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• Coordinate with facilities to ensure that the office furniture is setup to support hybrid-remote employees.
• Create workstations that Ensure workstations are well equipped and equitable. Refrain from using old or inferior equipment.Keep your multiple workstations equitable by ensuring that equipment is consistent between stations, and keep equipment consistent for all stations in our area.
• Encourage employees to clean the keyboard and mouse at the beginning and end of their usage or to bring their own keyboard and mouse.
• Departments can order isopropyl alcohol and dry wipes or pre-moistened disinfecting wipes from Central Stores. Ensure that disinfecting wipes are not too wet when cleaning keyboards and mice.
• Provide power adapters at each workstation for the different types of computers in use. Both Dell and Apple have switched to USB-C power plugs in recent years.
  
• Departments with USB-C Macbook users, please purchase extra HDMI video adapters to lend out to employees. Video adapters were provided to Macbook users when they received their computer, but they are regularly forgotten.
  
• Provide noise-canceling headphones for employees with video conferencing needs in a shared environment.
  
• Encourage employees to use the lockdown kit provided with the laptop to secure it at the workstation. 
• Use the wired Ethernet connection. Biola’s wireless is very good, but wireless connections are generally more susceptible to interference from other sources and are not as stable or fast as a wired connection
• Departments can order isopropyl alcohol and dry wipes or pre-moistened disinfecting wipes from Central Stores. Ensure that disinfecting wipes are not too wet when cleaning keyboards and mice.
• If you have monitors, keyboards, or mice that you would like to repurpose towards a flexible workspace, upload your list in the order form and we'll adjust the price of the implementation.
• Coordinate with facilities to ensure that the office furniture is setup to support hybrid-remote employees.

Universal Flexible Workstations

Designed to be used by both Apple and Windows laptops. Cost is $500 (approximate). 

Windows Flexible Workstations

Designed to be used by Windows laptops. Cost is $400 (approximate). 

Mac Flexible Workstations

Designed to be used by Mac laptops. Cost is $400 (approximate). 

• Do you have enough electrical outlets, adequate furniture, or wired networking ports to accomidate your flexible workstations? If not, please indicate that you need assistance on the order form. Someone from Facilities Management and/or IT will contact you to set up the space.