As we progress through this week, there are some communication and instruction tools that will make the transition a little bit easier for SFSC employees:

Phone Calls

Call Forwarding to Cell or Home Phone

1. Press “CFwdALL” on your office phone.
2. Type your external phone number in as if you were calling it. (Examples for Number 863-123-4567)
   1. If local, dial 9 and the number (e.g., 91234567)
   2. If long distance, dial 8-1 – Area code – Number (e.g., 818631234567)
3. Your phone screen should display “Forward to” and the number you typed in if done correctly.

Removing call forwarding from your office phone

To remove call forwarding from your office phone, simply press the “CFwdALL” button again.

Accessing voice mail from another phone (off-campus)

1. Dial 784-7000
2. Enter your phone extension followed by #
3. Enter your phone PIN followed by #

To listen to messages: Press 1

Deleting a message: After listening to a message, press 3

Forwarding a message:

1. After listening to a message, press 5.
2. After recording an intro, press # (if you do not want to leave an intro, press # immediately).
3. Use the phone keypad to spell the first and last name of the employee you want to forward the message to and follow the instructions. You can also press ## to switch to extension number entry.
4. If using the extension entry, enter the extension and then press #.
5. Press # when finished entering names or extensions.
6. Press # to forward message.

Outlook Email

You can access your Outlook email through panthercentral.southflorida.edu. When you log into Panther Central, click on the group of nine dots in the upper left corner. In the pop-up box, Outlook is one of the Microsoft programs that you can click on.

Outlook Chat

Within Outlook, there is a chat option that you can use to communicate with your coworkers. When logging into Outlook through Panther Central, there will be an icon with an S in the top right corner that you can click on. You can enter the name of any SFSC coworker in the Search box to open a chat box with that person.

Microsoft Teams

SFSC offices and departments can use Microsoft Teams to communicate with each other. Microsoft offers video tutorials that you can view to learn how to use Teams.

Online Instruction

The Faculty tab in Panther Central includes a tutorial in the Educational Technology channel that demonstrates the Whiteboard feature in Smarthinking.

For those who have taken Faculty/Adjunct Training online, there is a review of Brightspace tools for individual courses.

There are also a variety of Learning Resources for Faculty and Staff within the Brightspace section of Panther Central.

Social Media

SFSC will communicate information through the variety of social media outlets it employs.

Follow @sfscpanthers on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

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