At UQ, there are a variety of applications for staff to share information or collaborate with others.

The following UQ-supported applications are available. Find out which application suits your audience and purpose.

ApplicationBest forDoes not suit
Viva Engage (formerly known as Yammer)1
  • Groups comprised of UQ staff and HDR students with staff accounts
  • Easy to add new members
  • Short form, unstructured discussions
  • Open-ended collaboration
  • Sharing multiple media formats
  • Groups that include external recipients
  • Longer-form, structured messaging
  • Closed, broadcast messaging
Microsoft Teams
  • Groups comprised of UQ staff, HDR students with staff accounts and external recipients (as guests)
  • Easy to add or remove members
  • Short form, unstructured discussions
  • Open-ended collaboration
  • Sharing multiple media formats (including documents)
  • Groups including undergraduate students
  • Longer-form, structured messaging
  • Closed, broadcast messaging
CRM
  • Broadcast messaging
  • Sharing text
  • Pre-defined segments such as 'All Academic Staff' or 'All Course Enrolled Students'
  • Groups comprised of UQ staff, students and external recipients
  • Discussions between members
  • Open-ended collaboration
  • Sharing multiple media formats
  • Easy to add or remove members
Microsoft 365 distribution groups
  • Groups comprised of UQ staff and HDR students with staff accounts
  • Groups where all members can contribute
  • Structured messaging and discussion points
  • Sharing text and images
  • Groups that include undergraduate students and external collaborators
  • Easy to add or remove members
  • Broadcast messaging
  • Short-form, unstructured discussion messaging
  • Sharing of multiple media formats
  1. To create a new Viva Engage community, submit an IT request.

Mailing list and collaboration options that are unsupported by UQ should not be used by staff or students. Due to security and data protection risks, they may breach UQ's Email and Bulk Messaging procedures.

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