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Technological support

Moodle/OlivaSTAGMS TeamsZOOMData sharingCISCOSkype

Courses (Moodle) and Oliva (Blackboard)

Below you can find the existing possibilities of distance teaching. We point out that it is necessary to check the current decision of the faculty in the area of studies.

• The platform Blackboard is intended for students at the Faculty of Informatics and Management technical contact: Ing. Jan Budina, e-mail bboard@uhk.cz 
• The platform Moodle is intended for students of the Philosophical Faculty, the Faculty of Education and the Faculty of Science technical contact: Libor Filip, e-mail libor.filip@uhk.cz, telephone 603 328 717

Study guide for Blackboard mobile version Study guide for Blackboard computer version

IS/STAG, E-learning and mass e-mail

Furthermore we mention the functions of STAG with regard to the possibilities of distant teaching and communication:

• Mass email: within the portlet My classes – Mass e-mail, it is possible to easily send an email to a group of students with use of the tools to select this group according to different aspects; for the role of a teacher e.g. students of a specific course, students of a specific schedule, exam terms, topics or work etc. It is possible to combine the groups, ie.to gradually add three courses, an exam term and students registered for topics. It is possible to manually modify the resulting list of addressees, to either eliminate the addressees or also add the addressees, and thus even addressees not offered by the system - it is possible to introduce the address manually. The resulting list of candidates can be named and saved for further repeated use.
• E-learning support: IS/STAG UHK is connected to the Moodle server, the Moodle courses are called Activity in the IS/STAG. It enables teachers to create a course for a certain subject directly from the STAG portal (or it can be limited more specifically to students of a subject in a certain form of studies or a course just for a certain schedule activity). The STAG will then automatically assign the students registered to a subject and teachers to a course in their relevant roles.
• These automations can be used also for courses common for more subjects, the setting is slightly more complex here though and it is necessary to do it in native client. It is possible to assign more subjects to one Moodle course (Activity) and the STAG will automatically add students and lecturers. This unfortunately cannot be done directly by the lecturer, but by the role Department and Administration of subjects on the form EL0010 in native client. With regards to the situation multiple assignments can be done by the administrators. In case of STAG you can contact technical support at stag@uhk.cz.

Microsoft Teams

The Microsoft Company offers (within the provided Office 365) possibilities for distant teaching through Microsoft Teams, where students and lecturers can educate themselves, cooperate and communicate with each other. We will shortly introduce the key elements, details can be found in the attached PDF files.

• Education from anywhere. The educational content and assignments can be published online and the students can access them from any place. Using the application Microsoft Teams the students can access the educational content, cooperate with other students, communicate with lecturers and hand in the assignments. The lecturer can evaluate the students´ task and provide the student with a quick feedback.
• Online classrooms. The lecturers can make their classes available online and that enables them to share the presentation or content on a digital (interactive) whiteboard. Lecturers and students can interact using the application Microsoft Whiteboard, communicate through messages, calls or video calls.
• It is also possible to record the class and enable students to see it offline later.
• Live events. Thanks to the live events in the Microsoft Teams application you can realize live seminars with hundreds of students. The maximum number of connections is 10 000 participants. The participants can write their own questions that can be administered by moderators of the event.

Instructions for Microsoft teams (education videos):

1. Create online classrooms and administer the assigned tasks using Microsoft Teams
   • How to create a classroom with use of Microsoft Teams Watch the video
   • How to make available the assignments to students with use of Microsoft Teams: Watch the video
   • How to set the classrooms using the tool School data Sync: Show the link
2. Use the application Microsoft Teams and work with the class
   • How to share the remote content: Watch the video
   • How to use the application Microsoft Whiteboard and realize interactive classes: Watch the video
   • How to record a call and play it later: Watch the video

ZOOM

Zoom combines video and audio conferences, simple on-line meetings and sending mass messages in one platform. Meetings through Zoom take place on mobile desktop devices and in conference rooms equipped by appropriate hardware. There can be one host and up to 300 participants in one meeting.

We have 60 ZOOM licenses that can be used for work and distant teaching. The basic account will enable to organize 40 minutes long meetings.

If longer meetings are needed you can ask for a license after logging in the application: Ing. Jan Flek, Ing. Radek Mrkus.

Safety aspects:

• Official statement of ZOOM with regards to current safety issues (zoom bombing, encryption, Facebook).
• Reflection of security experts "Zoom is not malware" on the server medium.

Data sharing and synchronization

OneDrive is a service of a cloud Microsoft files storage. It enables to save, synchronize and move files between several devices anywhere in the world.

You can send big files safely through FileSender by Cesnet. It offers fast sharing and a short-term storage of big files (up to 500 GB/file)

Another service by the Cesnet group for data administration is ownCloud that enables to administer data through the web interface but also automatic synchronization with colleagues or between computers and mobile devices. Secure storage, sharing and synchronization of 100GB of data.

CISCO Webex

Also the CISCO Company offers free help in the area of remote cooperation through the service of Cisco Webex – there are accounts valid for 90 days for companies with central administration through the portal. In case of interest write to michal.zamecnik@uhk.cz. More information about CISCO can be found on their webpage and specifically about the service of Webex in the attached file.

Skype video calls

Finally we mention Skype as a free application to organize video calls with the possibility of sharing the screen. You can download Skype on the official webpage skype.com, for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. Eventually also for mobile phones Android and iPhone on Google Play, eventually App Store. The number of members of a group can be up to 50 participants of the video call for the free version, you can use screen sharing or recording video calls.

Psychological support

Information, Counselling and Career centre

Information, Counselling and Career centre ensures psychological and therapeutical services, support for students with special needs and career counselling. These services are free of charge for students and graduates within 2 years after finishing their studies. At the time, when the social situation requires following the rules for reducing personal contacts between people, these services are provided on-line through the application Skype or Teams. Below you can find contact for the workers of the centre with whom you can arrange an on-line consultation.

Zdeňka Kulhánková
e: zdenka.kulhankova@uhk.cz
m: +420 737 227 132

Zdeňka is the head of the department and a contact person at the same time. She will advise you whom you can contact if you are not sure who could help you.

Psychological - therapeutical services are provided by internal and external colleagues who can help you in case of problems:

• adaptation to the university studies, depression and other mental issues
• relationship problems
• long-term stress and disproportionate burden,
• processing of trauma and difficult life events

You can contact the psychologists and therapists directly and arrange an online consultation. You can find their contacts on the webpage

Support of students with special needs Augustin

Augustin helps students and also study applicants with special needs.
The Augustin workers Petra Ch. and Zuzana also work online even in this time of restrictions

Contact:

Petra Chalupová
e: petra.chalupova@uhk.cz
t: +420 493 332 717
m: + 420 737 227 121

Zuzana Průchová
e: zuzana.pruchova@uhk.cz
t: + 420 493 332 718
m: + 420 737 227 189

Career centre

The Career centre of the UHK also provides its services online. You can use the contacts below to get in touch with Petra.

Petra Pavlíčková

e: petra.pavlickova@uhk.cz
t: + 420 493 332 920
m: + 420 737 227 187