New Student Orientation

Welcome to Westminster College! This site was designed to help you, as a new student, become familiar with the Westminster system before you start attending classes. Each of the headings below (highlighted in green) are the items you want to become familar with before leaving the orientation session. The paragraph below each heading will give a brief description of the item, followed by instructions. After reading through the instructions, please give it a try!

Change Your Password

Changing your password will happen every 120 days for sercurity reasons. When changing your password keep in mind that the new password must be at least 7 characters long and contain at least one number. It is also important to mention that once you have changed your password, it will change it for all applications including ANGEL, WebAdvisor, Email,etc. Do not give your Password to anyone! To change your password:

• Go to www.westminstercollege.edu- Select on MyWestminster- Click on the email- Login using your current username and password (the same one you used to log into the computer)- Click on the options button (located in the top right corner)- Select the password tab- Type your old password, your new password, and confirm your new password in the appropriate fields- Click save.

Open and Check Your Westminster Email

Your Westminster email is extremely important. Many professors use it to communicate to their students about the course. The college also uses it to inform people of events and important information. There are two ways to check your Westminster email account:

• On-campus- Double click on the GroupWise icon located on the desktop- Login using your current username and password
• Off-campus- Go to www.westminstercollege.edu- Select on MyWestminster- Click on the email- Login using your current username and password

Survey Time! 

Archiving an Email

In order to optimize server space, your electronic mail is automatically deleted after 120 days, even if you have opened the email or moved the email to a folder. If you wish to keep individual mail items for longer durations, you can use the Archive feature of GroupWise. This feature is ONLY available when using GroupWise icon (the on-campus way of checking your email). It will allow you to move the mail item to an archive file that is located on your network drive. Archived emails are not automatically deleted.

Moving an email to your Archive mailbox:

• Right click on the name of the sender of the email you wish to archive and then click Move to Archive- The email then “disappears” from your mailbox as it is physically relocated to your archive- To view the email in your archived mailbox Click on the Online link (located in the upper left corner)- Choose Archive.

Moving an email out of your Archive Mailbox:

• Right click on the name of the sender of the email you wish to move out of your archive mail box and then uncheck Move to Archive- The email then “disappears” from your archive mailbox as it is physically relocated to your email box- To view the email in your email box Click on the Archive link (located in the upper left corner)- Choose your name.

Saving to your 'MyFiles' Folder on Campus

The easiest and most secure way of storing your work is on the Westminster network. You have 40 megabytes dedicated space where you can store your files. This network space is typically called our network drive or your H: drive. Files that are in your H: directory are backed up regularly making it the most secure way of storing your files. There are two ways to access your network account:

• On-campus- Click on the Start menu on the desktop- Click on the folder labeled My Files- You can access your files saved to your My Files (H:/ drive) drive from any campus computer when you are logged in.
• Off-campus - Use your web browser to access the Westminster home page (www.westminstercollege.edu) - Select MyWestminster next to the search website option in the top right corner of the screen.- Click on the MyFiles link located on the top center section of the My Westminster Webpage. - Enter your Novell (network) username and password.- Navigate to the file by double-clicking on the network drives and folders. Check the box next to the file.-Select the File menu and select Download - Choose the Save option and save it locally to the computer you are working on. - Work on the file locally. When you are ready to return the file to your network account go back to the MyFiles web application (as above.) - Navigate to the folder you would like to save the file in. Select the File menu and select Upload - Select checkbox next to Overwrite to replace the existing file on the network.
  

*** Your turn! Try one of two ways (on-campus or off-campus) to saving a document or file to your My Files.

ANGEL

ANGEL is an online learning management suite that allows teachers to create online classroom environments. Many Westminster instructors use ANGEL to facilitate their courses web-based discussions, chat rooms, electronic homework submission, and online presentations. As a student using ANGEL, you are provided with a variety of learning opportunities that can help you learn in diverse ways that are not available in face-to-face situations. Students who are unable to access their ANGEL course should call the Computer Support Line at 801.832.2023 for assistance, or go to the General Computing Lab.

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