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Homeworking

I need to work with my project team who are all in different locations, how could I do this?


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Many students will naturally use the tools they are used to, Facebook Messenger, whatsapp, google docs, skype... If your team are all familiar and happy to use these then that could be the best option.

Zoom is a very good meeting software platform which can provide easy and professional settup of meetings with team mates, clients or academic staff. Many prefer it over skype. Meetings can be voice only, webcam for face to face and it is possible for all participants to share screens for discussing documents or work collaboratively on software such as SolidWorks. It is available to use for staff and students at: https://strath.zoom.us/ Click 'host' to immediately start a meeting and invite people to join through email.

All students have access to up to 1TB of space on Onedrive for Business. Files and folders can be shared amongst team members to ensure work is backed up and available to everyone. Access and find out more here https://www.strath.ac.uk/professionalservices/it/saveandshare/onedrive/