Service Category Collaboration and Digital Teaching

Tools and platforms for digital collaboration, teaching and research

Digital exchange between staff and researchers as well as teachers and students from all over the world is made possible with various collaborative platforms and tools.

Services

heiBOX

A sync-and-share service for collaboration hosted in heiCLOUD

heiCONF

The University's web conferencing system for audio and video conferences

heiCHAT

Instant messaging service for students and University personnel

SharePoint

A web-based collaboration platform for internal cooperation

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft platform for digital collaboration

Cisco Webex

Collaboration platform and conferencing tool hosted by Cisco for University employees

Moodle

The University's digital learning platform

heiCAST

Video streaming and video content management

LimeSurvey

Plan, conduct and analyze online surveys for administrative, study, teaching and research purposes.

DFNconf

Conferencing service in the German research network (Deutschen Forschungsnetz)

DFN scheduler

Scheduling application from the German Research and Education Network (DFN)

GigaMove 2.0

Privacy-protected, secure file transfer via link

Zoom X

Collaboration platform and conferencing tool for employees provided by Zoom and Deutsche Telekom

Additional information

File transfer via the internet

Overview of alternatives to email file attachments

Video conferencing software Zoom

Information and guidelines for using the video conferencing system Zoom at Heidelberg University

Digital teaching and collaboration

Table of available tools for digital collaboration and teaching with a short description as well as recommendations

Recommendations for hybrid teaching

Overview of hybrid teaching development, infrastructure procurement, and implementation from the Hybrid Teaching Taskforce (login required).