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Faculty Accounts

Faculty Accounts

Services available:

  • Canvas - courses created for each class, ability to communicate with students and publish course content, assignments, discussions, etc. 
  • Microsoft Office 365 - Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, Excel, OneDrive and Teams
    • Email - every member of the University has a Microsoft Outlook email account
    • Microsoft Teams - virtual classes and course content may be held here, ability to chat or video call with anyone in our organization including students, professors, TA's, etc. 
    • Microsoft OneDrive - personal cloud-based file storage service
  • Westminster Anywhere - mimics an on campus University-owned PC computer, academic applications are available here
  • WebPrint - allows faculty members to print on campus using personally owned computers, unlimited print credits
  • Lockdown Browser - software that makes it so students cannot leave the Canvas quiz/test window for online quiz/test-taking
  • G Suite - Google Docs, Slides, and Sheets
  • Self-Service - to help plan and schedule your students' course plans, view advisee information, update your contact info, etc.
  • Password Changer - allows faculty members to reset their own passwords
  • FileSafe - way to securely share sensitive information or documents too large for Outlook
  • Colleague - used by advisors, department heads, etc.
  • Westminster WiFi

What kind of support can I receive regarding these services?

  • Accessing, navigating, and utilizing the available resources
  • Adding or removing students, teachers, TA's, etc. to Canvas courses
  • Installing and using Office 365
  • Setting up email on personal devices
  • Teams tutorial including how to access class meetings and navigate Team channels
  • Migrating University related files to OneDrive
  • Installing Lockdown Browser and ensuring it works properly for students
  • Resolving technology related Self-Service errors
  • Resetting password if at least 2 multi-factor authentication (MFA) methods are not yet set up
  • Setting up MFA
  • Getting connected to WiFi on personal devices

Basic troubleshooting?

How do I get help?

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