Faculty Academic Services

Faculty Academic Services

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

  • 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

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

Basic troubleshooting?



How do I get help?