College of Medicine Informational Resources Guide to Remote Working
General directions for faculty/staff of the College of Medicine to work and teach remotely. For department-specific directions, see the links at the bottom of the page.
College of Medicine Informational Resources Guide to Remote Working
Updated 2020-03-18
Please Note: this is a technical guidance only, not an authorization to work remotely. If you are not sure whether you are allowed to work from home, please seek clarification from your supervisor.
To be prepared for work from home/teach from home situations:
Do these 3 things while you are still on campus
1
Configure Duo two-factor authentication.
This is required for many remote access functions.3
Update your work laptop.
Connect it to the wired network on campus and reboot to run updates ASAP.
After rebooting, please make sure that the applications you use on a daily basis for your workflow are installed and working properly.
Bring your laptop and charger home each day.
Know how to check email from your at-home device especially if you usually use a desktop client in the office.
Link to information regarding Outlook Web Access
Set up Voicemail. There are two systems in Chicago
VoIP VoicemailVoIP phone instructions for call forwarding
Unity Voicemail System
Make accessing your files easy.
Update your work laptop.
If you have a shared drive that is linked on your work laptop, it might be difficult to access it from home.
For vital content immediately needed, use BoxPrepare to join web conferences.
Does your work laptop or at-home device have at minimum a microphone? (Most laptops do!)
Install common web conferencing clients on your mobile devices and your at-home device (work laptop or home machine).
For More Information
ACCC Remote Working Page:
https://accc.uic.edu/support/academic-continuity/technology-basics-for-academic-continuity-staff-focused/Region-Specific Directions
Peoria ContinuityDepartment-Specific Directions
Visit these pages for remote working directions specific to your department.
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