Orientation for New Faculty: How to get started

Step 1: RIConnect
Step 2: Campus ID Card/Parking
Step 3: Access to Classrooms/Teaching Labs and Keys
Step 4: Email/Network account
Step 5: WebCT
Step 6: Technology Orientation
Step 7: Network and Telecommunications Telephone Services

Step 1: RIConnect

When your paperwork at Human Resources is complete, you will be given an account on RIConnect.  RIConnect is the College's web-based administrative system which gives you access to your class schedule, rosters, room assignments, and more.

How to access RIConnect:

- Click here to access RIConnect

- Login Information is provided to you by Management Information Systems
Please remember RIConnect usernames and passwords are case-sensitive.

- Click for more information about using RIConnect  

Step 2: Campus ID Card/Parking

Campus ID Card
Your Campus Card identifies you as a member of the faculty at RIC. You need it to access library resources, to enter secure locations on campus, such as eClassrooms and computer labs.  You may also use your Campus Card as a debit card for vending machines, copiers and printers.

- Campus Card Office is located in the Student Union (click here for link to map). They will issue your Faculty ID card after verifying your identity and your position with the College.

- More information on Campus Card

Parking Permit
Once you have your campus ID card, you can obtain a parking permit from Campus Security. Before arriving, print the following form and fill it out completely.

- Application for Parking Permit

- For information on Campus Security

Step 3: Access to Classrooms/Teaching Labs

Your classroom assignments are listed in RIConnnect. If your classroom is a technology-enhanced classroom, you will gain access using either your Campus Card or a security token.

To check your classroom’s access type, card or token, please look at this list (click to view)

ID Card access:
When you are assigned to an eClassroom with card access, you do not have to request room access.  Your card should be pre-programmed for classroom access. If you have difficulty entering a room controlled by Campus Card, please report your problem to the USS Helpdesk at Ext 8803 or the Campus Card Office.

Tokens:
Tokens are issued by the Office of Security and Safety (where you obtained your parking permit). Print your course schedule showing rooms assigned and take it to the Security Office.  They will issue you a token for opening and locking your classroom room

Keys to Access Equipment in Labs

The teaching labs in Alger are equipped with an ePodium, an annotation monitor, a ceiling mounted projector, and a projection screen. To open the ePodium, you will need a key from the Audiovisual department.

Click to view a detail technology guide for using the Sympodium

Click to view Audiovisual contact information

Click to view a chart on what equipment is available in your classroom

To access locked rooms within your department or school, please see your Department Chairperson or the Deans Office to request access and keys.

Step 4: RIC Email/Network account

RIC SpamGuard will intercept the vast majority of your SPAM and store it in a private SPAM quarantine.  You will need to check the quarantine regularly to eliminate the possibility of false positives, emails incorrectly labeled as SPAM.  A further explanation on how you can access and configure SpamGuard can be found at http://www.ric.edu/uss/documents.php.

Network account

To log onto your computer or a computer in the faculty area in Horace Mann Technology Center, you will need your NetID and password. Your NetID is your Windows network username. For new faculty, your username and password for the Windows network are the same as your username and password for RIConnect (see provided link) for more information.

FAQ:
Can I change my account name?
Usernames (account names) cannot be modified unless your name changes legally though marriage, divorce or other legal procedures.

Can I change my email/network account password?
Once your account has been created, you may change your password.  In Windows networking, usernames are not case sensitive, input in both upper and lower case letters is acceptable.

Help Using Outlook Web Access for RIC online email:
Checking Email off Campus
Forwarding RIC Email
Spell Checker
Sending and Attachments
Adding Contacts
Adding a Signature and Changing Mail Editor Font
Changing Password
Calendar
Creating a Task

Summer Exchange 2007 Change
Click here to view RIC's Microsoft Exchange 2007 documentation

More information on using email at RIC 

Step5: WebCT

WebCT is a popular Course Management System for posting course assignments, quizzes, handouts.  WebCT offers you many ways to communicate effectively with your students.

We recommend training for anyone wanting to use WebCT - please contact ittraining@ric.edu or check out the training page for training opportunities.

Last modified 06/18/2008