Dear students,
Due to the campus closures, we will begin our online classes next week. To ensure that you could use Adobe CC (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, and XD) from home, I have contacted UTRGV IT service, and received their response about how to use Adobe CC from home this afternoon. Please check the following links below:
https://support.utrgv.edu/TDClient/1849/Portal/KB/ArticleDet?ID=102393
Adobe is making temporary at-home access to Creative Cloud available until May 31, 2020 for schools and colleges who currently have only lab access for students, at no additional cost.
If you don’t have a personal computer at home, you can come to Annex building to work your projects in the EVABL 1.226, the only open Mac lab in the Visual Art Building (8:00 AM – 10:00 PM) Monday through Friday. When you use the lab, please remember to keep minimum 6 feet social distancing from others.
To prepare your class, it’s time to get familiar with Blackboard and Zoom if you don’t use them before.
Links to Blackboard Student Support as part of the COLTT’s resources:
Student Preparation Checklist (Technology):
https://www.utrgv.edu/online/academic-continuity/students/index.htm
How-To Guide and Tutorials:
https://www.utrgv.edu/online/academic-continuity/resources/index.htm
They are working on the schedule for student trainings in the use of Blackboard. Training will be offered via Zoom starting Monday.
Links to Zoom Support:
https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us
https://zoom.us/livedemo
I will create a Zoom link for each of our classes over the weekend, and will email you the link of zoom meeting before the meeting time of every class. See you next Tuesday through Zoom.
Thanks for your patience, and please be safe!!
Ping
Below you will find a few links for several internet carriers that are offering promotions due to the current circumstances that you can find helpful:
Spectrum:
https://www.spectrum.net/support/internet/coronavirus-internet-offer-students
ATT:
https://www.att.com/help/covid-19/?_ga=2.152991161.1472107915.1584664593-1390041971.1584664593
Verizon:
https://www.verizonwireless.com/support/covid-19-faqs/?intcmp=vzwdom
T-Mobile:
https://www.t-mobile.com/news/t-mobile-update-on-covid-19-response
The map of free WiFi spots in the city of McAllen
