for staff
As a UW staff member, you have access to a wide world of technology resources to support your work.
First Things First
More Information and Support
- Local Technical Support
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Faculty and staff should begin by becoming familiar with the technical support available within their own department. Often, departments have specific preferences or can offer resources not mentioned in this site.
- Your UW NetID
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Your
UW NetID is
your personal identification giving you access to
UW networking and computing services. If you are
working at the UW and have not already received
your UW NetID, you can create
your own.- Use the Manage Your UW NetID Services site to forward your email, turn on a vacation message, check on how much disk space you are using, add new services and much more.
- Need another account for work purposes or a separate project? You can request a shared UW NetID account.
- If you have a visitor from outside the UW, you can sponsor an account for the person that will give them access to many UW services.
- Connect to UW Networks
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- You can connect to UW networks in several ways from on campus and off campus. Most offices have networking installed.
Wireless
(wifi) is available in most buildings on
campus. Do not set up your own wireless hub;
campus wifi is centrally managed and do-it-yourself
setups are likely to cause conflicts.
- MyUW
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MyUW is
your personal Web page, giving you convenient
access to the UW information you use most in a
way that you can personalize to meet your own
needs. In MyUW you can
manage personal and employment information with
Employee Self-Service, send and receive email
with WebPine, find teaching and learning
resources in MyUWClass, and much more.
- Your Email
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- Your default UW email address consists of your UW NetID followed by "@u.washington.edu" (your_uwnetid@u.washington.edu).
UW Email is
a free email service available to all faculty,
staff, and students. You can access and work with
UW Email from any networked computer available to
you.- UW Exchange is an email, calendaring, and task management system using Microsoft Exchange and Outlook that many departments provide for their faculty instead of UW Email. Talk to your local technical support for further information.
- If you prefer to receive your email on some email service provider other than UW Email or UW Exchange be sure to set your email forwarding by going to the Manage Your UW NetID Services site. Doing so ensures that email sent to your default my_uwnetid@u.washington.edu email address will reach you.
- Emergency Preparedness
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Emergencies can happen anytime. Resources are available to keep you informed and allow you to continue your work.
- The UW Emergency Management site contains extensive information about planning for and responding to emergencies.
- Sign up for UW Alerts and receive alerts on your cellphone or by email.
- The UW Administrative Business Continuity Toolkit tells you how to prepare for disruptions, conduct business during a large-scale disruption, and use available IT services to do your work.
- Information About You
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- The UW maintains an online directory for all its faculty, staff, and students. You can update your own directory information by entering MyUW and going to Employee Self-Service.
- Your Phone
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A full suite of voice and data services is available to meet your communications needs.
- Telephone, cellular phone, and paging services
- Smart phones
- VoIP for telecommuters
- Voice mail and audio library
- Teleconferencing and videoconferencing.
- Your Computer
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- To take full advantage of the many services available to you at the UW, your computer should be fast and have plenty of memory and disk space.
The
UWare Software Guide
provides information about software available
free or at discounts to UW faculty.- The University Bookstore Tech Center offers significant discounts on software and hardware for faculty.
- The Tools for Safe and Secure Computing page provides all the virus protection, terminal session, and file transfer software you need to securely connect to and use UW computing and networking services.
To prevent attacks
on your computer, Protect your password,
work with your computer support staff to keep
your software up-to-date, and use virus
protection software.- Because of the danger an infected computer poses to other UW computers, all computers connecting to UW networks, whether by modem, DSL or cable, wireless, or campus network, should be well managed. Infected computers may be blocked from using UW networks.
- Web Publishing
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- First check with your department about Web publishing resources, including Web servers, templates, and training.
- UW Catalyst Web Tools give you a powerful set of Web-based communication and collaboration applications you can use in your teaching. You do not have to know any HTML to use them!
- Central Web servers are available for many different purposes, including setting up your own Web sites, blogs, wikis, content management systems, and streaming media.
- Computer Training
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- Free Catalyst Workshops can get you quickly started on using your computer and its software for word processing, graphics, videos, web publishing, and much more.
- Additional for-fee training in using computers is available through the UW Computer Training program.
- Your Work
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- Extensive resources supporting your work are available through the UW's Faculty and Staff Guide.
- Many jobs at the UW involve use of online administrative computing services. In your training, you will be instructed how to obtain access to these services.
- Your use of UW computers and networks should with few exceptions be strictly work related. Please take time to learn the rules and policy for proper use of UW resources.
- Keep in mind that UW policy and federal law (including the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, DMCA) require that all national and international copyrights be respected. Failure to do so may result in disciplinary action or termination of access to UW services.
