Welcome to the home page of web based conferencing, communication and collaboration, general, and form tools.
Web Conferencing
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TOOL NAME | URL | PURPOSE | AUDIENCE | ACCESS | CONTACT | NOTES |
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Web conferencing | Campus (NetID), access controlled | LDAP and local authentication, authorization controlled organization registration | Blackboard Collaborate requires enrollment in an available course or organization. | |||
| Google Meets (formerly Hangouts) | meet.google.com | Web conferencing, screen sharing | Campus (NetID@g.syr.edu) | LDAP and local authentication, active affiliation only | help@syr.edu | G Suite uses (yournetid)@g.syr.edu for login followed by your NetID and password for login. |
| Microsoft Teams | teams.microsoft.com | Web conferencing, screen sharing | Campus (NetID) | LDAP and local authentication, active affiliation only | help@syr.edu | Desktop client may require distributed staff intervention for campus owned devices. |
Legend
AD=Active Directory; An active directory is a directory structure used on Microsoft Windows based computers and servers to store information and data about networks and domains.
LDAP= Lightweight Directory Access Protocol; an Internet protocol that email and other programs use to look up information from a server.
Web Communication, Collaboration, and General
TOOL NAME | URL | PURPOSE | AUDIENCE | ACCESS | CONTACT | NOTES |
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Blackboard | SU Course management | Campus (NetID) | LDAP and local authentication, authorization controlled course registration |
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| Blackboard Ally | blackboard.syr.edu | Document accessibility evaluation tool | Campus (NetID) | LDAP and local authentication, authorization controlled course registration | help@syr.edu | |
Cascade Server | Web content management system | Campus, access controlled | authorization controlled by site owner |
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Confluence | Internal Wiki | ITS (NetID) | LDAP authentication; AD group/space owner permissions for authorization | Content editor: wiki markup | ||
| G Suite | g.syr.edu | Web communication, meetings, document editing, video conferencing | Campus (NetID@g.syr.edu) | LDAP and local authentication | help@syr.edu | |
ITS public information | ITS communication, branding and marketing | Public | Access controlled by ITS Web Mgr |
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ListServ | Group email communications | Campus, public | List access is controlled by owner |
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Orange Tracker | Issue and work order tracking | Campus (NetID) | LDAP and local authentication, authorization controlled by "project" owner and ITS | Reporting: dashboard | ||
MySite | Personal websites | Campus (NetID) | AD authentication |
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MySlice | Enterprise applications | Campus (NetID) | LDAP and local authentication |
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Sharepoint | Replace your "G:drive" and beyond, provides a framework for a variety of web based capabilities including a comprehensive collaboration toolset(Intranet) | Campus (NetID), external controlled | AD authentication, authorization controlled by site owner | Content editor: works with MS Office with IE browsers | ||
SUmail | Enterprise student email | Students (NetID) | Microsoft Windows Live@edu ID, synched from SU Identity Management System | |||
Team Dynamix | Portfolio management, project management, and capacity planning | ITS (NetID) | AD authentication and authorization configured by ITS |
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Legend
AD=Active Directory; An active directory is a directory structure used on Microsoft Windows based computers and servers to store information and data about networks and domains.
LDAP= Lightweight Directory Access Protocol; an Internet protocol that email and other programs use to look up information from a server.
Web Forms
TOOL NAME | URL | PURPOSE | AUDIENCE | ACCESS | CONTACT | NOTES |
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Frevvo | Web forms | ITS (NetID) | LDAP authentication; AD group/space owner permissions for authorization | Requires communication with distributed or school college staff. Contact information can be found on the ITS website. | ||
| Qualtrics | syracuseuniversity.qualtrics.com | Web forms | Campus (NetID) | LDAP and local authentication, authorization controlled course registration | help@syr.edu |
Legend
AD=Active Directory; An active directory is a directory structure used on Microsoft Windows based computers and servers to store information and data about networks and domains.
LDAP= Lightweight Directory Access Protocol; an Internet protocol that email and other programs use to look up information from a server.