Email, Calendar and Collaboration

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Centrally managed email, calendar, productivity, and collaboration tools support project management, workgroup communication, and audio/video conferencing.

Build a Website

UC Berkeley students, faculty, and staff have a few options for building websites, including both campus-supported and self-service, DIY offerings. The table below can help you decide which option may work best for your needs.

Questions to Consider

Want to leverage the power of the Berkeley Brand on a fully-supported platform? Then use Open Berkeley.

Do you have web development experience, or can you afford to hire someone who does? If yes, the DIY WordPress or Drupal option should meet your needs. If not, explore what Open Berkeley or Google Sites...

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CalShare (SharePoint Online)

CalShare (SharePoint Online) is a cloud-based service used for storing, organizing, sharing, and accessing information. Sites can be easily set up to share documents, images, lists, and conduct discussions.

Key Features of the Service

Large set of tools and capabilities to address complex business needs and management of large, long term projects Site dashboards Integration with Microsoft Office Office Web Apps for online editing...
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Document Management

UC Berkeley students, faculty, and staff have several options for managing and storing documents as well as for applying business process workflow to their documents. The table below can help you decide which option may work best for your needs.

Questions to Consider Do your documents contain sensitive information (e.g. identifiable student or staff information)? If so, be sure to choose an option that has a data security level of P4...
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DocuSign/eSignatures

The eSignature service at UC Berkeley enables campus to reap the time and cost saving benefits of using electronic signatures via an electronic process in place of "wet signatures" using a paper process. DocuSign is the service platform used to deliver eSignature, a cloud hosted service that is approved by campus and the state of California to process legally binding signatures.

While there have been isolated eSignature users on campus for a while, each with their own eSignature product license and pricing, campus now has a service that all campus departments may use....

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Email and Calendaring

UC Berkeley faculty, staff, students, and certain affiliates are eligible for @ Berkeley accounts through G Suite for Education, which provides integrated email and calendaring services. Mailing Lists, Departmental Domain and On-Premise Email Services are also available for eligible accounts. The table below provides a comprehensive list of the available options.

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File Storage & Collaboration

UC Berkeley students, faculty, and staff have several campus-supported options for file storage and collaboration needs. The information below can help you decide which option may work best for your needs.

Questions to Consider Do you plan on storing sensitive information (e.g. identifiable student or staff information)? Be sure to choose an option that has a data security level of P4 such as CalShare. You should also consult...
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Google Sites

Google Sites allows you to create a simple personal website, wiki, or project site without any prior programming or design skills. With an intuitive drag and drop interface, you can work alone or collaborate with others to build your website in a short amount of time. Sites is fully integrated with Google Drive, and can be created from the Sites homepage or within Drive.

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Qualtrics

Qualtrics is a powerful, full-featured web-based platform for creating, sharing, and conducting online surveys. Berkeley provides access to all basic features of this software to all campus members. For surveys that need to collect sensitive or protected information above protection level P2, please fill out our account request form.

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Remote Support Tools

The ability to offer remote technical support to campus customers is a critical component of any help desk team. Having tech teams be able to see and control devices of their customers remotely is at the core of being able to troubleshoot and ultimately help rectify technical issues as they arise. Remote support empowers help desks, service desks, or local IT staff to support Windows and Macs to better serve their staff, faculty, or student customers. Below is a comparision of the three most widely used remote support tools available on campus.

Remote Support Tool Comparison Which...
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Surveys & Online Forms

Whether you need an online survey, a registration form for an event, or other activities, you have a few campus options to choose from.

Options Google Forms Qualtrics REDCap Features Forms can be built to require CalNet authentication or not. This is the most accessible option and great for forms and surveys that do not require much step logic or higher...
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Video Conferencing

Video conferencing was a critical tool for teaching, learning, and working remotely during the global pandemic, and continues to be an important resource for remote and hybrid instruction, learning and work. Our primary video conferencing options on campus are Google Meet and Zoom

View the comparison table below to see which option is best for you. Does your department need help ordering audio visual equipment? ...

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