Faculty and Staff Technology Resources

Audio/Visual Request Form:email av@mr.mnscu.edu - please schedule rooms with Mary Gorman m.gorman@mr.mnscu.edu

Campus email account:

MRCTC uses GroupWise as our email server.  Every faculty and staff member has an account.  There are 2 ways to access your email: at your desk, using the GroupWise client or using GroupWise web access.

  • Web Access: https://gwmail.mr.mnscu.edu/
  • User name: first six letters of your last name followed by the first two letters of your first name. Please contact Tom Pratt for initial password information.
    • Example: Ben Johnson = johnsobe

Novell Network Account:

Your Novell account is used for access to the MRCTC network. All Mesabi Range students, faculty, and staff, have access to network storage. Faculty and staff use this account to log into their office computers.

Novell Login user name: first six letters of your last name followed by the first two letters of your first name. Please contact Tom Pratt for initial password information.

Every faculty and staff member has his/her own personal space on the files servers.  It is called the I:\ Drive.  The I:\ Drive and other shared drives, can be accessed from the computer at your desk, any computer on campus and off of our website, using NetStorage. If you need assistance logging on using your Novell Network Account, please contact Tom at 218-780-4829, Dan at 218-780-8063 or Jim at 218-780-3443. 

Accessing your files from home using NetStorage:

All files stored on your I: Drive, Mesabi Q Drive, or any other shared drives) can be accessed from any computer through a web browser. 

NetStorage login: please use the same user name and password as you do for your Novell login.

NetStorage  http://files.mr.mnscu.edu/NetStorage/

Desire2Learn: Online Course Development Resources

efolio: Online Portfolio Tool http://efolio.project.mnscu.edu/

eFolio Minnesota -- begin building your efolio!

Online software training, support and integration resources to simplify technology use campus-wide.We have Atomic Learning tutorials available for you to view! http://www.atomiclearning.com/highed Call for a username and password today! 218-780-4829!

STARID: set up your MnSCU StarID -- https://starid.mnscu.edu/

Copyright and Intellectual Property:

What You Need to Know about Peer-to-Peer (P2P) File Sharing or Downloading or sharing copyrighted material!  Find out more!

What is file sharing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_sharing

Course Design, Pedagogy and Assessment:

D2L Resources:

Spyware Removal Tools:

You can download free Spyware Removal Tools for personal use from the following websites:
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/ Download Ad-Aware Free
http://www.safer-networking.org/ Download SpyBot Search and Destroy 1.5.2
Please note the above links take you to third-party software vendors not associated with Mesabi Range Community and Technical College. The software is not supported by the MRCTC IT staff, please install at your own discretion.

Collaboration/Meeting and Web Conferencing Tools:

MnSCU WebEx (Audio/Video Conferencing)

  • WebExUser Guides
  • Request a WebEx MnSCU Account: Please contact Karen Bergmeier
    ITS Project Leader, Series25 & WebEx
    Email: karen.bergmeier@csu.mnscu.edu
    Phone: 651-201-1457

Web Conferencing Tools:

Blogs and Wikis:

Skype:http://www.skype.com/

ITV: http://www.neatedu.net/html/ (NorthEast Alliance for Telecommunications)

Conference Calls: Please contact the switchboard for directions on scheduling a conference call. Please complete the A/V request form to request a polycom for your meeting.

Instant Messaging:

 AOL

MSN

ICQ

GoogleTalk

 

Tools and Tutorials for faculty for Faculty and Staff:

Hardware Discounts:

  • Visit Dell Today: www.DELL.COM/MESABI.
  • ATT Discount!! Get the Mesabi Range Community College employee & student discount...up to 15% off your monthly ATT bill. Contact Steph at 218-780-7983 Please mention company code 2697417.

What You Need to Know about Peer-to-Peer (P2P) File Sharing or Downloading or sharing copyrighted material!  Find out more!

What is file sharing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_sharing

Office Ergonomics:

MNSCU Resources:

Email Spam Filtering Information

SPAM: We are using a new spam filtering state system and you should see less spam!

If you receive an email message with “Quarantine Notification” in the subject line, please open the email and click on the link that has been provided in the email. Please note that this link will open in a new browser window (you may need to allow access to view this page).  Once you open this link, you will be able to view information about the email that is being quarantined.

NOTE:   If this is the first time you have logged onto your Quarantine mailbox you should choose "Need your password?" and a message will be e-mailed to you which contains a URL for you to follow. Once you have that URL you will be taken to a page where you can specify your password for logging into the Quarantine web site.  You can choose to save your password in your browser.  This allows for easier and quicker access to the quarantine site.

    * To view the email messages, click on the subject, and the email message will be displayed.
    * Email messages can be deleted or sent to your inbox if you would like to view the message. These actions can be performed by marking the email messages with a check mark, and choosing the corresponding button listed above the email messages.
    * If you choose for the message to be sent to your inbox, the message will arrive in your email within a few minutes.

You can also do the following with email that has not been blocked by the spam system:

GroupWise also allows you to take control of spam. To use the GroupWise spam filtering feature, please open GroupWise, right click on an email and click “Junk Mail” and select one of the following choices:

•Trust sender (put them on your trust list)
•Junk sender (put your junk email in a junk email folder - you can decide later what you want to delete)
•Blocked sender (this will block the email and not deliver it to your email account)

You can also select “Actions” on the GroupWise toolbar - select “Junk Mail” - select “Junk Email Handling” and see what you have blocked or to make changes to what you may have placed on your junk email list.