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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?
- Clear cache and cookies from all time
- Switch web browsers
- Reset password
- Make sure MFA is set up
- Office 365 - make sure the user is in the correct OU and has the correct O365 license assigned
- WebPrint - convert file type to .pdf
- Lockdown Browser - uninstall and reinstall, make sure you are downloading the correct version (Windows 10 vs macOS), update OS
- G Suite - make sure the user is signed into their Westminster account, access via docs.westminstercollege.edu
- Self-Service - make sure specific sections have been scheduled before registering
- Colleague - make sure the user is either on campus with a wired network connection or using Westminster Anywhere, make sure they have the correct access
- WiFi - forget all Westminster related networks then reconnect to "Westminster", specific settings for Androids and Chromebooks (listed under KB articles)
- Review knowledge-based (KB) articles provided by IS
How do I get help?
- Submit a Help Desk request
- Call the Computer Support line 801.832.2023
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