT Phone Forwarding, Voicemail, and Teleconferencing for remote work more information about standard remote phone options.Please see Mobile App for UT Phone Service for more information about the new mobile appthis.

It is also posisble to configure Microsoft Teams on your computer or mobile device to answer calls placed to your university phone number.

Holding meetings with other people

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