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Faculty & Staff Resources

New Employee Check-in

New faculty and staff accounts are created during the check-in procedure for new employees.  During the check-in process, you will visit the Information Techology & Communications department in Lowell Heiney Hall and request an account by viewing and acknowledging the Acceptable Use Agreement. Your account will be usually be created the same day.  You will be notified by phone of your username and initial password.  Your manager will know the network resources and software applications you will need access to and will communicate those needs to Information Technology & Communications.  

Employee Check-out

When you leave Colorado Mesa University you will go through the check-out process. Your network account will be removed and your Home Directory will be deleted. Save any documents that are needed by the College to the Share Directory described in the links below.

Usernames and Passwords

To access these services you will be assigned a network username and password which will typically be your first and middle initial and lastname.   Because of conflicts between people who have the same or similar names, students who have the same, your username may be somewhat different. If you have forgotten your network username, you may look it up on the Campus Directory. If you have forgotten your password, call the Help Desk at 970.248.2111.

Security

Never divulge your password and don't write it down.  Do not let people use your computer when you are logged in to the network or any software application. Do not leave your computer logged in while you are away.  Log off the network and shut off your computer at the end of every day.

Click on the links below to learn additional information about the resources available to Colorado Mesa University Faculty & Staff.

MAVzone Campus Portal

MAVzone is Colorado Mesa's Campus Portal.  The portal provides single sign-on access to information about what's going on at campus, and off-site access to your groupwise email and network drives.  As an employee, you will use MAVzone to check payroll information.  Faculty members will use tools on the Faculty tab in MAVzone to post grades, view rosters and schedules, and view information about students and advisees. To log into MAVzone, click on the link in the navigation bars at the top of any page of the CMU website.  Use your network username and password.

Groupwise Email

The College uses Groupwise email for Faculty & Staff.  Your email username and password is the same as your network username and password. Click here to see a quick reference guide for Groupwise.

Sophos Anti-Virus for Home Computers

Sophos Anti-Virus is licensed by Colorado Mesa for all campus-owned computers, and for all faculty and staff home computers. Faculty and staff can download the installation software for Sophos Anti-Virus from:

Windows XP/Vista/7:

Download:    https://download.coloradomesa.edu/_IT_Utils/Sophos/savw_95_sa_sfx.exe

"Primary location" for updates:   https://webapps.coloradomesa.edu/Sophos/CIDs/S000/SAVSCFXP


OS X 10.4+:

Download:    https://download.coloradomesa.edu/_IT_Utils/Sophos/savosx71sa.dmg

"Primary location" for updates:   https://webapps.coloradomesa.edu/Sophos/CIDs/S000/ESCOSX


Linux:

Download:   https://download.coloradomesa.edu/_IT_Utils/Sophos/sav-linux-7-i386.tgz

"Primary location" for updates:   https://webapps.coloradomesa.edu/Sophos/CIDs/S000/savlinux

You will also need to provide your Colorado Mesa username and password for updates, and you'll need to update this information when your password changes.

For assistance installing Sophos Anti-Virus at home, contact the Help Desk using the Help tab in MAVzone, helpdesk@coloradomesa.edu, or 248-2111.

Network Directories - Detailed Instructions

As a member of CMU's Faculty and Staff community, you have access to many network resources including Network Directories.  Directories are basically folders on network file servers.  Directories are a safe place to store and share information.  A description of the different directories are contained in the following four links. Click here for detailed instructions on accessing, downloading, and uploading to network directories from MAVzone.  Alternatively, you can use WebDAV to access network resources from offsite.  Click here for instructions on using WebDAV.

Your Home Directory (F: Drive)

Your Home Directory is created for you to store your personal academic work.  You are the only person who has access to this drive; it is not shared with anyone else. Work you store on your Home Directory is backed up nightly.  It is safer to store your work here than on other media such as a thumb or flash drive.  If you run out of storage space, call the IT Help Desk at 970.248.2111 to request additional storage space.

The Download Directory (H: Drive)

Faculty use the Download Directory to share course materials with students.  The Download Directory folders are named with the your Novell username.   You can copy course materials to your Download Directory folder for students to access. Information stored on the Downloads directory is viewable by anyone with a MSC network account.  Students cannot write to the Download Directory.  You can use Windows explorer to copy files to the Download Directory from on-campus.  From off-campus you can upload files using MAVzone.  Direct students on how to access the Download Directory from MAVzone. See Network Directories, above, for detailed instructions on accessing the Download Directory.

Download folders are not automatically created; they must be requested from the IT Help Desk at 970.248.2111.

The Courses Directory (K: Drive - Main Campus; L: Drive - Bishop)

As a faculty member, you can ask students to submit assignments electronically by saving or uploading them to the Courses Directory.  Folders are not automatically created;  you must call the IT Help Desk at 970.248.2111 to request a folder for your class.  The Courses Directory has folders named by course and section.  For example, If you have requested a folder for your CSCI-100 Section 3 course, will find a K:\CSCI100\003\ folder on the Courses Directory.  Students will see a K:\CSCI100\003\Students\studentusername folder to which they can submit assignments.   Course folders are deleted at the end of each semester, so do not use the Courses Directory for permanent file storage.

The Share Directory (R: Drive - All Campuses and N: Drive Bishop and Montrose)

The Share Directory is typically used by employess of Departments to share files.  New folders in the Share Directory must be requested by calling the IT Help Desk at 970.248.2111.  Access to Share Directories folders is controlled by network security.  To save network resources and make sure information is not lost when employees leave the College, IT recommends saving files to the Share Directory instead of attaching them to email or storing on the Home Directory.

i>Clicker Classroom Response Systems

Using a clicker or classroom response system can significantly change the way you and your students interact by enabling you to assess your students' knowledge, keep their attention, provide immediate feedback, and encourage all students to participate. Mesa State College has adopted the i>Clicker as its standard. Contact the Help Desk to obtain an instructor i>Clicker and to find out if the classroom in which you are teaching has an i>Clicker receiver installed.   Students must purchase i>Clickers from the Bookstore.  Click here for instructions on using i>Clickers in your classroom.

Creating a Personal Web Page

You can create a personal web page available for anyone on the Internet to view.  Your Home Directory contains a folder named public_html.  Create html pages containing information for your personal web site and copy them to that folder.  The URL for your personal web site will be http://www.coloradomesa.edu/~yourloginname.  Remember, information you publish on your personal website is available for viewing by anyone on the Internet.

EMailing Students

Instructors can send email to all students enrolled in their class.  Classes are now listed in the Novell Groupwise Address Book and can be emailed directly from Groupwise.  Classes are listed by course, section number and CRN in the form: ACCT202-002-42315.  Having the CRN included as part of the email address allows more flexibility in making the lists available.  You do not need to know the CRN.

This is set up automatically each semester. Only the instructor can send email to the class. The email will go to the student's Mesa State email account.  Students will be blind copied (BCC:), so if they do a Reply All, the reply will only go to the person who sent the original message, not to the entire class.

All enrolled students have Mesa State email accounts. You might want to remind students that they have a responsibility to manage their Mesa State email accounts either by reading it on a regular basis or setting up a forward rule to forward to their preferred email account which they read on a regular basis.

Faculty may also use the email link in the Faculty Dashboard Channel in MAVzone.

Please do not include attachments to your email.  Use your Download Directory described above instead.

Production Services

Information Tecnology can reproduce many types of audio and video formats. Copyrighted material cannot be reproduced without permission.  Visit Telecommunications & Instructional Technology in Library 125, or call Chuck Locke at 970.248.1478 to discuss your needs.

Smart Classroom Instructions

All general purpose classrooms and computer labs are supplied with a computer, a DVD/VCR combination player, a data projector and screen, and amplifies and speakers.  Microphones are provided in larger lecture halls.  Newer classrooms also have document cameras for projecting hardcopy material. Audio Visual equipment in the Academic Classroom Building, The Maverick Center, Wubben Hall and Science Center and Houston Hall is controlled by Crestron touch panels.  The following links provide detailed instructions on operating smart classroom equipment.

Desire 2 Learn

Mesa State College's online course management system is Desire 2 Learn (D2L). You can upload files to D2L for students to access from any computer. You can also maintain an online roster and gradebook through this system, and many other features. The online environment for your course is called a "course shell." You may request a course shell and your login through the appropriate form at the Mesa On Line website. Testing can also be completed online, using proctors (if preferred). Contact Kristyn Rose at 970-248-1379 or krrose@coloradomesa.edu for details and training.