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Communication & Collaboration

Services that facilitate institutional communication and collaboration needs. Includes conferencing and telephones, email and collaboration services, media and audio/visual, and web services.

Collaboration Tools

GitHub

GitHub is a powerful collaboration, code review, and code management tool for open source and private projects.

Google Groups

Google Groups allows you to create and participate in online forums and email-based groups with a rich experience for community conversations.

Google Workspace

Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) is a set of Google applications including Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Drive, Sites and more. 

Mailman Mailing Lists

Mailman lists are being retired and migrated to Google Groups, a well-established service with a similar feature set.

Microsoft 365

A suite of Microsoft tools to keep you connected and productive at UCI. Includes email, calendar, Teams, OneDrive and more.

Microsoft OneDrive & SharePoint

Microsoft OneDrive and SharePoint, when used with work and school accounts, offer cloud-based collaboration and storage solutions.

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams, part of Office 365, is a collaboration platform that unifies chat, voice, video and file sharing.

Poll Everywhere

Poll Everywhere allows you to capture audience feedback across remote classes, meetings, and hybrid workspaces through live online polling, surveys, Q&As, quizzes, word clouds, and more.

Qualtrics

Qualtrics is a web-based survey platform that allows you to design, distribute, and analyze surveys. UCI Qualtrics licensing expires on July 1, 2024

QuestionPro

QuestionPro is a web-based enterprise survey application available to everyone at UCI to build and run online surveys.

Streaming Server

The Streaming Server supports streaming and downloading digital audio and video files.

UCI Directory

The UCI Directory provides an interactive search to allow you to connect more easily to people and departments at UCI.

Zoom

Zoom is a video, audio, and web conferencing service accessible on any computer, mobile device, and telephone.

ZotPortal

ZotPortal is a convenient hub for UCI resources and information, bringing together several campus tools and services into one simple-to-use place.

Email Services

Email Accounts

UCI offers two email options. Learn about the options and choose the one that is right for you.

Proofpoint Email Security

Proofpoint provides advanced email protection with URL Defense and Self-Service Spam Quarantine.

Mass Communications and Emergency Notifications

Campus Radio System

The UC Irvine radio system provides cross communications between campus departments and also with other UC campuses if the need ever arises.

zotALERT - Emergency Alerts

zotALERT is an emergency alert system that uses cell phone text messaging to quickly notify the UCI community with safety information.

ZotMail

ZotMail is the electronic communication system used to transmit authorized business messages to selected groups.

Telephones

Telephone Overview

OIT offers a variety of telephone options including desktop phones, VoIP phones, and software phones.

Desktop Telephones

Employees have a few telephone options including analog, digital, and VoIP desktop phones.

MiCollab Softphone

MiCollab is a “soft phone” application used on a mobile device or computer that allows users to make and answer calls using a UCI phone number.

Microsoft Teams Phone

Microsoft Teams Phone is a cloud-based phone system that allows you to make and receive phone calls using your UCI number directly within the Microsoft Teams platform.

Telephone Service Request

Learn how to use the Telephone Service Request form to request a new telephone or voicemail service or to make changes to an existing service.

Voicemail

Add voicemail service to make sure you never miss a phone call.

Websites

Advanced Web Hosting

OIT provides advanced web hosting when free, basic web hosting options using WordPress or Google Sites will not meet your needs.

Cascade CMS

Cascade is a web content management system (CMS) — a tool that allows you to easily publish your content to the web, without a lot of technical expertise. 

Faculty Websites

Use WordPress to quickly build a website. With Faculty Websites you can focus on the content and not the technical details.

Google Sites

Google Sites is a web-based platform that allows you to create and publish websites and web pages using a variety of templates and customization options.

Siteimprove

Use the Siteimprove tool to stay on top of web accessibility by reviewing your content and providing tips on how to fix the errors.

UCI Sites

Do you need a website? Faculty, staff, and graduate students can quickly and easily develop a web presence using WordPress.

UCI Subdomain Guidelines

UCI top-level subdomain names are the electronic addresses directly under the uci.edu domain. Top-level subdomains must meet certain criteria and require approval at the campus level.

WordPress Website Support

The OIT Web Services team offers website support and maintenance using WordPress as a content management system.

Updated on
February 2, 2024