Collaboration Recommendations:
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SharePoint | Teams | Blackboard | |
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Workflows to improve business process Sites that need more granular sharing permissions |
Student groups Study sessions Department planning, meetings, or file sharing Classroom discussions Organizing events |
Course creation and content delivery (Blackboard is the official Learning Management system at KU.) Student assignments Grades Interactions with academic content partners |
Required download |
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Mobile and desktop apps are available
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Store and share files | ![]() |
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Co-author/edit files with others |
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Persistent chat * |
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Can be created without KU IT |
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All KU fauclty, staff, and students can create Teams.
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Non-KU attendees can be added | ![]() |
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Connection with additional KU tools or services |
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Works with Microsoft Office programs and apps
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Works with Microsoft Office programs and apps
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Connects with Kaltura (MediaHub)
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Shared meeting notes | ![]() |
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More information | https://howto.ku.edu/sharepoint | https://howto.ku.edu/microsoft-teams | http://blackboard.ku.edu |
Support |
Office 365 Admins |
Office 365 Admins |
Educational Technologists |
* Persistant chat is a feature that allows for continuous chat communications between Team members. The chat between all members will remain as a chat log/history unless deleted by the original member that posted the content or by the Team owner.