Corporate Resources for Higher Ed Going Online During COVID-19

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1	The following is a list of corporations and service providers who are offering special discounts on technology, open educational resources, or support for higher education institutions transitioning to remote work and online learning during the COVID-19 outbreak. The list is sorted in three tabs including technology, OER, and access service offerings.
2	The following is a list of free, discounted, or expanded products and services being offered during the COVID-19 outbreak from external organizations. Inclusion on this list does not signify endorsement or verification by EDUCAUSE. EDUCAUSE does not profit in any way from these offerings. EDUCAUSE will endeavor to keep the list updated, however, due to the volume of requests and timeframes of offers, the list may become outdated. Institutions should contact organizations listed for current status.
3	If you would like to add an organization, please email dstellrecht@educause.edu with a link to the relevant web page for higher education institutions to contact the organization.
4	Offering Type	Company	Offer	More Info
5	Chat bot	AdmitHub	Free AI-powered chatbot to help communicate timely and relevant information across institutions of learning: Update information once in a single place, pre-built campaigns with information from the CDC, WHO and more, and utilize scripts that promote health and wellness	Link
6	Chat bot	GeckoEngage	Free COVID-19 ResponseBot, to help with answering questions and providing up to date information during the pandemic. ResponseBot operates across multiple channels, provides pre-built content from sources of authority such as WHO, CDC and NHS, and human-to-human live chat if required	Link
7	Chat bot	IBM	Free Watson Assistant for Student Self-Service for 60 days, as well as free initial setup and deployment of pretrained intents, and free access to experts. Watson assistant is a multi-channel text and voice-based virtual assistant pre-loaded to understand and respond to common questions about COVID-19. In addition, institutions can include other important information to keep students informed, help them find answers quickly, and improve response management.	Link
8	Chat bot	Ocelot	Free AI chatbot to communicate with and support students on COVID-19-related questions. Service students at scale while you regain control. Preloaded content, ability to customize and update immediately.	Link
9	Chat bot	Persistence Plus	Free consultation with one of Persistence Plus's Behavioral Researchers on strategies and best practices for communicating in helpful and productive ways with students, staff, and faculty during this time.	Link
10	Enterprise	Airtable	Airtable is making Airtable Pro available for free to any non-political humanitarian group that has formed to work on COVID-19 relief efforts. Airtable is a spreadsheet-database hybrid, with the features of a database but applied to a spreadsheet. Users can create a database, set up column types, add records, link tables to one another, collaborate, sort records and publish views to external websites.	Link for orgs
11	Enterprise	Browsealoud	Free 90-day access to web accessibility tool Browsealoud. Provides students and website visitors with all the features to… • Hear content read aloud via the text-to-speech feature, making content easily accessible to people with dyslexia, reading difficulties and visual impairments • Translate web pages into 99 languages, and hear translated text read aloud in 38 languages • Magnify on-screen text to assist users with visual impairments • Convert text to audio files for offline listening with an MP3 generator • Increase the ability to focus with a screen mask and reading pane • Simplify web pages to remove ads and other distracting content, for easier reading • Tailor user experience with custom settings, built in to suit individual user needs and preferences	Link
12	Enterprise	DH2i	DH2i will be offering its DxOdyssey networking software, completely free-of-charge, to anyone seeking to access their work computer (applications and information) from home.	Link
13	Enterprise	Ex Libris	Free campusM Engagement (based on availability) until August 31, 2020. campusM Engagement offering allows institutions to go live with a native mobile app on iOS and Android, as well as a matching web interface, ensuring communication with students, faculty and staff. Interface provides the ability to update key information, add links to useful systems and web pages, and send push notifications with updates.	Link
14	Enterprise	Fischer	Low and no cost Identity Management	Link	Link
15	Enterprise	Google Cloud	Rapid Response Virtual Agent designed to help handle heavy call volumes due to COVID-19, allowing providers to manage the increased volume hitting call centers and websites, and enabling them to respond more quickly to requests.	Link
16	Enterprise	InvGate	• Service Desk free for 120 days. Service Desk is a web-based application designed to help teams track requests. • InvGate Insight free for 6 months. InvGate Insight provides a unified inventory of all network-connected IT assets – across workstations and servers (including virtual machines), network appliances, mobile devices, cloud instances, and IoT devices – with the ability to access data and insights related to individual and groups of assets.	Link
17	Enterprise	Kuali	A free simplified continuity planning process designed to focus on needs arising specifically from the COVID-19 pandemic. Any department leader can use this form and automated notification process to create a simplified and exportable continuity plan for their department.	Link
18	Enterprise	Lookout	Free Mobile Endpoint Security and Phishing for 90 days. Includes: Unlimited licenses to protect iOS and Android devices for any user in your organization; Access to industry-leading mobile phishing protection for the entire device – work and personal email, social medias – in any app, and with any browser; and visibility and control for users of mobile phishing, app, device, and network threats on managed and unmanaged devices.	Link
19	Enterprise	Menlo Security	Menlo Security is offering 90-day no-cost licenses to help businesses achieve and maintain security for their employees during the Coronavirus crisis. Connect users directly to the Internet to relieve straining VPN infrastructure secure Internet access for remote workers, and eliminate malware, phishing, and ransomware attacks.	Link
20	Enterprise	Microsoft	Office 365 A1-Completely free online version of Office with email, video conferencing, customized hub for class teamwork with Microsoft Teams, compliance tools, and information protection. Includes outlook, word, excel, powerpoint, one note, exchange, onedrive, sharepoint, teams, sway, forms, stream, flow, powerapps, school data sync, and yammer.	Link
21	Enterprise	PreVeil	Free cybersecurity software free for the duration of the crisis. PreVeil Drive allows remote employees to share and store files, and send emails using their existing email address—all with end-to-end encryption. PreVeil deploys in minutes with no impact on existing email and file servers, and can be used independently or in conjunction with VPNs or remote desktops. PreVeil supports compliance with federal regulations for handling CUI.	Link
22	Enterprise	Popcorn RFP	90-days free of our premium “Teams” plan to assist campuses during these challenging times and to help facilitate their shift to remote work. Popcorn RFP enables procurement that’s faster, smarter, and more collaborative.	Link
23	Enterprise	RedHat	A single, self-supported 60-day subscription for Red Hat® Ansible® Automation Platform for enterprise automation. Access to Red Hat's Customer Portal, including documentation, helpful videos, discussions, and more.	Link
24	Enterprise	Salesforce	Salesforce Care offers are designed to support customers in direct response to needs related to COVID-19 and their education business needs. A pre-configured student, faculty and staff virtual support environment is available with templates specific for COVID-19 to enable universities to surface Knowledge Articles, News, and a contact center experience with agent console, routing and knowledge setup. Social Studio is also available for listening, publishing and engaging with audiences across social channels.	Link
25	Mass communication	EZTexting	Free emergency alert texting service to all municipalities, schools, and government offices nationwide. Free Keyword and Common-Use Short Code, 100,000 Free Outgoing Text Messages (6-Month Limit), Access to EZ Texting Coronavirus Message Templates, A One-on-One Consult With a Member of the Customer Success Team	Link
26	Mass communication	LifeSafe	Free, limited version of its two-way safety and communications platform for universities and colleges to communicate relevant information to their communities through Dec. 31, 2020.	Link
27	Online collaboration	Accudemia	Complimentary account for a cloud-based solution allowing center staff and students to arrange appointments and meet virtually.	Link
28	Online collaboration	Atlassian	The company’s flagship products, such as its Jira issue-and-project-tracking software and Confluence team-collaboration offering, will now be free for teams of up to ten people with no time limit.	Link
29	Online collaboration	Cisco Webex	Expanded capabilities to all free accounts in all countries where available (unlimited usage, up to 100 participants, and dial-in). Additionally Cisco is offering promotions for paying e-commerce customers.	Link
30	Online collaboration	Dialpad	Free 14 day trial for any business in North America and Japan its cloud-based phone system, Dialpad Talk. The system comes with Dialpad’s video conferencing tool, UberConference Business, so those who sign up will get that for free as well.	Link
31	Online collaboration	Globus	Free access of Globus features at no cost to any institution engaged in COVID-19 research. Globus is a data management and file sharing platform.	Link
32	Online collaboration	GoToMeeting	Free, organization-wide use of many LogMeIn products for a limited time through the availability of Emergency Remote Work Kits. These kits will include solutions for meetings and video conferencing, webinars and virtual events, IT support and management of remote employee devices and apps, as well as remote access to devices in multiple locations.	Link
33	Online collaboration	Hypothesis	Hypothesis is waiving all fees to educational institutions for the remainder of 2020, and will evaluate whether to extend this as the current situation develops. Existing partners can request a refund or apply any fees that they have already paid towards future costs. The Hypothesis LMS app brings discussion directly to course content by enabling students and teachers to add comments and start conversations in the margins of their texts. Collaborative annotation engages students more deeply in course readings and gives teachers a view into how students are reading.	Link
34	Online collaboration	Microsoft	Free six-month offer of Office E1/G1 that includes Microsoft Teams. Host online meetings—1:1, teams, live events up to 10,000 people The same security and compliance of Office 365. Let people join meetings on the go with a global dial-in number. Teams is also free for Canvas users; Microsoft integrated Teams meetings into Canvas to create online meetings directly from Canvas for classes to meet virtually.	Link
35	Online collaboration	Slack	Slack for Education program for education-affiliated workspaces — eligible organizations receive an 85% discount on one of the paid plans. Please note, anyone under the age of 16 is not permitted to use Slack.	Link
36	Online collaboration	Zoom	For Basic (free) users in China, lifted the 40-minute limit on meetings with more than two participants, providing unlimited time.	Link
37	Online learning	Cirkled In	Digital profile and portfolio for students to showcase themselves for all applications from college and scholarship to internship and jobs. Now school portal offered for free which includes school’s own private network of teachers, counselors and students, enabling counselors to learn about their students quickly.	Link
38	Online learning	Coursera	Coursera for Campus will be available globally at no cost to any university impacted by COVID-19	Link
39	Online learning	Edthena	Discount in the form of a grant to all organizations (new or existing) that need to make an adoption or expansion this spring. Edthena is a platform for remote teacher observation for teaching certification.	Link
40	Online learning	FeedbackFruits	Instructors starting using FeedbackFruit tools to cope with COVID-19 will have free access until they can resume to their regular teaching. Tools include multiple options for peer feedback, activating study material, interactive classrooms, and discussion.	Link
41	Online learning	Gradescope	Free access and upgraded courses through December 31. Platform allowing instructors to grade paper-based exams, online homework and programming projects.	Link
42	Online learning	Inscribe	InScribe is offering free access through spring term to all colleges, universities, or programs facing campus closure due to COVID-19. InScribe is a virtual community that helps colleges build an on-demand support system to connect students to the answers, resources, and individuals and integrates into existing curriculum.	Link
43	Online learning	Kapwing Pro	Free access for any educator affected by emergency closures. Kapwing enables teachers to create video lessons, enables captions for increased accessibility, and allows students to create digital media projects from home.	Link
44	Online learning	Loom	Loom is free to all verified teachers and students at K-12 schools, universities or educational institutions who are using Loom for classroom work.	Link
45	Online learning	Minute School	Free Pro Subscription for FREE during this global pandemic. This includes all of professor vetted and student created video lessons, questions, math engine, and AI powered exam prep tools. Unlimited practice for University level Calculus, Statistics, Biology, Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Psychology, and other courses. Additional support available for adapting to courses to curriculum.	Link
46	Online learning	PowerNotes	Free license to notetaking platform for students that includes the ability to receive instructor feedback, work sharing, and organization of source-based research content for writing and other study workflows.	Link
47	Online learning	RangeForce	Free online cybersecurity training program including training materials for instructors and student access. Available through Dec 31.	Link
48	Online learning	Remark	Free access through December 31 to grading cloud application for creating electronic bubble sheets. Valid only for individual instructors.	Link
49	Online learning	Respondus	Institutions currently not licensed for LockDown Browser and/or Respondus Monitor can request a free, 2-month pilot. Respondus provides online exam proctoring.	Link
50	Online learning	Software2	AppsAnywhere license free for 90 days for all new higher education customers. AppsAnywhere allows Higher Ed IT and instructors to deliver lab software off-campus, to both students and academic staff.	Link
51	Online learning	Task & Time	StudyTask, offered free of charge until the end of this school year, is a school wide tool that each teacher feeds in few seconds allowing them to see all what the student has to do at home, avoiding overburdening the students with a task that they will not have time to do.	Link
52	Online learning	TopHat	Free online learning platform for real-time lectures, delivering content, assignments and assessments.	Link
53	Online learning	Tradepal	Free access to the Tradepal remote teaching and tutoring platform. The platform is accessible on any device. Each module supports personalized 1:1 communication and group communication with a chat history archive to support asynchronous and synchronous learning.	Link
54	Online learning	TutorOcean	Free tutoring platform for higher education institutions. TutorOcean’s comprehensive peer tutoring platform provides access to learning support with its easy-to-use on-line classroom and tutor management dashboard. Students and tutors can connect and interact anytime and anywhere while administrators can oversee the entire process.	Link
55	Online learning	Willo Labs	Free use of the Willo LMS integration platform to colleges and schools to enable digital content and courseware at-scale.	Link
56	Online learning	Wooclap	Free and unlimited access to the Wooclap platform for one semester. Wooclap allows instructors to create interactive questions for live and asynchronous distance learning that students can interact with from a multitude of personal devices.	Link
57	Remote work	BlackBeltHelp	No implementation costs and a discount on our products & services that include: • Customized Chatbot (No Implementation Cost) • IT & OneStop Support (No Implementation Cost) • Free Storage for BCP and 3 months of free configuration.	Link
58	Remote work	Box	Box has made the business edition of its service, which offers things such as unlimited storage and data-loss protection, available for free for 90 days	Link
59	Remote work	Calendly	Calendly, scheduling software integration with videoconferencing services, used to charge for integrating with some video conferencing services such as Zoom and GoToMeeting. This integration is now free and the company will also be offering unpaid access to its premium service for teams working on projects to tackle COVID-19.	Link
60	Remote work	LinkedIn Learning	16 LinkedIn Learning courses available for free including tips on how to: stay productive, build relationships when you're not face-to-face, use virtual meeting tools (Microsoft Teams, Skype, BlueJeans, Cisco Webex and Zoom), and balance family and work dynamics in a healthy way. In addition, offering one free month of all Linkedin Learning content which includes over 16,000 courses.	Link
61	Remote work	Palo Alto Networks	For existing NGFW customers: free 90-day GlobalProtect subscription trial. For new Prisma Access customers: free, accelerated deployment & onboarding of remote users. For existing Prisma Access customers: we will cover unanticipated spikes at no additional cost for 90 days. A pre-service evaluation agreement has been established for Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Service and Internet2. Campuses can now use it if they need to address emerging campus remote access needs while the longer-term NET+ program is developed with Palo Alto Networks.	Link	Internet2
62	Remote work	SAP	SAP is offering the following solutions for free: Remote Work and Student Pulse- A full-scale solution providing a real-time, live barometer to understand how to support your employees and students remotely Remote Readiness & Effectivity Academy- Training content designed to help establish best practices in remote work.	Pulse Link	Academy Link
63	Remote work	Splunk	Free 90 day trial for Remote Work Insights. Splunk Remote Work Insights (RWI) helps monitor and secure your remote workforce, provides real-time visibility across multiple systems including VPN, Microsoft 365, and includes Executive-view dashboards.	Link
64	Remote work	UnifiedFX	Free one year Trial Edition of PhoneFX is for customers with less than 3000 physically configured Cisco VoIP phones in the CUCM configuration across all clusters (Exclude Analogue, IP Communicator, Jabber PhoneFX is a web-based single phone remote control tool for Cisco phones.	Link
65	Research	Google Cloud	Pool of $20 million in Google Cloud credits for academic institutions and researcher organizations to leverage our computing capabilities and infrastructure as they study potential therapies and vaccines, track critical data, and identify new ways to combat COVID-19.	4
66	Wellness	Total Brain	3 months free to mental health platform for business and educational institutions. Features screening, exercises, and content.	Link

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1	The following is a list of corporations and service providers who are offering special discounts on technology, open educational resources, or support for higher education institutions transitioning to remote work and online learning during the COVID-19 outbreak. The list is sorted in three tabs including technology, OER, and access service offerings.
2	If you would like to add an organization, please email dstellrecht@educause.edu with a link to the relevant web page for higher education institutions to contact the organization.
3	Offering Type	Company	Offer	More Info
4	Courseware	CogBook	No charge for courseware on the 16 most-used topics in higher education. CogBooks adaptive courseware contains peer-reviewed, high-quality open educational resources from known providers such as OpenStax and augments this content with video, interactive activities and assessment exercises to deliver a complete online course experience. The CogBooks platform also includes social and collaborative learning capabilities. These tools facilitate peer-to-peer and peer-to-instructor communication within the context of a learning module and help emulate interactive in-class discussion.	Link
5	Courseware	Lumen	Live classes may shift to Lumen Waymaker or OHM courseware at no cost for the remainder of the term for faculty members seeking a well-designed digital alternative or supplement to their current textbook	Link
6	Courseware	National Constitution Center	Beginning the week of March 23, free daily live constitutional conversations for middle school, high school, and college students, available through Zoom, and accessible on home computer, laptop, or phone.	Link
7	Courseware and digital e-books	Cengage	For US colleges experiencing unplanned, mid-semester impacts due to COVID-19, Cengage is offering students free access to all our digital platforms and 14,000 ebooks through Cengage Unlimited, for the remainder of this semester.	Link
8	Courseware and digital e-books	Gale	Free access to courseware, training materials, and e-books	Link
9	Courseware and digital e-books	Peregrine Global	The BSCR online materials, and leadership books and booklets will be provided without charge through the end of 2020. Business School Resource Center (BSRC): an online library of news articles and weekly lessons Leadership Development Books: Leadership Foundations, Leadership Essentials, Hiring, and Leading Organizations Leadership Booklets: The Leader’s Guide and the Senior Leader Toolbox	Link
10	Digital e-books	Open Textbook Library	Always free library currently includes 706 textbooks, with more being added all the time. These books can be downloaded for no cost, or printed at low cost. All textbooks are either used at multiple higher education institutions; or affiliated with an institution, scholarly society, or professional organization.	Link
11	Digital e-books	OpenStax	OpenStax announced an agreement with 24 Allies to offer free access to their platforms for new customers transitioning to online teaching for the remainder of the spring semester.	Link
12	Digital e-books	Project Muse	Project MUSE provides free scholarly content from participating publishers. See link for updated list.	Link
13	Digital Media	Media Education Foundation	Through August 31, when you purchase an MEF title in one of these formats we offer — a DVD or a perpetual Digital Site License — you can get it in an additional format for free! Simply enter code BUYONEGETONE at checkout to get your free add-on.There are two ways you can bundle and save: • Purchase a Digital Site License, get a free DVD • Purchase a DVD, get a free one-year streaming subscription.	Link
14	Online courses	Google Cloud	Portfolio of Google Cloud learning resources, including training courses, hands-on labs on Qwiklabs, and interactive Cloud OnAir webinars at no cost. Anyone can gain cloud experience through hands-on labs no matter where they are—and build their skills through our on-demand courses on Pluralsight and Coursera.	Link
15	Online courses	SAP	openSAP for free. openSAP's digital learning initiative offers innovative, interactive educational content to support students, professionals and anyone wishing to continue to learn	Link
16	Virtual reality instruction	Sama Learning	Free virtual reality general chemistry lessons	Link

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1	The following is a list of corporations and service providers who are offering special discounts on technology, open educational resources, or support for higher education institutions transitioning to remote work and online learning during the COVID-19 outbreak. The list is sorted in three tabs including technology, OER, and access service offerings.
2	If you would like to add an organization, please email dstellrecht@educause.edu with a link to the relevant web page for higher education institutions to contact the organization.
3	Offering Type	Company	Offer	More Info
4	Discounted internet access	AT&T	Unlimited home Internet and 50% off for business customers with an AT&T World Connect Advantage package	Link
5	Discounted internet access	MediaCom	Through the July and August billing cycles a series of previously announced initiatives directed at helping American families address work, education and health care challenges created by the Coronavirus pandemic. Specific initiatives include: Offering the Mediacom Connect2Compete low-cost Internet program free for 60 days to new qualifying families. Extending the pricing of Mediacom’s Access Internet 60 service to new customers at $19.99 per month for 12 months (currently retails for $29.99 per month). Pausing monthly data allowances across all Mediacom Internet service tiers. Providing complimentary access to all Mediacom Xtream Wi-Fi Hotspots.	Link
6	Discounted internet access	Sparklight	The company will continue to make available its 15 Mbps residential internet plan for $10 per month for the first three months of service to help low income families and those most impacted from coronavirus challenges, such as seniors and college students through December 31, 2020. Sparklight is also extending access to free public WiFi hotspots across its footprint through the end of the year in order to keep individuals and communities connected during the crisis.	Link
7	Discounts and increased capabilities for internet	Sprint	Waiving all activation and upgrade fees, free next day shipping, T-Mobile partners with multiple spectrum holders to light up additional 600 MHz spectrum for the next 60 days, expanding network capacity Sprint customers to get expanded roaming access to the T-Mobile network. Unlimited data for metered plans, and free hotpot.	Link
8	Free internet access	Altice USA	Altice Advantage 30 Mbps broadband solution for free for 60 days to any new customer household within the service area for households with K-12 and/or college students who may be displaced due to school closures and who do not currently have home internet access.	Link
9	Free internet access	Charter/Spectrum	Charter will offer free Spectrum broadband and Wifi access for 60 days to households with K-12 and/or college students who do not already have a Spectrum broadband subscription and at any service level up to 100 Mbps. Installation fees will be waived for new student households. Charter will continue to offer Spectrum Internet Assist, high speed broadband program to eligible low-income households delivering speeds of 30 Mbps. Charter will open its Wi-Fi hotspots across our footprint for public use.	Link
10	Free internet access	Comcast	Free Xfiniti WiFi hotspots, unlimited data for 60 days, no disconnects for late fees, free internet essentials, free educational collections	Link
11	Free internet access	Midco	Midco offers hot spots in several communities where people can access free Wi-Fi in a neighborhood – whether they’re a Midco customer or not.	Link
12	Free and discounted internet access.	Hargray	Hargray will offer free Internet service for 60 days to households in its service area with K-12 or college students who do not already have a Hargray Internet subscription. Free Installation is also included. Hargray will also offer discounted packages to new customers and discounted upgrades to existing customers to ensure they also have the necessary bandwidth to accommodate higher Internet usage during this time.	Link
13	Increased capabilities	Century Link	Automatic speed increases to plans offering 20 Mbps or slower download speeds, and suspending data usage limits/caps.	Link

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1	The following is a list of corporations and service providers who are offering free resources for higher education institutions transitioning to remote work and online learning.
2	If you would like to add an organization, please email dstellrecht@educause.edu with a link to the relevant web page for higher education institutions to contact the organization.
3	Offering Type	Company	Offer	More Info
4	Online testing	Scorpion	Scorpion allows educators to build exams, deliver the exams to students, and self-proctor the exams while the students are taking them. Integrates with LMS. Allows educators to transition to online testing and supports advanced design tools, multiple item type options, multiple users, digital watermarking, the use of other languages in test questions, and more.	Link
5	LMS data visualization	HelioCampus	LMS explorer kit allows institutions to extract data from their LMS and create a series of data visualizations to help inform action and decision-making around deployment, training, course development and usage.	Link
6	Screening App	Ivy.ai	Screening app including a customized branded mobile app and administrative portal.	Link