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UT Employee Assistance Program (UTEAP)

All McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston, formerly UTHealth Houston School of Biomedical Informatics (SBMI) employees, both faculty and staff, are encouraged to use the health and wellness resources provided by the staff of the UT Employee Assistance Program (UTEAP). Visit the UTEAP website for more information on services offered.

The available meeting platforms provided by the institution.

WebEx

UTHealth Cisco WebEx is now available for video and audio collaboration. UTHealth students, faculty and staff can now use this technology, free of charge, to schedule interactive online meetings for groups between two to 1,000 people. Meetings are not limited to those within the university. You can access WebEx using a web browser https://uthealth.webex.com, mobile device or the WebEx desktop application. You will need to use your UTHealth email address and password to log in.

WebEx can also be used to host an event open to the public. You can ask people to register for the event.

UTHealth students, faculty and staff also have access to these WebEx tools:

  1. WebEx Meeting Center - for basic online meetings and collaboration
  2. WebEx Event Center - for large, structured online events and seminars
  3. WebEx Training Center - the virtual, online classroom

Microsoft Teams

UTHealth Microsoft Teams speeds up communication via Teams chat and allows for collaboration between team members who are working remotely. Team members are limited to UTHealth students, faculty and staff only. If you need a Team to be created, please send a request to SBMITech@uth.tmc.edu with a team name (in the format of McWilliams-team name) and email of Team members.

You can access Microsoft Teams using a web browser https://teams.microsoft.com, mobile device, or the Teams application that can be installed on your UTHealth computer. You will need to use your UTHealth email address and password to log in. The getting started guide http://go.uth.edu/teams is available online.

Educational Technology for Teaching

Distance Education Team (DE) of Mcwilliams School of Biomedical Informatics is dedicated to providing excellent information technology and support services to the schools students and faculty.

You can reach DE at de@uth.tmc.edu

DE is available during business hours (9 A.M. to 6 P.M. Central Standard Time). Requests sent in after 6 P.M. will be answered during the next business day. If you have an urgent technical problem please note that Canvas, Proctorio and Turnitin all have their own 24/7 support hotlines.

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